On December 5th, 1872, about 400 miles off the coast of the Azores, crew members on the British ship Dei Gratia spotted a ship adrift in the sea. The Captain of the ship was shocked to find that the unguided ship was the Mary Celeste, which had departed from NYC eight days before him, and had been well past-due to have arrived in Genoa, Italy.
A small crew was sent to the ship. Below deck, items had been tossed around, and crewmen’s belongings were still in their quarters. The only lifeboat on the ship was missing, and one of the pumps was disassembled. There was a large supply of food and drink, but not a soul on the ship to consume it. So what happened to the ten people who had been on board the Mary Celeste?
Sources:
1) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste
3) https://sippican.theweektoday.com/article/family-gathers-celebrate-legend-mary-celeste/58992
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