USS Queen Charlotte, a ship-rigged

Full rigged ship

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 sloop

Sloop

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 built at Malden (now Amherstberg

Amherstburg, Ontario

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), Canada

Canada

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 in 1807, for the Canadian Provincial Marine

Provincial Marine

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, was captured by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry

Oliver Hazard Perry

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 in the Battle of Lake Erie

Battle of Lake Erie

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 on 10 September 1813 and purchased by the United States Navy

United States Navy

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. Badly cut-up during the engagement, Queen Charlotte was taken to Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Put-in-Bay, Ohio

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 and laid up until sold in 1825 to George Brown of Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie, Pennsylvania

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, who raised her and fitted her out as a merchant ship.