"Matt Whiting" wrote in message

The Edmund Fitzgerald ran aground and then sank.

That isn't what I've heard. There was a show on a few years ago that
analyzed the EF wreck in some detail, I think it was the Discovery
channel, but I'm not 100% sure. They basically concluded that the cause
couldn't be fixed with certainty. There most likely scenario was that
the ship took on water due to loose hold covers and that went under when
hit with a large wave. However, as I recall, the ship wreck was found
in two pieces on the bottom and they weren't sure that the above
scenario could cause that. I don't think that running aground was a
scenario at all given the track of the ship.

I saw that one...it was the History Channel.

The best theory I saw presented was where it nosed down into a through and
the bow struck bottom, then another wave snapped it in half.