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Report nowResearchers have discovered the wreck of an old steel steamer in Lake Superior in the USA. The Western Reserve was considered a fast and safe ship in 1890 - until it sank in a storm under mysterious circumstances.
Harry W. Stewart, the helmsman of the Western Reserve, was the only survivor. When his lifeboat capsized in the surf, he swam two hours to shore.
The story he then had to tell sounded almost fantastic: the almost one hundred meter long Western Reserve, one of the most modern ships of its time, built entirely of steel, had simply broken in half in the storm.
How could this happen? - This is not the only question scientists are now hoping to find an answer to.
More than 132 years after the sinking of the Western Reserve, the American Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced this week that researchers have discovered the wreck of the ship.
In the video, Blue News shows you the latest underwater footage from the diving robots, reports on the fate of the passengers and explores the question of how a 2392-gross-ton ship could simply sink like this.
