Along with the naval engagements on Lake Ontario, Wolfe supported land operations in the Niagara region and at the Battle of Fort Oswego (as Montreal).

[1] Designed by Thomas Plucknett, the construction of the vessel was handed over to James Morrison of Montreal who had been hired as master shipwright at Kingston.

Progress was slow and Morrison was fired and Daniel Allen, the foreman of the shipwrights, was made master.

Daniel Allen was fired in March 1813 for urging his artificers to strike and George Record replaced him as master shipwright of the Kingston yard.

[3] A sister ship, named Sir Isaac Brock, was constructed at York, Upper Canada.

[9] The arrival of Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo at Kingston on 16 May marked the command takeover of the naval forces on the Great Lakes by the Royal Navy from the Provincial Marine.

[10] On 27 May, the squadron sailed from Kingston loaded with troops commanded by Sir George Prevost for Sackett's Harbor, New York.

They arrived on 28 May and unloaded troops for the assault on the United States Navy's key naval base on Lake Ontario.

Though none of the vessels other than Beresford took part in the actual battle, the objectives of the attack were partially met, with the American naval yard being burnt down.

While off Forty Mile Creek, alterations were made to the cabin layout and the painting was finished, as the job had been left incomplete when Wolfe had sailed for Sackett's Harbor.

The squadron returned to Kingston on 17 June via the south shore of Lake Ontario, capturing three merchant schooners, two sloops and raiding along the Genesee River and American Eighteen Mile Creek.

Beyond making a small transport voyage in early October, Wolfe and Royal George remained laid up through the winter months.

They arrived the next day and during the night, Montreal and Niagara (the renamed Royal George) got within 1,000 yards (910 m) of the fort.

After returning to Kingston with the spoils from the attack, Yeo's squadron sailed to blockade Sackett's Harbor.

[18] In June, Captain George Downie was given command of Montreal, though through the summer, the vessel did not venture far from Kingston.