Mary Celeste

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Mary Celeste (, often erroneously referred to as Marie Celeste) was a Canadian-built, American-registered, merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872. The Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia found the Mary Celeste in a dishevelled but seaworthy condition under partial sail and with the lifeboat missing. The last entry in the log was dated 10 days earlier. The ship had left New York City for Genoa on November 7 and was still amply provisioned when found. The cargo of alcohol was intact, and the captain's and crew's personal belongings were undisturbed. None of those who had been on board were ever seen or heard from again. Mary Celeste was built in Spencers Island, Nova Scotia, and launched under British registration as Amazon in 1861. The ship was transferred to American ownership and registration in 1868, when given a new name. Thereafter, Mary Celeste sailed uneventfully until the 1872 voyage. At the salvage hearings...

Read on Wikipedia · Image Unconfirmed, possibly Honore Pellegrin (1800–c.1870). This speculative attribution is suggested in Paul Begg: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Longmans Education Ltd, Harlow (UK) 2007.…, Public domain