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During the War Of 1812 , the British Royal Navy had two small vessels named HMS ''Detroit'' on Lake Erie , both named after the nearby Fort Detroit . The first ''Detroit'' was originally the United States Brig ''Adams'' , mounting 6 6-pounders, captured 16 July 1813 while aground near Detroit and subsequently used to dominate the lake. However, the Americans recaptured ''Detroit'' on 9 October , but could not get the vessel away from shore guns, and burnt it later that day. Confusingly, the other ''Detroit'' was operating on the same lake during the same time period. This one was a 12- or 14-gun Schooner , 305 tons, and was built at Amherstburg in August 1813 . She was captured just a month later, 9 September , in the Battle Of Lake Erie . The vessel was commissioned into the United States Navy as its first USS ''Detroit'' , but was badly damaged, never sailed again, and was sold in 1825 . Reference |