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Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard was a Royal Navy yard from 1796 to 1813 in Amherstburg, Ontario. The yard comprised blockhouses, store houses, magazine, wood yard and wharf. Vessels built or serviced at the yard included: Besides Navy Island, it was the only major base on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The yard was burned and abandoned in 1812 during the early stages of the War of 1812 and re-located to the Penetanguishene Naval Yard. The site of the yard was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1928.

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  • Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard was a Royal Navy yard from 1796 to 1813 in Amherstburg, Ontario. The yard comprised blockhouses, store houses, magazine, wood yard and wharf. Vessels built or serviced at the yard included: Besides Navy Island, it was the only major base on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The yard was burned and abandoned in 1812 during the early stages of the War of 1812 and re-located to the Penetanguishene Naval Yard. The site of the yard was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1928.
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  • RN base on Lake Erie
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  • 1796(xsd:integer)
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  • Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
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  • Shipyard, dockyard
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  • Amherstburg, Ontario
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  • Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard was a Royal Navy yard from 1796 to 1813 in Amherstburg, Ontario. The yard comprised blockhouses, store houses, magazine, wood yard and wharf. Vessels built or serviced at the yard included: * Ottawa – schooner built in Detroit c.1778 * Chippewa – built in Detroit c.1790 * Dunmore – schooner built in Detroit, 1772 * Francis – sloop built in Detroit, 1796 * General Hope – schooner * Candem – schooner * General Hunter – brig * HMS Queen Charlotte later USS Queen Charlotte (1813) – built at Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard and serviced in Amherstburg * 2nd HMS Detroit – schooner * HMS Lady Prevost – schooner 1812 * HMS Caledonia – brig 1807 Besides Navy Island, it was the only major base on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The yard was burned and abandoned in 1812 during the early stages of the War of 1812 and re-located to the Penetanguishene Naval Yard. The site of the yard was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1928.
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