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Inspired by the song by Gordon Lightfoot "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", I decided to try to paint this again. I had previously abandoned the project because I was never happy with how I painted the water. I've gotten a bit better, so I think it came out rather well.
The wiki info:
SS Edmund Fitzgerald (nicknamed "Mighty Fitz," "Fitz," or "Big Fitz") was an American Great Lakes freighter launched on June 8, 1958. At the time of its launching, the Fitzgerald was the largest boat on the Great Lakes and it remained the largest until 1971. It was one of the first boats to be at or near maximum St Lawrence Seaway size which was 730 feet (220 m) long and 75 feet (23 m) wide. The Fitzgerald was a record setting "workhorse", often breaking its own records.[2] For 17 years the Fitzgerald carried taconite from Minnesota's Iron Range mines near Duluth, Minnesota, to iron works in Detroit, Toledo, and other ports. The Fitzgerald set seasonal haul records six different times[3].
The Fitzgerald set sail on Lake Superior from Superior, Wisconsin on the afternoon of November 9, 1975, under the command of Captain Ernest M. McSorley. It was en route to the steel mill near Detroit, Michigan, with a full cargo of taconite ore pellets, and joined a second freighter, the Arthur M. Anderson. By the next day they were in the midst of a massive winter storm, with sustained winds of 58 mph, gusts to 100 mph, and waves as high as 35 feet. Shortly after 7:10 PM the Fitzgerald sank suddenly in Canadian waters approximately 17 miles (15 nmi; 27 km) from the entrance of Whitefish Bay at a depth of 530 feet (160 m). Although it had reported having some difficulties before the accident, the Fitzgerald sank without sending any distress signals. Its crew of 29 perished in the sinking and no bodies were recovered.
When the wreck was found, it was discovered that the Fitzgerald had broken in two. The cause of her sinking is the subject of many theories, books, studies and expeditions. Each includes factors and events in addition to the storm such as structural failure, shoaling, rogue waves, taking on water through the cargo hatches or deck due to topside damage, and human factors which may in turn have caused or contributed to these.
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most famous disasters in the history of Great Lakes shipping. The disaster was the subject of Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 hit song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
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The wiki info:
SS Edmund Fitzgerald (nicknamed "Mighty Fitz," "Fitz," or "Big Fitz") was an American Great Lakes freighter launched on June 8, 1958. At the time of its launching, the Fitzgerald was the largest boat on the Great Lakes and it remained the largest until 1971. It was one of the first boats to be at or near maximum St Lawrence Seaway size which was 730 feet (220 m) long and 75 feet (23 m) wide. The Fitzgerald was a record setting "workhorse", often breaking its own records.[2] For 17 years the Fitzgerald carried taconite from Minnesota's Iron Range mines near Duluth, Minnesota, to iron works in Detroit, Toledo, and other ports. The Fitzgerald set seasonal haul records six different times[3].
The Fitzgerald set sail on Lake Superior from Superior, Wisconsin on the afternoon of November 9, 1975, under the command of Captain Ernest M. McSorley. It was en route to the steel mill near Detroit, Michigan, with a full cargo of taconite ore pellets, and joined a second freighter, the Arthur M. Anderson. By the next day they were in the midst of a massive winter storm, with sustained winds of 58 mph, gusts to 100 mph, and waves as high as 35 feet. Shortly after 7:10 PM the Fitzgerald sank suddenly in Canadian waters approximately 17 miles (15 nmi; 27 km) from the entrance of Whitefish Bay at a depth of 530 feet (160 m). Although it had reported having some difficulties before the accident, the Fitzgerald sank without sending any distress signals. Its crew of 29 perished in the sinking and no bodies were recovered.
When the wreck was found, it was discovered that the Fitzgerald had broken in two. The cause of her sinking is the subject of many theories, books, studies and expeditions. Each includes factors and events in addition to the storm such as structural failure, shoaling, rogue waves, taking on water through the cargo hatches or deck due to topside damage, and human factors which may in turn have caused or contributed to these.
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most famous disasters in the history of Great Lakes shipping. The disaster was the subject of Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 hit song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
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I know about that ship...I even made a theory about the sinking!
Here is my theory.
Evidence-Coast Guard finding overturned rocks and red paint at 6 Fathom's Shoal+a clean tear on the bottom of the stern=Fitzgerald hit the shoal due to incorrect charts.
Scalloped wielding=easy to fracture+200 feet of midsection demolished= broke apart
Wreck is in 2 pieces, but the back end is behind the front= It sank immediately after it broke.
Weather conditions=rouge wave
Conclusion:
The Edmund Fitzgerald scraped itself (even temporarily) on 6 fathom's shoal, causing water to enter. Now the vents were often covered by large waves, meaning they couldn't pump out the water very fast, which started getting absorbed by the iron ore, which the crew had to strain the water out of. The ship was carrying a heavier load then it was designed for, which made it sit 20% lower in the water. That caused even the smaller 25 foot waves to wash over and stress the hull. As they approached Whitefish Bay, the winds shifted to the west and hit 160 kilometers an hour (hurricane force) and the waves could now form ALL across the west of Lake Superior to the east, as well as getting larger. A large wave rolls across the deck, and slams into the pilothouse, taking out the back windows. A rouge wave strikes the stern, lifting it into the air as the wave rolls across the hull, shredding 200 feet of the midsection. The waves strikes the pilothouse, filling it and shoving it underwater. The stern, also sinks around the same time.
The bow hits bottom first, digging a trench into the mud and nearly tearing off the deckhouses as the steering pole is pushed back towards the pilothouse, nearly torn off. The pilothouse had been damaged considerably by the waves.
The stern continues to lose pieces of it's midsection as it sinks, the propeller pushing it under like a submarine. It is spinning. It angles itself 47 degrees to the bow, upside down only 170 feet behind it. It lands on its deckhouses, crushing them like eggs.
Here is my theory.
Evidence-Coast Guard finding overturned rocks and red paint at 6 Fathom's Shoal+a clean tear on the bottom of the stern=Fitzgerald hit the shoal due to incorrect charts.
Scalloped wielding=easy to fracture+200 feet of midsection demolished= broke apart
Wreck is in 2 pieces, but the back end is behind the front= It sank immediately after it broke.
Weather conditions=rouge wave
Conclusion:
The Edmund Fitzgerald scraped itself (even temporarily) on 6 fathom's shoal, causing water to enter. Now the vents were often covered by large waves, meaning they couldn't pump out the water very fast, which started getting absorbed by the iron ore, which the crew had to strain the water out of. The ship was carrying a heavier load then it was designed for, which made it sit 20% lower in the water. That caused even the smaller 25 foot waves to wash over and stress the hull. As they approached Whitefish Bay, the winds shifted to the west and hit 160 kilometers an hour (hurricane force) and the waves could now form ALL across the west of Lake Superior to the east, as well as getting larger. A large wave rolls across the deck, and slams into the pilothouse, taking out the back windows. A rouge wave strikes the stern, lifting it into the air as the wave rolls across the hull, shredding 200 feet of the midsection. The waves strikes the pilothouse, filling it and shoving it underwater. The stern, also sinks around the same time.
The bow hits bottom first, digging a trench into the mud and nearly tearing off the deckhouses as the steering pole is pushed back towards the pilothouse, nearly torn off. The pilothouse had been damaged considerably by the waves.
The stern continues to lose pieces of it's midsection as it sinks, the propeller pushing it under like a submarine. It is spinning. It angles itself 47 degrees to the bow, upside down only 170 feet behind it. It lands on its deckhouses, crushing them like eggs.