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The Mary Celeste
On 4 December 1872 the crew of the Dei Gratia found the American brigantine Mary Celeste adrift off the Azores. She was under partial sail and seaworthy, her cargo of industrial alcohol almost untouched and the crew's belongings in place. Her single lifeboat was gone and so were all ten people aboard. None of them was ever seen again.


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The last voyage
Captain Benjamin Briggs oversees loading of 1,701 barrels of alcohol at Pier 50, New York.
The Mary Celeste leaves New York with Briggs, his wife, his infant daughter and seven crew.
The final log entry is recorded near the Azores at about 5 am.
The Dei Gratia sights her drifting, abandoned but afloat.
1873-01-01 | A salvage inquiry in Gibraltar finds no evidence of foul play and no answer.

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There was no evidence of violence, and the cause of the abandonment was never determined.


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A leading theory holds that fumes from the alcohol cargo prompted a fear of explosion, and the crew took to the lifeboat tethered behind, then lost the line.
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No bodies, lifeboat or survivors were ever found. The case has drawn countless explanations and no proof.


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