Nobody knows...
There were no survivors and the ships in the area didn't see anything.
The Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared during a severe winter storm with hurricane force wind gusts. A few weeks later, the wreck was found in two pieces on the lake floor.
It was originally assumed that the ship snapped in half while on the lake surface, due to the storm activity. The Coast Guard investigation sited ineffective hatch coverings, which allowed water to flood the cargo hold. An investigation done by the Discovery Channel claimed the ship was sunk by a rogue wave.
The original theory was seeming debunked, because if the Edmund Fitzgerald had broken up on the surface, the two halves would be miles apart (they are yards away from each other). Many people didn't accept the conclusion made by the Coast Guard because they placed the blame on the crew and failed to consider all the evidence. The investigation done by the Discovery Channel found that some of the hatch covers were bowed inward, meaning they were in place and crushed.
So the official cause is faulty hatch coverings.
The Edmund Fitzgerald
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it was a stormy night when the edmund fitzgerald sank and no one knows exactly what happened.
the wreak of the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk on November 10th 1998 i think that is the year but im am posotive of the actual date and it sunk near Cleveland and it only had 15 more miles till it reached land the edmund fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10 1975. and it sank closer to whitefish bay than cleveland. it was headed fot cleveland.
November 10th, 1975, according to Wikipedia.
0 people survived on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was created in 1975-12.
the wreak of the Edmund Fitzgerald was heading to Cleveland.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was carrying a full load of taconite iron ore pellets.
Gordon Lightfoot recorded the song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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The Edmund Fitzgerald sunk on November 10, 1975 and was immortalised in a song by Gordon Lightfoot, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'.