Mysterious disappearance

Mysterious disappearance

In 1861, the ship "Amazon" was built. But Amazon is out of luck

from start. She was badly damaged on her maiden voyage in 1862 and was soon

after a fire broke out on board.

Amazon was finally sold and its name was changed to Mary.

Celeste.

Many sailors did not want to sail on a ship because they thought it would

no luck and therefore it was very difficult to find a crew. Finally there were enough sailors.

It turned out that the crew consisted of seven people. The new captain of the Mary Celeste is

Benjamin Briggs, 37, is an experienced seaman.

On the morning of November 5, 1872, the Mary Celeste left New York.

The weather that day was ideal for sailing. On board the ship were

Captain Briggs, his wife Sarah, their two-year-old daughter Sophia and crew

seven men.

The ship's destination was Genoa, Italy. Captain Briggs' log shows

that the first fifteen days of the voyage were calm, and the wind and weather

were good.

But as soon as the ship approached the Azores, the weather suddenly changed.

Captain Briggs wrote in his logbook that there was a storm with strong winds.

Hours passed, the wind grew stronger, and the weather improved.

worst. The night of November 24 turned out to be very stormy. At 5 am on November 25th.

Captain Briggs recorded in his logbook that he could see Santa Maria Island.

but he didn't stop there.

He sailed north of Santa Maria Island.

Perhaps he wanted to get off the stormy route and look for better weather.

Then something terrible happened on the Maria.

Celeste is something so unexpected and shocking that, one must assume, Captain

Briggs abandoned ship and boarded a lifeboat with his wife, daughter and

crew. No one ever heard or saw them again.

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On board the Mary Celeste

When Captain Morehouse's men boarded the Mary Celeste on December 4th,

they found no signs of violence. The ship's lifeboat is gone, but all parts

the ship was fine.

There was plenty of food and fresh water on the ship. However, the ship

the compass was broken

The sailors hurried back to the Dei Gratia and told their captain what had happened.

frightening discovery.

— The people on the Mary Celeste probably left the ship during

a strong storm,” said Captain Morehouse.

“But there was no sign of a strong storm on the ship. All in

The condition is perfect,” said one of the crew members.

“Perhaps there has been a mutiny at sea,” said the captain,

- If this is true, what happened to the people on the ship? asked another

“I don’t know,” said Captain Morehouse. "I can't find a logical explanation

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Investigation

When the Mary Celeste arrived in Gibraltar, British authorities

studied it carefully

Both British and American authorities investigated the mystery, but

after two years of investigation, no one could find a logical explanation.

Newspapers all over the world began to write about the ghost ship. People

there were f everywhere.

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