General Hamilton (Schooner), sunk capsized, 8 Aug 1813

SCHOONERS GEN. HAMILTON & SCOURGE LOST ON LAKE ONTARIO.
It is with deep regret that we record the following facts:
About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning last a most dreadful accident happened in Commodore Chauncey's squadron, off 40 Mile Creek in Lake Ontario. The Schooners GENERAL HAMILTON, Lieu. Winter and SCOURGE, Sailing Master Osgood, were upset and lost. The HAMILTON had 60 men on board, and the SCOURGE 45.
The gale lasted but a few minutes and boats were put out from two schooners succeeded in rescuing about a dozen of the crews. The HAMILTON mounted 9 guns, the SCOURGE 10.
      In a moment, one hundred of our brave fellows were plunged into the wave - and two of our best schooners lost to the service.
      Buffalo Gazette
      Tuesday, August 17, 1813

NOTE.- U.S. GENERAL HAMILTON was the captured British schooner DIANA, and the SCOURGE was the captured British schooner LORD NELSON

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      Head Quarters, Kingston
      14th August 18I3
By accounts received by His Excellency the Governor in Chief and Commander of the Forces, from Commodore Sir James Yeo, dated off York, at half paft I P.M. on the 11th inst. the following particulars have been transmitted of the capture and loss of four of the Enemy's Armed Schooners.
" On TuesdayeEvening last the 1Oth inst. the enemy's Squadron under Commodore Chauncy, got under weigh from their anchorage off the mouth of the Niagara River, and with a fine breeze from the Eastward stood towards our fleet, which was becalmed off the Post at twelve mile Creek. At sunset a breeze coming off the land gave us the wind of the enemy, when our Squadron stood for them, on which they immediately bore away from us under as much sail
as their Schooners could carry to keep up with their larger vessels. The enemy's fleet formed a long line, the PIKE, MADISON, ONEIDA and six Schooners, two Schooners being placed to windward for the purpose of raking the masts of our Squadron as is should come up. At eleven the squadron got within gun shot of the Schooners, when they opened a brifk fire, and from their going so fast it was more than an hour before the WOLFE, our headmoft ship, could
pass them.
At this time the rest of the squadron was two and three miles aftern of the WOLFE, and on her coming up with the MADIFON and PIKE, they put before the wind and made sail, firing their stern chase guns. Sir James Yeo finding it impossible to get the squadron up with the enemy, as the WOLFE was the only Ship which could keep up with them, made sail between them and the two Schooners to windward, which he captured, and which proved to be the JULIA
and GROWLER, each mounting one long 32 and one long 12 pounder, with a compliment of forty men. Two of the enemy's largest Schooner, the SCOURGE of ten and the HAMILTON of nine guns, upset on the night of the 9th in carrying sail to keep from our Squadron, and all on board perifhed, in numbers about one hundred. By this loss and the capture of the two Schooners, the enemy's squadron has been reduced to ten vessels, and ours increased to eight.
      It is ascertained that the PIKE mounts 28 long 24 pounders, and has a compliment of four hundred and twenty men, and that the MADISON mounts 22 32 pound Carronades, with three hundred and forty men. Nine boat loads of troops were taken on board their Squadron on Monday for the purpose it is supposed of repelling boarders.
      The WOLFE has not received any material damage, and not a person hurt on board. The prisoners were landing from her on the 11th, and the damages of the GROWLER were repairing -- She had lost her Bowsprit and was otherwise much cut up. - Nothing could exceed the eagerness and enthusiasm manifested by the Officers and men serving on board of our Squadron, for a close engagement with the enemy, and the only apprehension and regret expressed by all were that their opponents tho' so fuperior in guns, weight of metal and men, would be too wary to afford them the oppertunity of terminating by a decisive action, the contest for the ascendancy on the Lake.
      Kingston GAZETTE
      Tues. Aug. 17, I8I3
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