HMS Duke of Gloucester (1807)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Gloucester |
| Builder: | Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Ontario |
| Launched: | May 1807 |
| Fate: | Captured on 25 April 1813 by the Americans Burned/destroyed by the British on 29 May 1813 |
| Notes: | Provincial Marine vessel |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 10-gun brig |
| Tons burthen: | 165 tons |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | brig |
| Armament: | 10 x 12pdrs |
HMS Duke of Gloucester (or Gloucester) was a 10 gun brig of the Royal Navy which was launched at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario.
During the naval campaign in the War of 1812, H.M.S. Duke of Gloucester and H.M.S. Growler engaged the U.S. Schooner Julia at Sackets Harbour on July 19, 1812.[1]
She was being repaired at York when the Americans briefly captured the colonial capital in 1813 during the War of 1812. She was sailed away, but British general Roger Hale Sheaffe ordered that her sister ship, HMS Sir Isaac Brock, was to be torched during the British retreat from York. This prevented the Americans from seizing the frigate. Gloucester was herself destroyed by the British a month later on 29 May 1813 in the Battle of Sackett's Harbor.
