Another wreck found

[poopdeckpappy]

Mystery Ship Found in Lake Ontario

[Giulietta]

PDP, that is really cool, have thy gotten any images yet?

Thanks

[Giulietta]

never mind I saw the video now..

Pretty amazing how well preserved it is, I guess lack of oxygen?

[sailaway21]

Fresh water also.

[paulk]

The video of the HMS Ontario is really cool. You can see how the topmasts were housed by the crew, but that she was still obviously overpowered by the storm that came up. She went down so smoothly that some of the glass in the quarter galleries is still intact. Sorry for the crew (apparently only one body was recovered), but her sinking helped slow British troop movements during the Revolution.

[poopdeckpappy]

Great lakes really has a fasinating history, I should do some reading

[farmboy]

PDP,

If you want to do some reading, I think a great place to start would be a book called Lords of the Lake by Robert Malcomson. The book chronicles the struggle for naval supremacy on Lake Ontario during the war of 1812. The book is very well written, and Malcomson is a respected historian.

[flyingwelshman]

or shipwrecks in general, there is an annual symposium on the subject. It is called (surprisingly) "Shipwrecks" and is held in Welland, Ontario every April. Topics range from commercial ships to military ones and even some other oddities (airplanes etc.)
The focus of the symposium is mostly diving, but the speakers are usually interesting enough and provide lots of historical information on the wrecks.
I'm pretty sure that there are similar shows around the Great lakes (I think there's one in Chicago).
Here is a website for Shipwrecks 2009 if you want any more info.

The Ontario Underwater Council also has a really cool resource: a directory of Great Lakes wrecks at Ontario Underwater Council, powered by Google Earth. There are many wrecks for which there is information - including GPS #'s!

[poopdeckpappy]

Originally Posted by farmboy

PDP,

If you want to do some reading, I think a great place to start would be a book called Lords of the Lake by Robert Malcomson. The book chronicles the struggle for naval supremacy on Lake Ontario during the war of 1812. The book is very well written, and Malcomson is a respected historian.

Thanks Farmboy, I'm going to get it




Was able to get it at amazon...........Thanks again

[farmboy]

PDP,

That's great. I really enjoyed the book. I had no idea there was so much naval history on the great lakes.

flyingwelshman,

Thanks for the info. I'll be spending some time on the wrecks directory.