Sunday, April 29, 2018

A couple of interesting shipwrecks found (maybe)




I've read a couple of articles about interesting shipwrecks. One of them was found a few years ago, and I've yet to see an update about it; the other was just found.

The one that I checked on (due to linkage from the more recent one) was the potential discovery of the U.S.S. Revenge, an important ship in the War of 1812. When it wrecked, the commander of the ship, Oliver Hazard Perry, was re-assigned to the Great Lakes (a move that he requested), where he was the commander during the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie.

Divers claim wreck is the U.S.S. Revenge 

A year ago, the Navy brought up a cannon from what might be the wreck of the Revenge. It was sent to Washington D.C. for testing. Haven't heard anything since.

The new find is actually from Lake Erie. If it is what it is thought to be, it dates from after the War of 1812, but not by much. The suggested identify of the wreck is the Lake Serpent, a trading schooner.

Shipwreck found in Lake Erie could be nearly 200 years old

More work needs to be done on this one.



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