| Engagements on Lake Ontario | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the War of 1812 | |||||
 Governor Simcoe pursued by American ships off Kingston, Upper Canada | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 United Kingdom |
 United States | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| James Lucas Yeo | Isaac Chauncey | ||||
| Strength | |||||
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1 first rate ship of the line 2 frigates 6 sloops and brigs 4 schooners and gunboats |
2 frigates 6 sloops and brigs 12 schooners and gunboats | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
|
1 sloop destroyed 2 brigs destroyed 1 brig captured[a] |
1 brig destroyed 2 schooners sunk 2 schooners captured[a] | ||||
British and American forces fought several engagements on Lake Ontario for control of the lake during the War of 1812. Ultimately, only a few actions were fought, none of which had decisive results. The contest essentially became a naval building race, sometimes referred to sarcastically as the "Battle of the Carpenters".
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