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Topic	Today is the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald final voyage
Thompson 11/10/25 4:57:57 AM #17:	Charged151 posted... Did some searching online. Being overloaded, low in the water, and having several issues, the ship would have sank very quickly when water started coming in after it likely snapped in two at/near the surface. Definitely faster than the 14 minutes it took for the Empress of Ireland to sink. Trying to find a good number, but many simulations have the bow spiking into the Lake Bottom. It was quick, saying minutes at most is probably an overestimate. Bow itself may have been underwater in seconds. My head theory says that after cresting a tall wave the bow plunged into an unusually deep through, whereupon the ship's momentum combined with its steep angle negated the bow''s buoyancy and drove it to the bottom. The sudden stop then compressed the keel, catastrophically shattering it at its weakest point. The holds in the stern then flooded almost instantly and took it under the waves in a matter of seconds. --- Sigs are rather pointless, except if it's to showcase animation and images. <cite>Thompson posted [p:986995230] in Today is t... [t:81068190]...</cite> <quote>Charged151 posted... </cite><quote>Did some searching online. Being overloaded, low in the water, and having several issues, the ship would have sank very quickly when water started coming in after it likely snapped in two at/near the surface. Definitely faster than the 14 minutes it took for the Empress of Ireland to sink. Trying to find a good number, but many simulations have the bow spiking into the Lake Bottom. It was quick, saying minutes at most is probably an overestimate. Bow itself may have been underwater in seconds.</quote>My head theory says that after cresting a tall wave the bow plunged into an unusually deep through, whereupon the ship's momentum combined with its steep angle negated the bow''s buoyancy and drove it to the bottom. The sudden stop then compressed the keel, catastrophically shattering it at its weakest point. The holds in the stern then flooded almost instantly and took it under the waves in a matter of seconds. --- Sigs are rather pointless, except if it's to showcase animation and images.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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