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HMS ''Chippawa'', or ''Chippeway'' (slang var.), was the mercantile schooner ''Chippawa'', built and launched in 1810. The British brought her into service as HM Schooner ''Chippawa'',〔Gen. Brock, military memo, 2 June 1813, to Provl.Lieut. Rolette, Commr. of "H.M.Schooner Chippawa"().〕 sometimes recorded as ''Chippeway''. The United States later captured her at the Battle of Lake Erie, and brought her into service, as USS ''Chippewa''. A storm drove her aground in October 1813, where a British force burned her in December. ==Career== The small merchant schooner ''Chippawa'', built in Chippawa,〔History of the City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio; 1888, Munsell & Co., New York.〕〔Early History of the Maumee Valley; L. Hosmer 1858〕 Ontario, Canada, in 1810, was under the command of her builder Captain Anderson Martin〔〔 or perhaps his brother Capt. Budd Martin,〔〔Dobbins papers; Buffalo (NY) Historical Society〕 and trading on the Great Lakes. At the outbreak of the War of 1812 she was ferrying supplies and furs. The British initially armed ''Chippawa'' with two guns, and brought her into the Provincial Marine under the command of Lieutenant Rollette. During the one-month armistice in August 1812, ''Chippawa'' carried General Isaac Brock on Lake Erie.〔Mansfield (1899), p.184〕 She was armed with only one gun and under the command of Master's Mate J. Campbell when on 10 September 1813 the American sloop captured her during the Battle of Lake Erie. The Americans concentrated their fire on the larger British vessels and ''Chippawa'' came under fire when she went to help them. The Americans then captured her and ''Little Belt'' while they were trying to escape.〔Hepper (1994), pp.147-8.〕 Her only casualty was Campbell, who was slightly wounded in the action. The Americans took her into service as USS ''Chippewa'', under the command of Acting Midshipman Robert S. Tatem. She then carried the baggage of the 27th and 28th regiments of Infantry from Put-in-Bay, Ohio.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Chippeway (1812)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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