Captain R.H. Barclay's Flagship ''Detroit'' (Lake Erie, Ontario), 1813

Captain R.H. Barclay's Flagship ''Detroit'' (Lake Erie, Ontario), 1813
Pencil; col. with water colour & touches of opaque white. Laid down on cardboard 

1185-CAPT. R. H. BARCLAY'S FLAGSHIP "DETROIT," 1813-The second unlucky British ship of that name. Built at Malden, near Amherstburg, N.C., and named in honor of Brock's victory at Detroit. In order to supply her with guns Barclay dismantled Fort Malden and gathered up the field guns and battery artillery which had been used at the attack in Fort Meigs, mustering in all nineteen cannon, of six different calibres. Some pieces of the armament could only be discharged by flaShing pistols at their touch-holes. The "Detroit" was in the disastrous Battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10th, 1813, and was afterwards dismantled by her American captors and sent over the Falls of Niagara. Water color on pencil drawing by C. H. J. Snider. Size 11 x 14.