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Subj: Today in History - Dec 4
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1872
The mystery of the Mary Celeste
The Dei Gratia, a small British brig under Captain David
Morehouse, spots the Mary Celeste, an American vessel, sailing
erratically but at full sail near the Azores Islands in the
Atlantic Ocean. The ship was seaworthy, its stores and supplies
were untouched, but not a soul was onboard.
On November 7, the brigantine Mary Celeste sailed from New York
harbor for Genoa, Italy, carrying Captain Benjamin S. Briggs, his
wife and two-year-old daughter, a crew of eight, and a cargo of
some 1,700 barrels of crude alcohol. After the Dei Gratia sighted
the vessel on December 4, Captain Morehouse and his men boarded
the ship to find it abandoned, with its sails slightly damaged,
several feet of water in the hold, and the lifeboat and
navigational instruments missing. However, the ship was in good
order, the cargo intact, and reserves of food and water remained
on board.
The last entry in the captain's log shows that the Mary Celeste
had been nine days and 500 miles away from where the ship was
found by the Dei Gratia. Apparently, the Mary Celeste had been
drifting toward Genoa on her intended course for 11 days with no
one at the wheel to guide her. Captain Briggs, his family, and
the crew of the vessel were never found, and the reason for the
abandonment of the Mary Celeste has never been determined.
73, K.O. n0kfq
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