was the edmund fitzgerald the last shipwreck?

Question

if not what was?

Answer 1

There have been dozens, if not hundreds of shipwrecks since the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald went down Nov, 10. 1975 on lake Superior.

The Great Lakes are notorious for shipwrecks as there is no vast open water to outmaneuver or outrun storms as is the case on the open ocean.

Here is a link to download the Maritime Quest database on shipwreck records
http://www.maritimequest.com/database.htm

Answer 2

That's not a silly question. The story of the Edmnd Fitzgerald is surpassed in media only by that of the Titanic. It was certainly a freak accident for the Great Lakes. To have a large shipping vessel sink with total loss of life is a very rare occurrence in this modern age.

However there are still several incidents that occur world wide throughout the year.

An excellent source of information regarding shipping loss
can be found here:

Excellent photographs of marine disasters/mishaps
The pages seem to load slowly because the photos are
so BIG!! Check out all the links.

http://www.cargolaw.com/

Answer 3

There are actually shipwrecks all the time......can't name you the latest, but I'm sure it was a LOT more recent than the Edmund Fitz.

Answer 4

just 2 days ago there was a shipwreck in hogs bay in stewben maine

Answer 5

last year in British Columbia the "queen of the north" went down taking 2 lives.

Answer 6

Duuuuuhhhh, NO! Remember WWII, a lot of ships were wrecked during that time!

Answer 7

no, it was the last major one in lake superior.

Answer 8

no