5 legendary Ghost ship

1. Octavius

Though the ship is considered a legend, the story of Octavius remains one of the most famous. 1775 g of a whaling ship Herald came upon the ship Octavius, floating aimlessly along the coast of Greenland. Team members Gerald went up to Octavius and found frozen from the cold the bodies of the crew and passengers. The ship's captain was found in his cabin, in the middle of filling the magazine, which was 1762, According to legend, the captain made a bet that I will quickly return to England at the East path, but the ship stuck in the ice.
 


2. Joita

This ship was found empty in the South Pacific in 1955 on his way to the Tokelau Islands when something happened. It's been a few hours, when there was a curb rescue team. The ship, however, found in 5 weeks. The vessel had no passengers, teams, cargo and lifeboats, and one side was severely damaged. After more thorough research it turned out that gouty the radio was tuned to the distress signal, and on the deck, found the doctors bag and several bloody bandages. No one from the team never saw, and the mystery was not disclosed.

3. Lady Lovibond

The captain Simon Peel just married and decided to go on a cruise to celebrate this event. With him he took his wife, in spite of the old superstitions of seamen that a woman on Board, unfortunately, and went on 13 February 1748 unfortunately for Saw, his first mate was also in love with his wife and jealousy and anger took the ship directly into a sandbar. Lady Lovibond sank, pulling down all who were on Board. According to legend, from the time of the shipwreck the ship was seen near Kent every 50 years.

4. Mary Celeste

Mary Celeste – a merchant ship abandoned by crew and sailing on the Atlantic ocean. The vehicle was in suitable conditions with raised sails and a full supply of food. But his boat, the captain's log and, more importantly, the team mysteriously disappeared. There were no signs of struggle, and all the alcohol and things of the team remained intact, eliminating the pirates. The most likely theory is that a storm or technical problems forced the crew to abandon ship.

5. The Flying Dutchman

In Maritime folklore, no Ghost ship is more famous than the flying Dutchman. For the first time the ship was mentioned in 1700 ies in the book George Barrington's Voyage to botany Bay harbour". According to the story, the flying Dutchman was a ship from Amsterdam. The captain was van der decken. The ship was heading to the East Indies, when he was overtaken by a storm near the Cape of Good Hope. Determined to continue, van der decken went nuts, killed his first mate and vowed to cross the Cape. Despite his efforts, the ship sank, and, as legend has it, the captain and his ghostly ship doomed to wander the seas forever.

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