From Wikipedia.
The USS Scorpion II was an 82-foot long schooner by 17-foot beam, mounting two cannons and launched in 1813 for service on the upper great Lakes. At the time, it was commanded by Sailing Master Stephen Champlin, a first cousin of Oliver Hazard Perry.
On 10 September 1813, it was at the Battle of Lake Erie, firing the first and last shots of the engagement. At the end of the battle, she and the USS Trippe pursued the fleeing British schooners Chippewa and Little Belt, capturing both.
The Little Belt had been an captured American ship, taken into British service.
Then, the Scorpion participated in Sinclair's Expedition before being captured by the British on September 6, 1814. The Scorpion then was in British service.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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