Nelson & His World

Members might like to read about this 18th century warship wreck:

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/443161

Apart from the wreck itself, its discovery is equally interesting.

Kester

To put this in some sort of context, at the time of the Ontario's sinking a certain young naval officer was sailing for home from another part of the Americas suffering from dysantry and fever following the ill-conceived San Juan expedition.

Kester

www.shipwreckworld.com has some good coverage of the HMS Ontario find, including the raw video footage here: http://www.shipwreckworld.com/weblink/r ... wreck.aspx

There are more pictures here: http://www.shipwreckworld.com/story/gal ... 1-119.aspx

And more information here: http://www.shipwreckworld.com/story/shi ... tario.aspx