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HMS Ontario was a British warship that sank in a storm in Lake Ontario on 31 October 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. [2] She was a 22-gun snow , and, at 80 feet (24 m) in length, the largest British warship on the Great Lakes at the time. [ 2 ]
HMS Ontario Royal Navy: 31 October 1780 A British 22-gun brig-sloop sunk in a storm on Lake Ontario, discovered in 2008. The oldest shipwreck ever found on the Great Lakes. Orcadian: 5 August 1858 Directly outside of Sodus Bay harbor on the western side of the harbor entrance in shallow water. Perseverance
The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Ontario off the coast of the U.S. state of New York. It protects 41 known historically significant shipwrecks spanning 200 years of American maritime history, as well as 19 potential shipwreck sites.
HMS Ontario (1755), a Royal Navy schooner captured in 1756; HMS Ontario (1780), a Royal Navy brig-sloop that sank in a storm in Lake Ontario during the American Revolutionary War and whose wreck was discovered in June 2008 between Niagara and Rochester. HMS Ontario (1813), a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop ordered as HMS Mohawk and sold off ...
This includes shipwrecks on Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes in North America. ... HMS Ontario (1780) S. HMS St Lawrence (1814) USS Scourge (1812) HMS Speedy (1798)
How five submerged cannons and a note in a log book margin helped to identify the whereabouts of HMS Tyger’s remains. ... The impressive ship, built in 1647, is believed to have been a 50-gun ...
Residents of New England and those with British ties are once again in a scuffle. This time, the debate continues over whether a shipwreck found off the coast of Rhode Island is really the HMS ...
Researchers at the Australian National Maritime Museum said they have found evidence that a shipwreck located in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, is the remains of the HMS Endeavour, a British Royal ...