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.

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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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