The Mary Celeiste,What happened?

Question

We all know the story,boat was found drifting!.All the tables were set for dinner+the last record in the captains logbook had been weeks before!.Plus the ship had sailed hundreds of miles,without any crew atall?.

Answer 1

The Bermuda Triangle is far far away from the ships route. There were no submarines or sea monsters reported active in the area.

It was a short voyage, with a good captain and first officer, a cook and four professional seamen, who were there by choice. A mutiny is, therefore, not likely. The cargo was not of high value or one that could be disposed of easily, and under the circumstances it is unlikely that an insurance fraud was involved.
If the food on board was contaminated, this would have been quickly discovered, and the onward voyage to Italy was uneventful.


The theory at that time was that the Captain and crew may have abandoned ship because they thought she was about to sink.
The court considered that an error in sounding the pump may have indicated she was taking on water, or the cargo being flammable and explosive may have frightened them.

Possible reasons may be that Captain Briggs had never carried alcohol before, and may have been nervous about doing so, being an abstainer. It should be stressed, however, that the alcohol carried was of a strength and type that would not be palatable to drink. I have sampled comparable alcohol. Its potential for explosions exceeds its quality as a drink.

An interesting explanation is The Seaquake theory by Captain Williams. He has a lot of information, and a very well presented website.
An earthquake may not be such a new idea, though, as in a letter from the Servico Meteorologico Açores in reply to an inquiry from Charles Edey Fay, they conclude "There was no record of any earthquake." so this question must have been considered, and rejected in 1942.

On 9th August 2001 strong media attention was given to the story that the wreck of the 'Mary Celeste' had been located by Clive Cussler, representing the National Underwater & Marine Agency, (NUMA) and John Davis, president of ECO-NOVA Productions of Canada.
The location of the wreck was well documented, and the scientific value of the find perhaps questionable. Given the detail of the investigation in Gibraltar and the fact that she was in service for a number of years subsquently it is unlikely to yield any new information regarding the original mystery.

However, what would be interesting would be if this inspired one of the television stations, like the BBC, National Geographic, or Discovery Channel to commission a documentary recreating the voyage of the 'Mary Celeste' - always providing the film crew do not vanish without trace, this could finally answer some of the questions.

Answer 2

Many of the 'mysterious world of strange thingies' versions of the tale are in fact derived from a short story by A C Doyle (Of Sherlock Holmes fame), which was inspired by the real event, but contained many embellishments (Food still warm in the galley etc) that made it more spooky, and ignored some more mundane details, such as the fact that the log, longboat and navigation instruments were missing (Implying the crew abandoned ship with some time for preparation)
Doyle's version has been repeated and quoted so often that many people take it as the definitive, although it was clearly meant to be a work of fiction.
The most convincing explanation I've read is that it was an insurance scam, but we will never know for sure.

Answer 3

Latest research (guess?) suggests there was a small fire in the galley. The crew took to the longboat which was towed behind the ship. In their hurry to leave, the ship was left fully rigged and with the tables set for dinner. The fire went out. The wind got up so the longboat couldn't catch up with the ship. Eventually, the tow rope broke and the long boat drifted and was lost.

Answer 4

It was a ship involved in smuggling arms to the American Civil war in the 1800's...some serious investigation has been put into the fact that the south was breaking some trade agreement with Britain and was about to be found out and so the crew and the incriminating evidence was taken from the ship!!

Answer 5

Pirates probably killed the crew then put a few men aboard to sail the ship back to their lair , on their way they encountered a storm , which would require a full crew on both ships , the Mary Celeste was abandoned so the pirate ship would have a full crew to ride out the storm . either the pirates did not survive the storm or they simply couldn't find the ship again after it ?

Answer 6

Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt whilst Herod introduced that he replaced into going to kill each and every of the male babies under 2 years of age. They back to Nazareth whilst Herod died.i don't be conscious of if everyone seems to be known with whilst they died. As a part notice... Jesus studied contained in the super Library of Alexandria until eventually he went back domicile on the age of approximately 12. This replaced into one reason he replaced into so smart. Mary is greater respected than Joseph because of the fact she gave virgin beginning. She replaced into element of an prompt miracle from God.

Answer 7

They were taken off the boat by pirates and left on an island to run amok and live a life of savagery..We now call this island Australia...Only kiddin i like aussies..

Answer 8

no-one will ever know.. that is a mystery never to be found out.. do you remember the Tutankhamen curse that wiped out most of the expedition.. well a certain gorgeous liner was sailing across the ocean carrying Egyptian treasures in its hold... that sank in 1912.... Dear Titanic was done by the mummies curse...

Answer 9

Nobody seems to know for sure :(

Although I have always thought it a very intriguing mystery

Answer 10

YOU KNOW THE STORY ,,,, YOU JUST CANT SPELL IT FOR ,****....