Career (USA)
Name:	USS Hamilton
Namesake:	Alexander Hamilton
Launched:	1809
Acquired:	October 21, 1812
Out of service:	August 7, 1813
Fate:	Lost
General characteristics
Displacement:	76 Tons
Length:	110 ft (34 m)
Complement:	50
Armament:	1 x 32 pounder, 1 x 24 pounder, 8 x 6 pounder

The USS Hamilton, formerly the Diana, was a schooner which foundered at Lake Ontario on August 7, 1813, during the War of 1812. A schooner (ˈskuːnɚ is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts Schooners were first used by the Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies The Diana was built at Oswego, New York in 1809 for merchant Matthew McNair. Oswego is a City in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18096 at the 2000 census. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year She found her way into the US Navy on October 21, 1812, when she was purchased to be based out of Sackets Harbor. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sackets Harbor is a Village in Jefferson County, New York, United States. Her name was changed to Hamilton on November 5, 1812, in honor of the Secretary of the American Navy Paul Hamilton. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) For the footballer of the same name see Paul Hamilton (Australian footballer. ^[1]

The Hamilton was not a large specialized war vessel; instead, she was a simple merchant ship that was pressed into service for the American Navy just prior to the War of 1812. Merchants function as professionals who deal with Trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves in order to produce Profit. ^[1]

With the conversion of the Hamilton to a man of war problems came up such as the decks not being strong enough to carry naval guns and the bulwarks not being high enough to provide enough protection for the gun crews. A man-of-war (also man of war, man-o'-war or simply man) is an armed naval vessel This page is a glossary of architecture. A Aisle - subsidiary space alongside the body of a building separated from it by columns piers or ^[1]

The 76-ton Hamilton was armed with eight 18-pound carronades and one swiveling 24-or 32-pound cannon, or "Long Tom" mounted amidships. The carronade was a short Smoothbore, Cast iron Cannon, developed for the Royal Navy by the Carron Company, an Ironworks | NOTE Throughout this article "cannon" is used as BOTH the || singular and plural

The Hamilton and the Scourge, sank during a sudden squall off Fourteen Mile Creek near present-day Hamilton, Ontario around 2:00 am on August 7, 1813. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ^[1] The sinking took more than 80 men to their death. The "Hamilton" was under command of a Lt. Winter. According to a Letter of August 1813 after both ships were lost sixteen survived. [1] A survivor of the Scourge was Ned Myers who told his story to James Fenimore Cooper. James Fenimore Cooper (September 15 1789 &ndash September 14 1851 was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century [2] According to Myers account about 8 from the Hamilton were saved and about 42 were lost.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Hamilton-Scourge web site. Retrieved on 2007-01-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships ( DANFS for short is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every Ship ever used The entry can be found here.

External links

• http://www.hamilton-scourge.city.hamilton.on.ca/home.htm
• August 1813 letter reporting Loss of Hamilton and Scourge
• Ned Myers account