HMS Duke of Gloucester (1813)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Duke of Gloucester
Builder:	Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Ontario
Launched:	May 1807
Fate:	Captured on 25 April 1813
United States
Name:	York
Acquired:	Captured 25 April 1813
In service:	25 April 1813
Out of service:	29 May 1813
Fate:	Burned by the British on 29 May 1813
Notes:	Used as powder hulk
General characteristics
Type:	10-gun brig
Tons burthen:	165 (bm)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	brig
Armament:	10 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Duke of Gloucester (or Gloucester) was a 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy which was launched at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario. A Provincial Marine vessel, during the War of 1812, the brig took part in several of the early engagements between British and American naval forces on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. While being repaired at York, Duke of Gloucester was captured by Americans in 1813. A month later the British destroyed the brig at the Battle of Sackett's Harbor.

In 1806, plans were drawn up for a vessel to replace the aging Provincial Marine gunboat Swift. The new vessel was constructed at Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Upper Canada under Master Shipwright John Dennis. When Duke of Gloucester was launched in May 1807, the Provincial Marine's role on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River was restricted to the transport of provisions and personnel for the colonial government and the British Army. The vessel measured 165 tons burthen and Duke of Gloucester's draught was shallow enough to allow the brig access to any port in any season. The vessel was armed with ten 12-pounder (5.4 kg) guns. By the War of 1812, the vessel was armed with six 6-pounder (2.7 kg) long guns and rated a schooner.

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