From the April 30 History Mysterious History.
3. THE GRIFFIN
The first sailing ship on the Great Lakes. The Griffin (or Le was a three-masted vessel built by French explorer LaSalle during his exploration of the lakes. It disappeared in 1679. It is considered the "Holy Grail of the Great Lakes" shipwrecks.
4. SHACKLETON'S ENDURANCE
In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set sail for his expedition to Antarctica and the South Pole. But the Endurance got caught in the ice and had its hull cracked. Shackleton and the crew escaped by making an 800 mile voyage in a lifeboat, but the whereabouts of his Endurance are not known.
5. BON HOMME RICHARD
A French donation to the American cause under command of John Paul Jones. In 1779, it captured 16 British vessels off the coast of England. On September 23 it fought the British frigate HMS Serapis. Jones had not yet begun to fight and won, but the Bon Homme Richard sank and no one has been able to find it.
--Cootship
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