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1780 British warship lost durning American Revolution found in Lake Ontario virtually intact - 'It looks like it sank last week'

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the ''Holy Grail'' shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Ontario, astonishingly well-preserved in the cold, deep water, explorers announced Friday.

Shipwreck enthusiasts Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville used side-scanning sonar and an unmanned submersible to locate the HMS Ontario, which was lost with barely a trace and as many as 130 people aboard during a gale in 1780.

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A shipwreck in this good of condition and this old is unlikely to remain unrecovered.

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    Reply#1 - Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:40 AM EDT
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