MARQUETTE, Mich. — Deep in the rough waters of Lake Superior, researchers have discovered a 19th century ship that had actually sank twice before its final demise.
The 144-foot barquentine named Nucleus was found under 600 feet of water around 40 miles northwest of Vermilion Point Nature Preserve on Lake Superior, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
"What a bunch of jerks, right?" Corey Adkins, communications director for the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, told ABC News. The Nucleus is nicknamed the"Bad Luck Barquentine" due to its multiple accidents -- one of them occurring in 1854 when it rammed and sank a side-wheeler called S.S. Detroit in Lake Huron. In the two previous incidents, the Nucleus was re-floated, repaired and reused, Adkins said.
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