S.S. Cyprus shipwreck (approximate location)
USA /
Michigan /
Newberry /
World
/ USA
/ Michigan
/ Newberry
World / United States / Michigan
shipwreck, underwater
Ore carrier that sank mysteriously during a Lake Superior storm less than two months after it was launched.
All but one of the Cyprus’ 23 crew members died in the Oct. 11, 1907, disaster. A team with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the wreckage in 2007 about 460 feet beneath the surface.
The 420-foot-long ship is about eight miles north of Deer Park, a village in Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula, where lone survivor Charles G. Pitz stumbled ashore after floating aboard a life raft for nearly seven hours. He died in 1961, following a long career as a mariner.
All but one of the Cyprus’ 23 crew members died in the Oct. 11, 1907, disaster. A team with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the wreckage in 2007 about 460 feet beneath the surface.
The 420-foot-long ship is about eight miles north of Deer Park, a village in Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula, where lone survivor Charles G. Pitz stumbled ashore after floating aboard a life raft for nearly seven hours. He died in 1961, following a long career as a mariner.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Cyprus
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Coordinates: 46°47'21"N 85°36'40"W
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