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A ghost ship is defined as a vessel found with no living crew aboard. No doubt most of us are familiar with the fictional Flying Dutchmen and it’s lore. But there has been real life cases of ghost ships too.
The Mary Celeste
She was a wooden brigantine built in 1861, originally named the Amazon. She had a rocky start with her first captain dying on board of pneumonia & a collision in the English Channel with another ship.
She was a wooden brigantine built in 1861, originally named the Amazon. She had a rocky start with her first captain dying on board of pneumonia & a collision in the English Channel with another ship.
She was sold and renamed before finally being purchased by Benjamin S. Briggs. As captain, he and his wife and small child sailed from New York with 8 crew, 7 November 1872. They were never seen again.
On December 5 a passing British ship Dei Gratia noticed the Mary Celeste was sailing erratically off the coast of the Azores. Dei Gratia boarded the Mary Celeste and searched the ship.
There was 3ft of water in the hull, a missing lifeboat, 2 broken barrels of crude alcohol and 6 months of food stores. But no trace of anyone on board.
Ryou-Un Maru
A modern entry and not entirely spooky, but a worthy entry nonetheless. She was washed away from her mooring during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and thought lost to the sea.
A modern entry and not entirely spooky, but a worthy entry nonetheless. She was washed away from her mooring during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and thought lost to the sea.
The following year she found her way to US waters near Alaska. The coastguard decided to sink her for safety reasons. You can watch her sinking here:
