Shipwreck Explorers Discover 1850's Schooner in Lake Ontario

Rochester, New York - A mid 1800's schooner has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario near Oak Orchard, New York. Shipwreck enthusiasts Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville finally located the old schooner after a search effort that took them more than 5 years.  more »

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LEGEND OF THE LAKE - New Discovery Edition Book
A story two centuries in the making: LEGEND OF THE LAKE (Discovery Edition) The 22-Gun Brig-Sloop HMS Ontario, 1780  more »

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Shipwreck Explorers Discover 1780 British Warship in Lake Ontario
HMS Ontario, a British warship built in 1780 has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Shipwreck enthusiasts Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville located the ship utilizing sophisticated side scanning sonar and an underwater remote operated vehicle. HMS Ontario is the oldest confirmed shipwreck and the only fully intact British warship to have ever been found in the Great Lakes.  more »

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Shipwreck Explorers Discover 1890’s Steamer in Lake Ontario
Oak Orchard, New York - The steamer Samuel F. Hodge has been discovered in the deep depths off the southern shore of Lake Ontario near Oak Orchard, NY.   Shipwreck explorers, Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville, located the old steamer utilizing high...  more »

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DeepVision Side Scan Sonar images
   Great Lakes Schooner - Shipwreck  Location:  Lake Ontario   Steamer Arizona remains Location:  St. Lawrence River Steamer Roy Jodrey  Location:  St. Lawrence...  more »

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200 Year Old “Dagger-Board” Schooner Discovered in Lake Ontario
A rare dagger-board schooner has been discovered in over 500 feet of water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario using deep towed side scan sonar equipment. Sailing vessels of this type were in use on the lakes for only a short period of time beginning in the very early 1800’s. This ship is the only dagger-board schooner known to have been found in the Great Lakes.  more »

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Has anyone used any of the more economical side scan sonar systems currently available? Deep Vision, Edge Tech or the Hummingbird 1100 serie
Has anyone used any of the more economical side scan sonar systems currently available? Deep Vision, Edge Tech or the Hummingbird 1100 series? Just getting into this and would appreciate ANY feedback. Thanks, Tim  more »

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World War II shipwreck reappears near Coos Bay
kmtr.com The ship "Helen E” has made a brief appearance on the southern Oregon coast. Locals may remember the World War II U.S. Navy submarine Chaser. It was grounded on the beach in 1951, but low tides and recent storms off the North Spit in Coos Bay pulled...  more »

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Search Team finds the wreck of the wartime hospital ship Centaur
abc.net.au The crew on board Seahorse Spirit found the Centaur 30 nautical miles off the southern tip of Moreton Island in south-east Queensland at the weekend. The Centaur was sunk by the Japanese in 1943, killing 268 people. The search ship arrived back in...  more »

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Gold Rush-Era Wreck Found - "GHOST SHIP"
news.nationalgeographic.com Recently photographed for the first time, the gold rush-era sternwheeler A.J. Goddard was discovered sitting upright and remarkably intact in a lake in the Yukon Territory, Canada, in July 2008. Like an early 20th-century snapshot, "everything is just...  more »

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Monster Waves Spotted from Space
news.bbc.co.uk Sailors often whisper of monster waves when ships sink mysteriously but, until now, no one quite believed them. As part of a project called MaxWave - which was set up to test the rumours - two Esa satellites surveyed the oceans. During a three...  more »

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Mystery ends in Australia WWII disaster
cnn.com On Wednesday a long-awaited report on the sinking of the Sydney II ended the mystery that began when it met its fate, November 19, 1941. Made to look like a cargo ship, the German vessel was in fact a military raider that fired on the Australians when...  more »

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Ancient Roman shipwrecks found
news.bbc.co.uk Underwater archaeologists in Italy have discovered the wrecks of five ancient Roman ships in the Mediterranean, with their cargo still largely intact.  more »

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