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Two sunken warships and the remains of their crews at risk |
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Written by DeadGirl
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Monday, 07 March 2005 |
The futures of two sunken warships and the remains of their crews at risk from environment and looters
TORONTO, March 7 /CNW/ - Members of the media are invited to attend a
media conference to learn from five experts how the environment and looters
seeking priceless historical artifacts threaten the futures of two armed
American schooners that sank in Lake Ontario in a sudden storm in 1813.
The ships, the Hamilton and the Scourge, lie 90 metres below the surface
of the lake, a short distance from Port Dalhousie. Experts say they are the
finest preserved examples of ships of their period in the world. They were
discovered in 1975.
Years of inattention, growing infestations of quaga mussels and recent
advancements in the technical ability of unauthorized divers to reach the
vessels is placing these national treasures at risk. There is also growing
concern about safeguarding the skeletal remains of the U.S. Navy sailors who
drowned when the ships sank.
The Hamilton and the Scourge were preparing to go into battle when the
violent storm hit them. They lie at the bottom of the lake with their cannons,
swords, axes and pikes on their decks, as if still ready to go into action.
The skulls and bones of more than 50 U.S. servicemen who drowned lie on or in
the ships or in plain sight around them on the lakebed.
Ownership of the ships and stewardship of the remains of the U.S. sailors
was transferred by the U.S. Navy to the Royal Ontario Museum in 1979. The
museum transferred title to the City of Hamilton shortly afterwards.
Despite a few visits to the ships by remote operated vehicles, meaningful
research by the City of Hamilton has been bedevilled by a continuing lack of
funds. Recent visits to the site by unauthorized divers show serious
deterioration in the ships' conditions and highlights the growing danger from
looters.
A debate involving five leading authorities on the Hamilton and Scourge
is being held at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto at 14 Elm Street on
Wednesday, March 9. Members of the media are invited to attend at 8 p.m.
There will be a media conference at the Arts and Letters Club at 10 a.m.
on Wednesday, March 9. Media will be able to see large-scale models of the
ships and photographs taken during trips to the ships. Also in attendance will
be:
DR. WILLIAM DUDLEY
Retired director of naval history, Naval Historical Centre, U.S. Navy
ROBERT GRENIER
Chief, Underwater Archaeology, Parks Canada
President, International Scientific Committee on Underwater Cultural
Heritage
(UNESCO)
JONATHAN MOORE
Marine archaeologist, Parks Canada
Canada's leading expert on the Hamilton and Scourge
DR. ROBERT NEYLAND
Head, underwater archaeology, Naval Historical Center, U.S. Navy
IAN KERR-WILSON
Coordinator, Hamilton-Scourge Project, City of Hamilton
For further information: Media contacts: Peter Moon, Arts and Letters
Club of Toronto: (416) 364-0376; Elaine Wyatt, President, Toronto chapter,
Save Ontario Shipwrecks: (416) 363-5206
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2005/07/c1422.html |
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