HMS St Lawrence (1814)

A painting of HMS St Lawrence
History
United Kingdom
Name	St Lawrence
Builder	Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Kingston
Laid down	12 April 1814
Launched	10 September 1814
Decommissioned	1815
Fate	Sold, 1832
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Tons burthen	2,304 90⁄94 bm
Length	194 ft 2 in (59.18 m) (gun deck length)
Beam	52 ft 7 in (16.03 m)
Complement	700
Armament	102 guns: Gun deck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 4 × 24 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Middle gun deck: 36 × 24 pdrs Upper gun deck: 32 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	2015

HMS St Lawrence was a 102-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy that served on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. Built on the lake at the Royal Navy dockyard in Kingston, Ontario, she was the only Royal Navy ship of the line ever to be launched and operated entirely in fresh water.^[1] Constructed in 1814, the ship's arrival on the lake ended all naval action and St Lawrence finished the war having never gone into battle. Following the war, the vessel was laid up, eventually being sold in 1832 to private interests. The ship later sank and is now a recreational dive spot.