Monday, June 16, 2008

HMS Ontario Found

A short article in the June 14th Chicago Tribune "Great Lakes find ends 3-year hunt."
A sunken ship was found. Sunken ships are of great interest to me; right up my alley you might say.

Two very dedicated underwater explorers found it after a three year search found the 22 gun British warship HMS Ontario which sank in a storm on October 31, 1780, five months after being launched. It carried 22 guns and was the largest British ship on the Great Lakes during the American Revolution.

It is partially on its side 500 feet down and very well preserved due to the extremely cold water. Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville spent three years searching for it with side-scan sonar.

Way to Go Jim and Dan!!! --Da Coot

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