Steamer L.R. Doty Found in Lake Michigan off Milwaukee

A group of Wisconsin marine historians and divers have announced the discovery of the missing steamship L.R. Doty, which vanished in a violent Lake Michigan storm 112 years ago, on October 25, 1898. The Doty was the largest wooden ship still missing on Lake Michigan, with an overall length of 300 feet.  more »

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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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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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   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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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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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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What happaned to the Empress of ireland. It was sunk in the St. Lawrence River around the time the Titanic sun (1912)????
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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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Ship made in 1700s found at Ground Zero building site
cnn.com The hull of a ship likely made in the 1700s was discovered at the World Trade Center site Tuesday. Archaeologists say that it probably was sunk there in the effort to add land to Manhattan in the early 19th century. Molly McDonald, an archaeologist with...  more »

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Lake Michigan Shipwreck Found After 112 Years
youtube.com The L.R. Doty 300-foot-long steamship that sank in 1898 in a violent Lake Michigan storm has been found off the Milwaukee-area shoreline. Divers say the intact vessel appears to have been perfectly preserved by the cold fresh waters.  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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Legend of the Lake - New Discovery Edition Book

The recent discovery of the wreck of the British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two centuries ago. Now, for the first time, the whole tragic story of the Ontario can finally be told. Buy Now!