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Stephen Champlin (1789-1870) was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A cousin of Commodore Perry, Champlin left home at the age of 16 to join the US Navy. In July 1813 Sailing Master Champlin was placed in command of the schooner Scorpion during the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. The Scorpion fired the first and last shots of the battle. In the spring of 1814 Champlin was placed in command of the Tigress, assigned to blockade duty. Severely wounded during the British capture of the Tigress in September, he was a British prisoner of war along with Lieutenant Daniel Turner for the next six months. Later promoted to commodore, he was the last living survivor of the Battle of Lake Erie.| HM Number | HM2FOS |
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| Placed By | Pennsylvania State University |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, April 15th, 2019 at 8:04pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 584169 N 4663240 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 42.11675000, -79.98181667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 7.005', W 79° 58.909' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 7' 0.29999999999999" N, 79° 58' 54.54" W |
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