Ghost ship - a ship with which for unknown reasons, all the people are gone

A classic example of ghost ship - a "Mary Celeste", the brigantine, which was abandoned by the crew and found Dec. 4, 1872 400 miles from Gibraltar ship "Dei Gratia» (Dei Gracia). It is considered a classic example of the ghost ship.

November 5, 1872 started diving "Mary Celeste" under the command of the captain, 38-year-old Benjamin Briggs. The ship with a cargo of rectified spirit, owned by «Meissner Ackermann & Coin», came out of Staten Island, New York to the port of Genoa, Italy. The vessel, except the captain and crew of 7 people was the captain's wife, Sarah Elizabeth Cobb-Briggs and his two year old daughter Sophia Matilda.

"Mary Celeste" was found four weeks later, December 4 (according to some reports, December 5, due to the absence of standard time zones in the XIX century) ship "Dei Gratia" under the command of Captain David Reed Morehouse who knew Benjamin Briggs. The ship was abandoned: a single person or a living or dead, was not on board.

Between the bulkheads and decks of the sighted vessel contained seawater reaches 3, 5 feet in the hold. Lyuchnye cover removed. The rest of the ship seemed intact. Windows aft superstructure, where the captain's cabin, covered with a tarpaulin and boarded up. Compass destroyed, presumably when an attempt to remove it quickly. In the captain's cabin remained intact jewelry box and two packs of money. On the floor of the cabin were scattered toys, sewing machine was the wife of Captain with unfinished sewing.

Location of things testified that the ship did not fall into a violent storm - in particular, lay on the sewing machine oiler that when seeling necessarily have collapsed. The absence of the storm and witnessed the observation of other vessels in the area to the estimated time of the disaster. Dampness in living rooms throughout the vessel was due only to open hatches, including light in the captain's cabin, which was clearly not made for the weather.

The sailors did not take with them their pipes - they were stacked in the proper place in the cockpit.

In swimming, "Mary Celeste" went one lifeboat, the second of the regular boats were handed in for repair. The boat is likely to have been launched, and will not break the elements. At the same time, judging by the state of the railing, the boat was launched from the board, which is under the rule at this time, the wind and the course at Genoa was to windward.

Cargo in 1701 a barrel of alcohol seemed intact (but after delivering it to the owner of Genoa reported disappearance of 9 barrels). Untouched proved semiannual food supply. All papers, except for the ship's log disappeared. The last entry in the log dated November 24, coordinates "Mary Celeste": 36 ° 57 'with. w. and 27 ° 20 's. d. According to the inscription on the blackboard in the mess, at 8 am the next day would be in the brigantine 6 miles south-southwest of the island of Santa Maria (one of the Azores).

The fate of all members of the crew and passengers is completely covered with darkness. Subsequently they appeared and were exposed several impostors posing as members of the crew and tried to cash in on the tragedy. Most often, an impostor posing as a Coca ship.

Source: www.vanillaspliff.net

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