and it was under British command as the HMS Detroit. It was captured by American forces in 1813 during the Battle of Lake Erie and renamed the USS Detroit, although it was pretty much ...

Oswego, NY - Paperwork still is holding up the arrival of the hull of the HMS Detroit. Officials with Toronto Dry Dock, the company assigned to deliver the HMS Detroit replica hull to Newport ...

Oswego, NY -- Time is running out for transporting the hull of the replica HMS Detroit to Newport, R.I. The hull is still tied up in Kingston, Ontario, Canada awaiting the bond to enter the United ...

10, 1813, Perry raised his battle flag ... Perry, aboard the Lawrence, had tried to get the ship within close range of the HMS Detroit, but was battered by the ship's longer guns.

Back in 1813, September 10th ... “The two capital British ships, the Queen Charlotte and the HMS Detroit, saw him coming and tried to maneuver and fell into each other. They became tangled.