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Puzzle #104 was SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there. Her wreck was located in deep water on November 14, 1975, by a U.S. Navy aircraft detecting magnetic anomalies, and soon afterwards found to be in two large pieces.
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What the record says
Puzzle 104 ran on 21 Oct 2026 and the answer was SS Edmund Fitzgerald, played with 6 guesses against 7 columns. On the record: Type - cargo; Flag - United States; Status - wreck; Builder - Great Lakes Engineering Works. The numbers: Launched - 1950; Length - 222.2 m. 1 of the 7 columns is blank in the source (Tonnage), so nobody could score it either way.
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How it scored
- Type
- cargo
- Flag
- United States
- Launched
- 1950
- Tonnage
- Not recorded
- Length
- 222.2 m
- Status
- wreck
- Builder
- Great Lakes Engineering Works