2015 - $20 - 1 oz. Fine Silver Coloured Coin – Lost Ships in Canadian Waters: S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald

"I have a bad list, lost both radars, and am taking heavy seas over the deck. One of the worst seas I've ever been in…"
Ernest M. McSorley, Captain of S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald.

Immortalized in a popular and well-loved ballad, the legendary story of a freighter's quest to withstand an extreme storm still resonates today. Caught in a "Witch of November" on November 10, 1975, the American freighter S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald endured what many believe to be some of the harshest winter storm conditions on the Great Lakes; towering waves whipped by hurricane-force winds washed over the loaded vessel's deck as the ship sailed along the Canadian coastline, where the crew hoped to find some relief from the worst of the tempest. But under the cover of darkness, cloaked by the raging snow squall, one of the largest vessels of her kind suddenly and quietly slipped beneath the cold waters of Lake Superior near Whitefish Bay, Ontario, taking with her all 29 of her crew.

Specifications
No. 147668
Mintage 7000
Composition 99.99% pure silver
Finish proof
Weight (g) 31.39
Diameter (mm) 38
Edge plain with edge lettering
Certificate serialized
Face value 20 dollars
Artist John Horton (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)