sábado, junho 14, 2008

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Divers find 1780 British warship
Deep sea divers have found the wreck of a Royal Navy warship which sank during the American Revolution.
The discovery of HMS Ontario, at the bottom of one of the Great Lakes on the US-Canada border, has been hailed an "archaeological miracle". The 22-gun, 80ft (24.4m) vessel, with an estimated 130 men on board, went down in Lake Ontario in a gale in 1780.

There are about 4,700 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, with approximately 500 in Lake Ontario.






"To have a revolutionary war vessel that's practically intact is unbelievable "
Arthur Britton Smith - Canadian author


Drawing of HMS Ontario by Arthur Britton Smith

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