Without a doubt, the most famous ghost ship is Mary Celeste, a merchant ship that was discovered abandoned and drifting in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872. The ship was in excellent condition, the holds were filled with fresh food and goods. No trace of the crew was ever found, and the presence of 1,500 barrels of pure alcohol on board excludes the possibility that the ship was attacked by pirates.
The vessel Mary Celeste was launched in 1860, the next 10 years the ship changed owners with enviable constancy and in the end it was bought for $ 3000 by Captain Benjamin Briggs. On November 7, 1872, Mary Celeste left the port of New York. On board were Captain Briggs, his daughter and wife, and a crew of ten sailors. Since then, no one has seen them. It was not possible to find a ship's log on the ghost ship, and two lifeboats were also missing, which were found in 1873 off the coast of Spain, in one there was a body wrapped in an American flag, in the other there were 5 more dead people who could not be identified. There was no woman or child among the corpses.