Edmund Fitzgerald

Quite literally the ship was barely able to pass. Edmund Fitzgerald sometimes called the Mighty Fitz or Big Fitz was a Great Lakes bulk cargo vessel.

Local Artist Creates Replica Of S S Edmund Fitzgerald

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.

. She was a massive ship that sank in Lake Superior just a year earlier a tragic event that inspired one of. A storm came up in the afternoon and. Fully loaded the Fitzgerald was capable of carrying 27500 tons powered by a 7500 horsepower steam turbine engine that could move her along at up to 20 mph. Since there were no survivors to provide eyewitness accounts the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains a.

But did you know there really was a vessel called the Edmund Fitzgerald. 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. There are several theories behind the sinking of the SS. 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.

In 1964 the Edmund. Background About the Fitzgerald. More than 40 years ago in her 17th year and 40th voyage the ore freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior taking with all 29 members of the crew to the. Edmund Fitzgerald in full Steamship SS Edmund Fitzgerald American freighter that sank during a storm on November 10 1975 in Lake Superior killing all 29 aboard.