Revolutionary War Shipwreck From 1780, Discovered In Lake Ontario
15 Jun, 2008 in craziest shit ever, fnord
I like shipwrecks. When I was a kid, and I would read from the giant pile of National Geographic magazines in our living room, I always loved the articles about sunken ships. Whether they were World War 2 hulks, or doomed galleons, I loved them.
The HMS Ontario was a British ship from the Revolutionary War. It’s amazingly well preserved, with even the knots in the rigging still intact. There are 160 in that wreck. There may be logs, maps, and ledgers with text still legible (ledger/legible/legislate), and of course the trivial detritus of a real life. Toothpicks, combs, chamber pots, etc.
Here’s some raw footage of the dive site. It’s neato to me.
Hi Mark,
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Nice blogg.
Interesting article…..Lake Ontario cold water,brrrr!
Thx,
Sharie
Those small things are not trivial! LOL… We have all sorts of information about life from the random leavings of random people. What a Gold mine!
You are Loved! Hope you are busy…
I love ships too but i would love to find a way to bring the titanic back to the surface and put it in a museum