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After nearly 140 years of search, researchers finally discovered the wreckage of the cargo caravan FJ King, which sank in a violent storm on the coastline of Michigan, Wisconsin in 1886.
Some key facts:
•FJ King is a 144-foot, three-masted cargo caravan built in 1867 in Toledo, Ohio, designed to transport grain and iron ore.
•The ship sank in a strong wind on September 15, 1886, while carrying iron ore from Escanaba, Michigan to Chicago.
• An estimated 8 to 10 feet of waves broke the seams of the ship, forcing Captain William Griffin and his crew to abandon the ship at about 2 a.m.
•The team of researcher Brandon Baillod found the wreck near Bailey’s Harbor on the Gate Peninsula, Wisconsin.
• Searchers have been looking for FJ King since the 1970s, but conflicting location reports make it hard to find.
• Due to decades of unsuccessful search efforts, the ship was known as a “ghost ship” among shipwreck hunters.
• Despite carrying large iron ore cargo, the hull remains intact, less than half a mile from the Lighthouse Guardians reported seeing the mast.
•The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Society has discovered five wreckages in the past three years, including this important discovery.
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