After the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, safety regulations and practices in the Great Lakes shipping industry were scrutinized and improved. The U.S. Coast Guard implemented more stringent safety measures, including better weather forecasting and mandatory safety drills for crews. Additionally, the incident prompted the development of enhanced vessel standards and the establishment of the Great Lakes Safety Management System to prevent similar tragedies in the future. Overall, the disaster led to a heightened awareness of maritime safety in harsh weather conditions.
it was a stormy night when the edmund fitzgerald sank and no one knows exactly what happened.
0 people survived on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was carrying approximately 26,116 tons of iron ore when it sank.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, killing 29 men.
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The Steamship, SS Edmund Fitzgerald, was a freight carrier which sank in Lake Superior on 10 November 1975. Up to today theories abound but no definitive cause for the sinking has been established.
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.
Sure, the compass was in use since the 1500’s and it sank in 1975.
From the chairman of the North-western Mutual Life Insurance Company, MR. Edmund Fitzgerald
SS Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the largest ships on the Great Lakes, sank on Lake Superior during a massive winter storm. None of the 29 crew bodies ever were found. The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is the most famous disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping.
There have been many shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. Probably the best known is the Edmund Fitzgerald; which sank on November 10, 1975 with no survivors of its 29 man crew. the Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.Another was the collision between the Comet and the Manitoba on August 26. 1875 in which the Comet sank and the Manitoba was heavily damaged; ten crewmen died.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was primarily located in Lake Superior, where it sank on November 10, 1975, near Whitefish Bay. Its wreckage was later discovered about 17 miles from the entrance to the St. Marys River, at a depth of approximately 500 feet.