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      British gunboats manoeuvring against American vessels in combat on the St. Lawrence. The foreground gunboat is similar to the only intact gunboat wreck remaining today, the Radcliffe, currently on exhibit at Fort Wellington in Prescott, Ontario. Gunboats played a game of cat and mouse along the river.

      The Nelson was the largest gunboat with a 24-pdr. cannon and 32-pdr. carronade. Gunboats were used extensively by the British and the Americans in the fight for mastery of the St. Lawrence. They were versatile craft, but must have been miserable for the men, with their cramped and exposed conditions.