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What year did the Edmund Fitzgerald sink?
November 10th, 1975, according to Wikipedia.
How many men died on the Edmund Fitzgerald?
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, killing 29 men.
What did the SS Edmund Fitzgerald do before it sank?
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.
Where was the Edmund Fitzgerald going?
Clevealand or Detroit
What is the largest ship to ever sink in the Great Lake and what Lake was it?
The largest was the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in November of 1975 with the loss of all hands in Lake Superior, about 20 miles NW of Whitefish Point, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was immortalized in the song by Gordon Lightfoot. The Edmund Fitzgerald at 720 feet long was the largest followed by the Cypus (420 feet long) and the John B. Cowle (420 feet long) which sank around the turn of the last century.
What were two locations of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
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.
What ship sunk in the great lakes?
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.
What is a famous ship that sink in the great lakes in 1975?
The freighter, S.S.Edmund Fitzgerald, sank in Lake Superior on 10th of November, 1975 with the loss of all 29 crew members. It was immortalised by Gordon Lightfoot in his song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' released in August, 1976.
How many miles apart are the two halves of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
The two halves of the Edmund Fitzgerald are approximately 17 miles apart. The ship sank in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, and the stern and bow sections were later located at different sites on the lake's floor. This distance highlights the violent breakup of the vessel during its sinking.
When did the ship the Edmund Fitzgerald sink in Lake Ontario?
The Edmund Fitzerald sank in lake Superior in Nov 1975, not lake Ontario. Where it sank was near Superior It was approx 15 mile NNW of White Fish Point, well into Lake Superiorhttp://encarta.msn.com/map_701514001/lake_superior.html link shows the charted point of the wreck.
How many passengers were on the Edmund Fitzgerald?
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald had a crew of 29 members on board during its final voyage on November 10, 1975. There were no passengers on the ship, as it was a freighter transporting iron ore from Minnesota to Detroit. Tragically, all 29 crew members lost their lives when the ship sank in Lake Superior.
What is at 47 degrees north and 85 degrees west on lake superior?
The wreck of the EDMUND FITZGERALD
