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Built in Scotland in 1907, the boat steamed between Fort William and Port McNicoll for over 50 years until she was sold for scrap in 1967. Saved from the wrecker's torch, Keewatin was towed to Saugatuck, Michigan for use as a museum in 1968. She is the last unmodified Great Lakes passenger liner in existence, and an example of Edwardian luxury.
Arab-Israeli War: The cargo ship anchored in the Great Bitter Lake. Not released until June 1975, she was consequently scrapped. [53] Unknown Egyptian motor torpedo boat Egyptian Navy: Six-Day War: The Project 205 motor torpedo boat ran aground in a fight with Israeli Navy vessels. Later refloated. [54] Two unknown Hazir-class submersibles ...
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
A wooden freighter that sank off the shore of Isle Royale: Henry Steinbrenner United States: 11 May 1953 Great Lakes freighter lost on Lake Superior. Hesper United States: 3 May 1905 A wooden bulk-freighter steamship that sank in a snowstorm at Silver Bay
A standard canal boat that broke loose from tug at Proctor Shoal, Lake Champlain. [46] General Butler United States: 9 December 1876 A sailing canal boat that hit breakwater near Burlington on Lake Champlain. [47] O.J. Walker United States: 11 May 1895 A sailing canal boat sunk in a gale near Burlington. [48] Phoenix United States: 4 September 1819
In 1886, the Cambria was built as a bulk freighter and was an early user of steel hull plates and a triple-expansion steam engine. In 1910 it was remodeled into a passenger steamer, and in 1920 into a car carrier. In December 1924, hauling a load of automobiles from Chicago, some of her steel plates buckled in heavy seas, and she eventually ...
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year. Why do freighters keep getting stuck in Detroit, St ...
The crash killed 130 people aboard; two stewardesses survived. It was, at the time, the worst single-plane disaster. June 22: Air France Flight 117, a 707-328 (F-BHST), crashed into a hill while attempting to land at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. All 113 aboard were killed in the crash.