The discovery of one of the oldest — and, perhaps, unluckiest — ships to sink off Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast is being celebrated by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
The discovery of one of the oldest — and, perhaps, unluckiest — ships to sink off Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast is being celebrated by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society .
"It's one of the oldest shipwrecks along the Shipwreck Coast," said Corey Adkins, director of content and communications with the GLSHS, which is based in Michigan. "It's the oldest one we have found. The Nucleus sank shortly after. The crew, meanwhile, had escaped in the ship's lifeboats, and flagged down a steamship called the Union.
By the time it sank for the final time, the Nucleus had developed a reputation of being accident-prone; in fact, there are 11 recorded incidents of the ship running into trouble.