On November 7, 1872, the Mary Celeste departed from New York to its destination of Genoa, Italy. The ship’s captain, Benjamin S. Briggs, his wife Sarah, their two-year-old daughter Sophia, and ...

Unexplained Maritime Disappearances Throughout maritime history, ships have been found drifting with crews mysteriously ...

After spotting the Mary Celeste ten days later, the Dei Gratia crewmen sailed the ship some 800 miles to Gibraltar, where a British vice admiralty court convened a salvage hearing, which was ...

THE FATEFUL VOYAGE. The 282-ton brigantine ship Mary Celeste left Staten Island, New York City on November 7, 1872, for Genoa, Italy, sailing with Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs, his wife, Sarah ...

The Mary Celeste was discovered between the Azores and Portugal—her crew vanished without a trace of a struggle, the ship still fully provisioned. What calamity befell the ship remains a mystery.

The Mary Celeste is one of the most enduring maritime mysteries in history and was featured in Unsolved Mysteries.

The Mary Celeste was found sailing off the Azores in 1872 withno one aboard. ... "Unfortunately for the captain,his plan fell apart after running the ship onto the Rochelois Reefin Haiti, ...

The Mary Celeste, an American brig, was found derelict in the Atlantic halfway between Portugal and the Azores on December 4, 1872. The sails were set and a meal was still on the table.

The Mary Celeste, a Nova Scotia-built brigantine, became the world's most famous ghost ship when it was found drifting without any crew on board in 1872. Today the ship and its Nova Scotia ...

After spotting the Mary Celeste ten days later, the Dei Gratia crewmen sailed the ship some 800 miles to Gibraltar, where a British vice admiralty court convened a salvage hearing, which was ...