Mary Celeste
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Mary Celeste was an American merchant brigantine found mysteriously abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872, becoming one of history’s most famous maritime mysteries.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brigantine
ⓘ
ghost ship ⓘ merchant ship ⓘ |
| beam | about 25.7 feet ⓘ |
| captain | Benjamin Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cargo | denatured alcohol ⓘ |
| cargoQuantity | about 1,701 barrels of alcohol ⓘ |
| conditionWhenFound |
lifeboat missing
ⓘ
no crew or passengers aboard ⓘ seaworthy ⓘ under partial sail ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | wooden hull ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCountOnFinalVoyage | 7 crew members ⓘ |
| crewStatus | crew and passengers never found ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
inspired fictionalized accounts by Arthur Conan Doyle
ⓘ
subject of numerous books and articles ⓘ |
| depth | about 16.2 feet ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Dei Gratia ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 4 December 1872 ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
between the Azores and Portugal ⓘ |
| famousFor |
being a classic maritime mystery
ⓘ
being found abandoned and seaworthy ⓘ |
| fate | deliberately wrecked for insurance fraud ⓘ |
| finalVoyageDepartureDate | 7 November 1872 ⓘ |
| finalVoyageDeparturePort | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flag | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedDestination | Genoa, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterUse | continued in commercial service after 1872 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1861 ⓘ |
| launchPlace | Spencer’s Island, Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalProceeding | salvage hearing in Gibraltar ⓘ |
| length | about 103 feet ⓘ |
| mystery | crew disappearance unexplained ⓘ |
| nameChange | renamed to Mary Celeste in 1869 ⓘ |
| notablePassenger |
Sarah Briggs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sophia Matilda Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | James H. Winchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengersOnFinalVoyage | 2 passengers ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| registrationPort | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rigging | two-masted brigantine ⓘ |
| salvageOutcome | salvage award granted to Dei Gratia crew ⓘ |
| shipType | merchant brigantine ⓘ |
| tonnage | about 282 gross register tons ⓘ |
| wreckDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | off the coast of Haiti ⓘ |
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