Shipwreck · Lake Ontario · Foundered
HMS Wolfe
A sloop-of-war, altered to brig in 1814 built in 1813, lost on Lake Ontario in 1831. The record: “Ordered broken up, then ordered sold, in 1831; Presumed rotted and sunk at Kingston.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Sloop-of-war, altered to brig in 1814
- Builder
- Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Kingston
- Launched
- 22 April 1813
- Length
- 107 ft (33 m)
- Beam
- 30 ft (9 m)
- Propulsion
- Sails
- Fate
- Ordered broken up, then ordered sold, in 1831; Presumed rotted and sunk at Kingston
- Lake
- Lake Ontario
- Coordinates
- 44.1300° N, 76.2700° W
The story
Read the full history
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Ontario wrecks
- HMS St Lawrence13 mi · lost 1832
- George A. Marsh17 mi · lost 1917
- HMS Speedy34 mi · lost 1804
- St. Peter71 mi · lost 1898
- HMS Ontario113 mi · lost 1780
- SS Nisbet Grammer130 mi · lost 1926
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Lyme DEC launch (Three Mile Bay)5.0 mi
- Cape Vincent DEC launch5.1 mi
- Chaumont state park launch7.3 mi
- Long Point State Park7.5 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Cape Vincent Light3.2 mi
- Tibbetts Point Light5.4 mi
- East Charity Shoal Light12 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Sackets Harbor15 mi · town
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article HMS Wolfe (1813), 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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