HMS Mohawk (1759)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Mohawk
Ordered1759
BuilderPeter Jacquet, Fort Niagara
Laid down1759
Launched1759
Commissioned1759
FateWrecked in 1764
General characteristics
Class and typeSnow
Sail planSquare rigged
Complement90 seamen + 30 soldiers
Armament16 × 6 pdr (2.7 kg) guns

HMS Mohawk was a snow constructed on the Great Lakes in North America that participated in the Battle of the Thousand Islands during the French and Indian War. Mohawk was launched in 1759; historians dispute her origin, with one stating that she was initially a French vessel under construction at Fort Niagara before the British captured the fort. Another historian claims the snow was ordered for construction in response to the existing French naval threat on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Mohawk was wrecked in 1764.