One hundred years ago, on October 12, 1907, Cyprus sank into Lake Superior. The shipwreck was found about ten miles from where the ship was believed to have sunk.
The crowd was surprised at Cyprus, ten miles from where the descent had been announced by the only horror of the shipwreck. Cyprus was discovered on August 1, 2007. The wreckage was washed up on the Lake Superior Coastal Wreck. The searcher first hopes to find another ship, the D. M. Clemson, which was lost with all hands from the ship in 1908. Clemson’s remains are suspected in the area.
Staff have been conducting historical research into the wreck for a week. Clemson has all the signs of a breakdown. A week later, crew chief David Boyd boarded the ship to descend on the newly discovered wreck. They used the company’s S4 Remotely Operated Wrecking Vehicle (ROV). UPO Descent into the waters of Lake Superior, varied to a depth of 44 feet.
The goal was to find the name of the ship at the stern. It was not easy to get to the stern of the ship, because it was under water. Towards the end of the dive, Tom Farnquist returned to the fantasy area and was finally able to see the aerial letters.
Everyone in the dive and on board was surprised to find the Cyprus, a freighter that was only 21 days old when it sank in Lake Superior on October 11, 1907. 100 years wreck, which has long been among the great mysteries. A large lake.
Cyprus was a mystery because it was a new ship, only on its second voyage when it disappeared into the waters of Lake Superior. The freighter was transporting iron from Upper Wisconsin to the mills in Lackawanna, New York. The 15,000 ton, 420 foot steel steamer was owned by Pickands-Mather and had been launched two months earlier in Lorain, Ohio.
There was one survivor who went ashore after the sunken ship: Second Mate Charles J. Pitz. Twenty-two sailors lost their lives in the wreck. Twenty were taken back, still wearing the shirts marked Cyprus, but they were beyond help. The men died from apparent hypothermia.
Pitz told the story of the sunken Cyprus. The ship began to list in the storm. It was a gentle breeze, and there was no storm, so that the ship could not have survived. When the ship began to review, Captain Huyck did not work very hard. After all, it was a brand new shipyard. The ship was only 35 miles from the coast, so what was the trouble when they reached the shore. He ordered the sailor to put on life jackets.
For he did not tarry in Cyprus, but took a heavy volume to the harbor and tarried there. A lake of water reached the fire under the boiler and extinguished the flames. The steamer lost power and began to sink. Four men, including the captain, the ship’s scout and two mates remained alive on the bow. The rest of the crew went to the boats which were in the stern.
Cyprus took her last dive at about 7:45 pm. They all sank the ship into the water. Four men on the bow of a life raft, but no boat or crew members.
Four men are blown up in a raft to the Wreck of the Coast. The beach was in sight, hours later, when the raft was caught by a breaker on the beach and overturned several times. The weak, cold men were unable to return to the raft, except the second Mate Pitz, who found the strength to recover and hold on to the raft. The raft eventually washed to shallow water, where Pitz pulled himself out of the water and collapsed on the shore. where he was found by a scout.
The reason why Cyprus sank has remained a mystery for the past 100 years. It is likely that the ship’s theory is covering up a falsehood. Cyprus had been spotted on the last fatal day by Captain Harbottle Stephenson. The captain noted that the ship was making good time, but was leaving the red watch. The red alert was caused by ore dust being flushed through the pumps.
Once the wreck is found, the Shipwreck Society can learn what caused the new ship to sink in the Upper Great Lakes. There are many questions that the Shipwreck Society is trying to answer and should explore. Questions they try to answer include:
“Where is his reward?”
“Is there visible damage to the hull from the stress of the storm?”
“Why was it reported so far from the Pitz-licus place?”
“Why is it pointed when the head is tilted?”
“Where are his boats?”
“What lies hidden in the vast ruins of the secret field?”
The Shipwreck Society will seek answers to these questions and more as it investigates further. Future findings will be published in the Journal of Shipwreck.
