Nancy (1789 ship)
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | Nancy |
| Namesake: | Nancy Richardson |
| Builder: | Richardson Forsythe and Company |
| Laid down: | June 1789 |
| Launched: | 24 November 1789 at Detroit |
| Fate: | Commandeered for the Provincial Marine |
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United Kingdom
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| Name: | Nancy |
| Acquired: | Commandeered 1812 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Navy 1814 |
 Great Britain
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| Acquired: | 1814 |
| Fate: | Burned and sank, 14 August 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 67 (bm) |
| Length: | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | two-masted schooner |
| Armament: | 2 x 24-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder guns (1813) |
Coordinates: 44°31′09″N 80°01′12″W / 44.519214°N 80.019951°W
Nancy was a schooner, built in Detroit and launched in 1789. She served for several years in the fur trade on the Great Lakes, but is best known for playing a part in the Anglo-American War of 1812. She served for several years as a vital supply ship for the Provincial Marine. The Royal Navy took over the Provincial Marine in 1814 and so acquired Nancy. After HMS Nancy was blocked in by an American fleet near the mouth of the Nottawasaga River, her crew set her on fire on 14 August 1814 to prevent the capture of the ship and the cargo she carried. Forgotten for many years, the wreck was re-discovered in July, 1927 and raised to form the centrepiece of the Nancy Island Museum.
Nancy was built by the fur trading company Forsyth, Richardson and Company of Montreal, at Detroit. (Although Detroit was by rights on American territory, it was not handed over to the United States until the Jay Treaty was signed in 1796.) At this time the company was one of the several merchant firms based in Montreal that made up the loose partnership known as the North West Company. The Indian trade on the Great Lakes was conducted by larger sailing vessels whereas birchbark canoes remained the principal means of transport in the fur trade of the Canadian north-west via the Ottawa River.
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