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Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario
Associated Press ^
| Jun 13, 2008
| William Kates
Posted on 06/13/2008 4:20:50 PM PDT by decimon
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To: shadowcat
Ever go to Rockys 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.
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posted on
06/13/2008 5:26:43 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: shadowcat
Ever go to Rockys for lunch? I have, but not in New York.
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posted on
06/13/2008 5:33:43 PM PDT
by
Rocky
To: decimon
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.
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posted on
06/13/2008 5:37:55 PM PDT
by
centurion316
(Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida Worldwide)
To: centurion316
“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.
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posted on
06/13/2008 5:37:55 PM PDT
by
ryan71
(Typical bitter white gun toter)
To: ryan71
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.
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posted on
06/13/2008 5:48:45 PM PDT
by
centurion316
(Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida Worldwide)
To: decimon
That’s a fascinating site....thank you for the link.
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posted on
06/13/2008 6:18:15 PM PDT
by
Postman
To: centurion316
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posted on
06/13/2008 6:20:58 PM PDT
by
Postman
To: decimon
...two crow's nests on each mast.A sloop according to the article. Sloops with more than one mast are rare.
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posted on
06/13/2008 6:40:39 PM PDT
by
Rudder
To: decimon; blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
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posted on
06/13/2008 7:06:27 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
To: Rebelbase
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.
To: Calvin Locke
Toured it in 1968. Pretty cool!
To: shadowcat
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posted on
06/13/2008 9:16:51 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
To: decimon
I believe Spain will be laying CLAIM to it!!
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posted on
06/13/2008 9:26:54 PM PDT
by
EagleandLiberty
(El Rushbo Tribal name -- RinoHunter Coming Soon - a new CONSERVATIVE PARTY --- www.falconparty.com)
To: IncPen; BartMan1
To: decimon; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; conniew; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ...
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posted on
06/14/2008 4:41:40 AM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: decimon
Are the British going to claim sovereignty over the wreck and demand the valuables be returned, like the Spanish recently did?
-PJ
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posted on
06/14/2008 11:38:45 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
To: Political Junkie Too
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.
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posted on
06/14/2008 11:54:57 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder if there’s a clay pipe with Masonic symbols hidden in a cask of gunpowder below decks?
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:29:18 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink, I don't give a hoot about what you think.")
To: CholeraJoe
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posted on
06/16/2008 7:09:24 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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