&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Friends_Good_Will.JPG) Friends Good Will (Michigan Maritime Museum)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Friends Good Will |
| Builder | Oliver Williams, River Rouge |
| Laid down | 1811 |
| Launched | 1811 |
| Captured | 17 July 1812 |
| Fate | captured as prize of war |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Little Belt |
| Namesake | HMS Little Belt (1807) |
| Acquired | 17 July 1812 (by capture) |
| Captured | 10 September 1813 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Little Belt |
| Acquired | 10 September 1813 (by capture) |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1813 |
| Fate | Burned by British landing party, 30 December 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sloop-of-war |
| Tons burthen | 67 25⁄94 (bm)(By calc.).[a] |
| Length | 59 ft 0 in (18.0 m)[2] |
| Beam | 16 ft 0 in (4.9 m)[2] |
| Depth of hold | 7 ft 0 in (2.1 m)[2] |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Bermuda sloop |
| Complement | 18 |
| Armament |
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HMS Little Belt was the mercantile sloop Friends Good Will, launched in 1811, which the British captured shortly after the start of the War of 1812. The British took her into service as Little Belt, armed her with three guns, and incorporated her into the Royal Navy's Lake Erie fleet. The American schooner Scorpion captured her during the Battle of Lake Erie and the Americans took her into service under her existing name. A storm drove her ashore in October 1813 and a British expeditionary force burnt her in December 1813.
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