HMS Royal George (1809)

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HMS Royal George was a 20-gun sloop of the Royal Navy that operating on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.

She was launched at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario, in July 1809. In November 1812, Royal George was the largest warship on the lake, operating under the command of British Commodore Hugh Earl (or "Earle"). On November 9, 1812, she was intercepted by an American fleet of seven ships under the command of U.S. Commodore Isaac Chauncey, but managed to escape to the safety of her home harbour at Kingston.

She was renamed Niagara in 1814 and was sold in 1837.

See HMS Royal George for other ships of this name.