Ontario's Provincial Plaques

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Capture of the 'Somers' and 'Ohio'

Capture of the 'Somers' and 'Ohio'

Photo by Alan L Brown - August 22, 2004

Plaque Location

The Region of Niagara
The Town of Fort Erie
In Crystal Beach, in the park at Queen's Circle and Derby Road

Plaque Text

On the night of August 12, 1814, seventy seamen and marines, led by Captain Alexander T. Dobbs, R.N., embarked in this vicinity to attempt the capture of three armed U.S. schooners lying off American-held Fort Erie. One of the six boats used had been carried some 40 km from Queenston, while the others were brought overland from Frenchman's Creek. Masquerading as supply craft, the force boarded and seized the "Somers" and "Ohio", the "Porcupine" alone escaping. Two of the attackers, including their second-in-command, Lieutenant Copleston Radcliffe, R.N., were killed. This daring exploit was the last naval action fought on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812.

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