Edmund Fitzgerald

Forty-seven years ago on Nov. This underwater photo of the sunken SS Edmund Fitzgerald was taken by an unmanned submersible robot as a research team investigates the wreck site 17 miles.

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Photograph of the Edmund Fitzgerald taken in May 1975 St.

. The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29-member crew during a violent fall storm on November 10 1975 just northwest of Whitefish. 9 1975 the SS. Quite literally the ship was barely able to pass.

A storm came up in the afternoon and. The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The Journey.

When launched on June 7 1958 she was the largest ship on North Americas Great Lakes and she remains the largest to have sunk there. The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Image courtesy of Bob Campbell Grand Ledge MI.

Edmunds great grandparents William and Julianna had immigrated from Ireland in 1837 and settled on a. According to a Los Angeles Times obituary Edmund Fitzgerald who died in 1986 was a civic leader in his hometown of Milwaukee. SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10 1975 with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men.

Edmund Fitzgerald set sail on her final journey across Lake Superior carrying 29 men and over 26000 long tons of. On the evening of November 9 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald departed from Superior Wisconsin carrying 26116 long tons of iron ore on board. In the hours after the 728-foot Edmund Fitzgerald abruptly vanished from the radar during a gale on Lake Superior the night of Nov.

Since there were no survivors to provide eyewitness accounts the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains a mystery to many. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald On November 9 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald pushed across the waters of Lake Superior with a cargo of iron ore. With the intention of reaching Detroit the.

He was credited with helping to establish the. 10 1975 the attitude of rescue crews quickly. She was located in deep water on November 14 1975 by a US.

This annual event at Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors commemorates the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald and the total loss of the 29 crew members aboard. This page lists the most common theories. The Edmund Fitzgerald was one of the largest ships on the Great Lakes at the time measuring 729 feet long 39 feet tall and 75 feet wide.

Edmund Fitzgerald was born in 1895 in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

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