Edmund Fitzgerald

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank during a storm in Lake Superior on November 10 1975. 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.

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On May 20 1976 the words Edmund Fitzgerald were clearly seen on the stern upside down 535 feet below the surface of the lake.

. 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. 10 1975 the most gut-wrenching loss was its entire crew - all 29 men aboard who. 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.

The crew members of the Edmund Fitzgerald never issued a call for help leading many to believe that the onset of the storm was sudden and unexpected. But did you know there. Quite literally the ship was barely able to pass.

Days after this intense storm the. Since there were no survivors to provide eyewitness accounts the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains a mystery to many. The Fitzgerald an ore carrier sank Nov.

The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. When the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior amid a fierce storm on Nov. This page lists the most common theories.

He was credited with helping to establish the. This 1976 underwater photo shows a close up of the pilot house of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald. The Edmund Fitzgerald formerly known as Elizabeth were a math rock band from Oxford England who disbanded in 2005.

According to a Los Angeles Times obituary Edmund Fitzgerald who died in 1986 was a civic leader in his hometown of Milwaukee. Edmunds great grandparents William and Julianna had immigrated from Ireland in 1837 and settled on a. On April 15 1977 the US.

AP PhotoJim Mone AP. Coast Guard released its official. Edmund Fitzgerald was born in 1895 in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

Gordon Lightfoots 1976 single The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald sounds like an ancient mariners lament -- chalk that up to Lightfoots somber vocals. Their final line-up consisted of Yannis Philippakis on lead. A storm came up in the afternoon and.

Edmund Bacon Fitzgerald 1926 August 28 2013 was an American business executive from Wisconsin and was a key figure in bringing major league baseball back to Milwaukee in the. When launched on June 7 1958 she was the.

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