SS Edmund Fitzgerald

SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an freighter which sank during a storm on Lake Superior. The ship sank on November 10, 1975, at around 7:30 p.m.

The ship weighed around 13,600 tons and was known for being the biggest of its time. It was one of the largest "iron boats" working the Great Lakes.

Nobody knows how the boat sank. However, it is very possible that the dangerously high weight of its cargo and the violent winds and waves caused the ship to sink.

All 29 men aboard the boat died, and to this day, no bodies have been recovered.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

To remember the men on the S.S. Fitzgerald, Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song titled The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The song describes the ship itself and mentions some theories on how it may have sunk.

The original song contained the following passage:

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya. At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in. He said Fellas, it's been good to know ya

This passage was proven false when a dive team sent in to recover the bodies found the main hatch to be in perfect condition. When informed of this, Gordon Lightfoot rewrote the verse to:

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya. At 7 p.m., it grew dark, it was then he said, Fellas it's been good to know ya.

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