And then a fiery, Scottish-born captain took the fight to Britain itself. John Paul Jones didn’t just harass British shipping—he invaded British soil. With a crew of rough sailors and a sloop-of-war, ...
ROCHESTER — On the evening of October 31, 1780, the British sloop of war HMS Ontario sank with more than 120 men, women, children and prisoners on board in a sudden and violent gale on Lake Ontario.