From Wikipedia.
Ten-gun Royal Navy brig launched in 1805 at Amherstburg shipyard. Shortly after entering the Royal navy, it took part in the British attack on Fort Shelby.
It was part of Commander Robert Heriot Barclay's Lake Erie British squadron and captured at the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813, along with the rest of the fleet.
Afterwards it was used by the Americans as a transport ship until it was purposefully run aground in 1816 and then destroyed by its crew.
The wreck was discovered onshore on the beach at Southampton, Ontario, in 2001.
It had a crew and mounted four 6-pdr. long gubs, two 4-pdr. long guns, two 2-pdr long guns and two 12-pdr. carronades.
--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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