SS Edmund Fitzgerald facts for kids
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SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a freight ship on Lake Superior, carrying iron ore, which sank on November 10, 1975 at around 7:30 PM. The ship was known for being the biggest of its time weighing in at around 13, 600 tons, Edmund Fitzgerald was one of the largest “iron boats” working the Great Lakes. Nobody know how the boat sunk, 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. To remember the men on the S.S Fitzgerald a song was written by the Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot the song was titled The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The song describes what the ship itself and touches on some theory's on how it may have sunk, interestingly enough the original song contained the 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 to be false as a dive team sent in to recover the bodies found the main hatch way 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.
Images for kids
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SS Edmund Fitzgerald, upbound and in ballast
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SS Edmund Fitzgerald under way
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The National Transportation Safety Board map of probable course of Edmund Fitzgerald and Arthur M. Anderson
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Map showing the location of the wreck
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One of Edmund Fitzgerald's lifeboats, on display at the Valley Camp museum ship
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A USCG drawing of the relative positions of the wreck parts
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Weather map of November 10, 1975.
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A scale model of SS Edmund Fitzgerald
See also
In Spanish: SS Edmund Fitzgerald para niños
