Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard

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.

Royal Navy facilities in Canada
Stations	North American Station Pacific Station Provincial Marine
Dockyards and depots	Amherstburg Esquimalt Grand River Halifax Ile aux Noix Kingston Penetanguishene Navy Island York
Ships	Ships at North American Station Ships at Pacific Station

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
• Queen Charlotte – built at Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard and serviced in Amherstburg
• 2nd HMS Detroit – schooner
• HMS Lady Prevost – schooner 1812
• HMS Caledonia – brig 1807

It was a major naval base on the Detroit River, with easy access to Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. 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.^[1][2]

See also

• George Benson Hall

Notes

References

• Canadian Historical Naval Ships and Yards
• The Provincial Marine at Amherstburg
• List of Vessels Employed on British Naval Service on the Great Lakes, 1755–1875

Coordinates: 42°06′05″N 83°06′49″W / 42.1015°N 83.1136°W / 42.1015; -83.1136

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Other countries	France
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