Launch of HMS Psyche-- Part 2: Completed Too Late

Like the construction of the HMS St. Lawrence, this undertaking demonstrated the logistical challenges of constructing heavily-gunned warships on the Great Lakes and the importance of naval supremacy during the war.

Launching a warship does not mean that it is ready to fight and the HMS Psyche was not finished until after the war and never saw conflict.  Under the Rush-Bagot Treaty, it was disarmed and laid up in Kingston.  The hulk was sold in 1837.

--Brock-Perry