Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail ...

The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society says the Western Reserve broke apart and sank in 600 feet of water during a ...

It was one of the Great Lakes’ first all-steel vessels. “(She was) built to break cargo shipping records and was deemed one of the safest ships afloat,” the GLSHS said in its announcement.

Though some individual researchers place the number much higher, the official estimate is that slightly more than 6,000 ships lie on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Roughly half of them fell ...