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Title: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1975)
Post by: Royern on November 21, 2009, 00:59:58

SS Edmund Fitzgerald (nicknamed "Mighty Fitz," "The Fitz," or "The Big Fitz") was an American Great Lakes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw)

freighter launched on June 8, 1958. Until 1971 she was the largest ship on the Great Lakes.

[1] Although she had reported having some difficulties during a gale on Lake Superior, the Fitzgerald sank suddenly on November 10, 1975 in 530 feet (160 m) of water without sending any distress signals.

The site of the loss is: 46°59.9′N 85°06.6′W / 46.9983°N 85.11°W / 46.9983; -85.11, in Canadian waters approximately 17 miles (15 nmi; 27 km) from the entrance to Whitefish Bay.

All 29 hands in the crew perished, presumably by drowning. The incident is the most famous disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping,[2] and is the subject of Gordon Lightfoot's hit song, "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald."

Title: Re: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1975)
Post by: Wave Music on November 21, 2009, 01:10:33

http://www.shipsim.com/ShipSimForum/index.php/topic,16324.msg214461.html#msg214461

Title: Re: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1975)
Post by: Royern on November 21, 2009, 01:20:38

ok, redirect to that site :)   me forgot it.    :-[

Title: Re: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1975)
Post by: RMS Canada on November 21, 2009, 02:28:04

The date of her sinking has aleady gone by.