Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario

Associated Press ^ | Jun 13, 2008 | William Kates

[decimon]

Ever go to Rocky’s for lunch?

I don't remember that. Well, maybe I remember the name but I'm not sure. For good eateries there were the rib houses in the burbs and a place called, IIRC, the Italian Village on East Main.

Most of our training was at their great facility in Riverwood, before they sold it.

[Rocky]

Ever go to Rocky’s for lunch?

I have, but not in New York.

[centurion316]

The rum was passed out on the gun deck, where the mess tables were rigged. The lash was administered in the well of the main deck with the miscrents seized up to a hatch grating. The real action (buggery) was in the cable tiers at about 4 bells of the middle watch.

[ryan71]

“I think that this ship should be raised.”

Man, I would love to see that ship sitting in a museum. It would be an historical jewel.

[centurion316]

I agree. There are no surviving British ships of this rate and this time period. The closest is the HMS Trincomalee, a much larger frigate built in India at the close of the Napoleanic Wars - this is Lake Ontario’s Vasa.

[Postman]

That’s a fascinating site....thank you for the link.

[Postman]

I fully agree.

[Rudder]

...two crow's nests on each mast.

A sloop according to the article. Sloops with more than one mast are rare.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Calvin Locke]

Well, there is a U-Boat in Chicago, the U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry.

It was the one boarded and captured on the high seas a couple of days before the expected Allied invasion of Europe, and the US Navy went to great lengths keep the news secret to avoid giving the Germans a reason to change codes and radio frequencies sooner than scheduled.

[BenLurkin]

Toured it in 1968. Pretty cool!

[ApplegateRanch]

Let’s make it a working link.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080613/NEWS01/80613043/-1/NEWSFRONT

[EagleandLiberty]

I believe Spain will be laying CLAIM to it!!

[Nailbiter]

ping

[fanfan]

[Political Junkie Too]

Are the British going to claim sovereignty over the wreck and demand the valuables be returned, like the Spanish recently did?

-PJ

[decimon]

Are the British going to claim sovereignty over the wreck and demand the valuables be returned, like the Spanish recently did?

I think there must be artifacts of historical value but little to nothing of intrinsic value like gold coins.

[CholeraJoe]

I wonder if there’s a clay pipe with Masonic symbols hidden in a cask of gunpowder below decks?

[SunkenCiv]

:’D