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USN 902725 Battle Between USS ONEIDA and HMS ROYAL GEORGE, Kingston Harbor, 8 November 1812

Battle Between USS ONEIDA and HMS ROYAL GEORGE, Kingston Harbor, 8 November 1812
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Title: Battle Between USS ONEIDA and HMS ROYAL GEORGE, Kingston Harbor, 8 November 1812
Caption: On 8 November 1812, Commodore Isaac Chauncey with ONEIDA, 16 short 24-pounder guns, and six armed schooners, got underway from Sackets Harbor. Finding the 22-gun British vessel, HMS ROYAL GEORGE, out at False Duck Islands, the Commodore chased her into Kingston Harbor on Lake Ontario. At 3pm, Commodore Chauncey, ran into the harbor to inspect the fort's defenses. Two of his schooners were chasing merchantmen but the remaining four, each carrying a long 32-pounder, went in ahead of USS ONEIDA and kept up a brisk fire on the batteries while the ONEIDA ranged beside the ROYAL GEORGE. In 20 minutes, the British cut their rope cables and ran their ship ashore where troops could more easily defend her. Finding the shore batteries too heavy and the wind rising against his course out of the harbor, Commodore Chauncey retreated. The ROYAL GEORGE was damaged and the schooner SIMEO was sunk. Thereafter, 4 schooners sufficed to blockade Kingston Harbor until ice relieved them of the task.
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Catalog #: USN 902725
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Artist, Charles Warren
After this Year: 1812
Before this Year: 1815
Original Medium: Watercolor Painting, BW Photo
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