Shipwreck lost 100 years discovered nearly completely intact in depths of Lake Superior

nydailynews ^ | June 10, 2013 | AP

[cripplecreek]

Almost 100 years after the Henry B. Smith freighter went down during a November storm in Lake Superior, a group of shipwreck hunters thinks it has found the ship - and much of it is largely intact.

The group found the wreck last month in about 535 feet of water off the shore of Marquette, Mich., according to the Duluth News Tribune.

The group says it hasn't seen the name of the ship on the wreck yet, but all signs indicate it's the Smith, sitting amid a spilled load of iron ore.

"It's the most satisfying find of my shipwreck-hunting career," said Jerry Eliason of Cloquet, part of the group that has found many lost ships in recent years.

"It's a fantastic find," said maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse of Marquette, who has written about the Smith. "I'm excited at the opportunity to look at the video and see if we can learn the cause of the wreck, to write the final chapter of the ship."

[cripplecreek]

The big lake its said, never gives up her dead.

[cripplecreek]

ping

[schm0e]

...the wreck of the Henry-Bee Smi-ith!...

[latina4dubya]

fascinating...

[Paladin2]

"said it appears the ship is broken in the middle,"

Structural failure.

[Mich Patriot]

Bush's fault!

[0.E.O]

Just as interesting is the story that was linked to off of this one: Mummified Body Found In Lake Michigan Is Diver Who Disappeared 13 Years Ago

[billorites]

Now I’ll have that song in my head for a six hour drive.

[ThomasMore]

[cripplecreek]

You get used to it or you go on a killin spree.

[FreedomPoster]

Considerably predates computerized finite element analysis.

[cripplecreek]

Video of the Charles Wilson flexing in a gale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cddtyqQNHtM

I’ve always thought it would be cool to take a trip on one of the big ore carriers but I’ll pass on doing it in a storm.

[needmorePaine]

Now I’ll have that song in my head for a six hour drive.

Enough time to listen to the song once.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Wife and I took a trip as guests on an Interlake steamer some years back. The voyage was from Two Harbors to Ford Motor at the Rouge River, north of Detroit.
These big boats flex just going down the lake.

[babble-on]

they might have split up, they might have capsized
they might have drove deep and took water
but all that remains are the faces and the names
of the sons and the wives and the daughters

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

That vid was amazing. The soundtrack caught my ear, so I noted some of the lyrics and looked up the song.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

that was amazing - thanks for posting

[artichokegrower]

The Great Storm of 1913

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVzUuyGAq9Y

[Kartographer]

"said it appears the ship is broken in the middle,"

Structural failure.

So when will the law suites begin? I can hear the commercials now:

"Did you or a loved one suffer a lost due to structural failure of a ore boat on Lake Superior? If so the Law Firm of Mako, Hammerhead, Hammerhead, Bull and White stand ready to help you get the compensation you deserve!"

[Freestate316]

I would recommend the law firm of Wee, Cheatham. & Howe