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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
On November 6, 1803, the Canadian sloop departed Niagara, Ontario, bound for Kingston, Ontario. She disappeared in a severe storm with the loss of all on board. Wreckage from Washington washed up on the coast of New York near Oswego on November 7. Her wreck, discovered near Oswego in June 2016, is the earliest known shipwreck in the sanctuary ...
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)
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 ...
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 ...
After the ship met its fate in the water and became wrecked while pursuing the Spanish into the Gulf of Mexico, around 300 crew members were marooned for over two months on a small island off the ...
The ship was wrecked near the Burin Peninsula, with some loss of life. P.L.M. 27 United Kingdom: 26 June 1941 An iron-ore carrier that was torpedoed by U-123 off Bell Island. USS Pollux United States Navy: 18 February 1942 A supply ship that sank along with USS Truxtun in a storm.