Edmund Fitzgerald
Released 09.06.2026
About the Edmund Fitzgerald
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there. She was located in deep water on November 14, 1975, by a U.S. Navy aircraft detecting magnetic anomalies, and soon afterwards found to be in two large pieces.
Key Specifications
- In service
- 1958 - 1975
- (Great Lakes freighter)
- Fate
- sunk
- (1975)
- Length (o.a.)
- 222,20 m
- (729 ft)
- Beam
- 22,88 m
- (75 ft)
- Tonnage (GRT)
- 13.632 BRT
- (gross register tons)
- Max. speed
- 14 knots
- (approx.)
- Capacity
- 27.484 tdw
- (deadweight · crew of 29)
