The HMS St. Lawrence arrived too late to do any actual fighting. But, its presence did force American commander Commodore Isaac Chauncey to keep his ships safely in Sackets Harbor. The only time its guns were fired was in practice or salutes. It still, however, made many cruises on Lake Ontario and was hit by lightning in 1819.
The Kingston Royal Dockyards employed 1,100 workers during the War of 1812. On May 27, 1814, Captain Robert Hall was put in charge of it. he improved the yard's buildings and facilities.
The British shipped the frame of one ship to Kingston via the St. Lawrence River. Workers put together the 32-gun HMS Psyche which was later enlarged to 55 guns by James Yeo.
--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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