From Wikipedia.
The Hunter was a ten gun brig manned for 45 crew. Launched in 1812, it covered the British attack on Fort Shelby (by Detroit).
It was a part of the squadron Commander Robert Heriot Barclay led into the disastrous Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813 and was captured.
It was lost while serving the United States in 1816 in Lake Huron near the town of Southampton, Ontario,. The wreck was discovered on the beach under sand in 2001.
--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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