Ghost Ship Mary Celeste: The 150 Year Mystery 12DEZ22

 

Ghost Ship Mary Celeste: The 150 Year Mystery

The Mary Celeste is one of the most infamously legendary sailing vessels in history, having been found adrift after her crew vanished. In this video, we not only explore the story of their disappearance, but the full history of this vessel, starting with her construction in Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia under the name Amazon, through her early career, her adventures and misadventures, and the long road that eventually led to her intentional destruction on the reefs of Haiti in 1885. Find out more about the Age of Sail Heritage Centre at: https://ageofsailmuseum.ca/ If you plan to visit Spencer's Island, check out: https://www.localguyadventures.com/ The story of the Mary Celeste is one that I've wanted to do for a while but had no plan to make any time soon. Last week, my wife and I were able to visit her family in Nova Scotia for the first time since before the pandemic, and since Nova Scotia is where the Mary Celeste was built, I figured I'd gather the footage I need and finish the video whenever convenient (probably late 2023). I worked with the Age of Sail Museum and the local Titanic society (since they more so cover general local maritime history), and in discussing this video, we realized the 150th anniversary is now. She was found on December 4th, and returned to Gibraltar on December 13th. There was nothing prepared to commemorate the anniversary of one of their most famous vessels, so we decided to light a fire under this project. The documentary you're seeing was researched, written, filmed, edited, and animated all within about a week. It wouldn't have been at all possible without the help of my friend Alex, who did these beautiful animations for the project. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 2:00 - "Amazon", Built in Nova Scotia 9:20 - First Misfortunes 12:54 - Wrecked and Re-Wrecked 15:50 - The Mary Celeste 18:54 - The Briggs Family 21:56 - Disappearance 24:38 - The Derelict 30:21 - Investigations 34:30 - The Most Likely Scenario 41:18 - The Aftermath 44:04 - The Wreck of the Mary Celeste 47:38 - Spencer's Island Today

Ghost ship carrying cannibal rats could be heading for Britain 23JAN14

THIS is so gross....

A deserted cruise liner which is believed to have been drifting around the North Atlantic for a year carrying nothing but hordes of rats could be heading for British shores, it has been claimed

By Miranda Prynne, News Reporter

11:18AM GMT 23 Jan 2014

A deserted cruise ship crawling with cannibal rats is feared to be heading towards Britain, marine experts revealed.

The 300ft Lyubov Orlova has been floating around the North Atlantic since being set adrift off the Canadian coast a year ago and coastguards believe a series of storms blowing in from the west have driven her thousands of miles towards UK shores, according to The Sun.

Since being abandoned by her crew, it is feared the 40-year-old Soviet vessel may have become home to hordes of rats, which would have had to eat each other to survive.

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Originally built to carry 110 passengers to remote locations in the arctic, the boat was impounded in Newfoundland in a debts row in 2010 and her unpaid crew walked out.

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She remained in port for two years before orders came in to tow her to the Dominican Republic to be scrapped.
When the tow line to a tug broke in stormy conditions in January last year, the Canadian government ordered another ship to haul her out to sea and cut her loose.
The 4,250-tonne ship’s position remains unknown despite several attempts to find her.
In March last year satellites identified a mystery object large enough to be the ship off the north west coast of Scotland but search planes found nothing.
Salvage hunters are keen to trace the liner in order to cash in upon her £600,000 scrap value.
Pim de Rhoodes, a Belgian-based marine missions specialist who is looking for the Lyubov Orlova, told The Sun: “She is floating around out there somewhere.
“There will be a lot of rats and they eat each other. If I get aboard I’ll have to lace everywhere with poison.”
Experts believe the boat is still afloat because her four life-raft transmitters have not been set off as they would if she sunk.
Two distress beacons were activated last March but they are thought to have come from life rafts which broke away from the ship and fell into the ocean.
The ship is most likely to make landfall on the west coast of Ireland, Scotland or Cornwall.
Irish coastguard chief Chris Reynolds said: “There have been huge storms in recent months but it takes a lot to sink a vessel as big as that. We must stay vigilant.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10591704/Ghost-ship-carrying-cannibal-rats-could-be-heading-for-Britain.html