1780 British warship found in Lake Ontario

[JoieDeMer]

1780 British warship found in Lake Ontario
Intact 80-foot sloop is oldest ever found in the Great Lakes

This image shows the decoratively carved scroll bow stem of the sunken 228-year-old British warship HMS Ontario, a British warship built in1780 that has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario.
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Jim Kennard And Dan Scoville / AP

By William Kates

updated 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Ontario, astonishingly well-preserved in the cold, deep water, explorers announced Friday.

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[SnakeRiverPirate]

Cool stuff. I hope that we get more information.

 

[Rhone Man]

That is fascinating, but at 500 feet deep, I don't think I'll plan to visit any time soon...

 

[sglake]

That is fascinating, but at 500 feet deep, I don't think I'll plan to visit any time soon...

Yes i'll have to agree and skip the dive also ! I would like to hear more about it though.

 

[jagfish]

...and hear why it was a holy grail...