Shipwreck · Lake Ontario
USS Scourge
A schooner built in 1811, lost on Lake Ontario in 1813. The record: “Illegally seized by US Navy.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Schooner
- Builder
- James and William Crooks
- Launched
- Niagara-on-the-Lake, Upper Canada, May 1, 1811
- Tonnage
- 110 LT
- Fate
- Illegally seized by US Navy
- Lake
- Lake Ontario
- Coordinates
- 43.3075° N, 79.3072° W
The story
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On the bottom nearby
Nearest Ontario wrecks
- SS Nisbet Grammer32 mi · lost 1926
- HMS Ontario50 mi · lost 1780
- St. Peter109 mi · lost 1898
- HMS Speedy131 mi · lost 1804
- George A. Marsh146 mi · lost 1917
- HMS St Lawrence153 mi · lost 1832
Straight-line distance between published positions.
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article USS Scourge (1812), retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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