A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution, and long has been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been found at the bottom of Lake Ontario, astonishingly well preserved in the cold, deep water, explorers said Friday. Side scanning sonar and an unmanned submersible located the HMS Ontario, which was lost with barely a trace and as many as 130 people aboard during a gale in 1780. The 80 foot sloop of war is the oldest shipwreck, and the only fully intact British war-ship ever found in the Great Lakes. To have a Revolutionary War vessel that's practically intact is unbelievable. It is an archaeological miracle, said Canadian author Arthur Britton Smith, who chronicled the history of the HMS Ontario in a 1997 book, "The Legend of the Lake." The finders of the wreck said they regard it as a war grave and have no plans to raise it or remove any of its artifacts. They said the ship is still considered the property of the British Admiralty. There are an estimated 4,700 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, including about 500 on Lake Ontario.- Millet

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