HMS Linnet (1813)

that operated on the Canadian Lakes.

Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Linnet
Builder:	Isle de Noix, Lake Champlain
Launched:	April 1814
Fate:	Captured by Americans on 11 September 1814
Career (USA)
Name:	USS Linnet
Acquired:	Captured, 11 September 1814
Fate:	Sold 1825
General characteristics
Class and type:	16-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen:	350 bm
Length:	82 ft 6 in (25.1 m)
Beam:	27 ft (8.2 m)
Depth of hold:	62 ft 8 in (19.10 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Brig
Complement:	99
Armament:	16 x 24 pounders

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Linnet.

For other ships of the same name, see USS Linnet.

HMS Linnet was a 16-gun brig, built in 1814 by the Royal Navy at Ile aux Noix, Canada, as Niagara. Renamed Linnet and commanded by Commander Daniel Pring, RN, she served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. The Americans captured her in 1814 at the Battle of Lake Champlain at Plattsburgh, New York, and took her into service though she never sailed again. She was sold in 1825.

Service

Linnet joined Capt. George Downie's squadron, taking part in the Battle of Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814. Sailing down the bay, Linnet engaged the American brig Eagle, of 18 guns. Linnet did much damage to Eagle until Commodore Thomas MacDonough's flagship Saratoga raked Linnet, causing her to strike. Linnet had sustained losses of 10 killed and 15 wounded.

Fate

The Americans repaired Linnet and took her into the U.S. Navy as the USS Linnet. However, because the War of 1812 was over by that time, they placed her in Ordinary at Whitehall, New York. She was sold in 1825.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. 
• Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The Lost Ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London: Mansell). ISBN 0-7201-1816-6
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461. 
• Battle of Plattsburgh