![]() ![]() The last log was made ten days before after which no sign of life was found on the ship as it aimlessly trailed on the Atlantic Oceans.ġ873: With the crewless Mary Celeste, Dei Gratia docked on Mainland Europe and an immediate investigation was launched under Frederick Solly Flood to know what happened to the ship, and to find out whether the Dei Gratia crew was responsible behind this mystery. Two water pumps were found disassembled and three and a half feet of water was found in the bottom hold of the ship. It was found in an amiable condition with only a lifeboat missing with a frayed rope trailing behind the ship and nine broken casks of alcohol apparently used for no immediate purpose. In the hull of the ship, there was a cargo of 1700 crude alcohol barrels.ĭecember 4, 1872: The ship was found deserted with no signs of any of the ten crew members by the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia Captained by David Morehouse, off the shore of Azores Islands, Portugal. November 7, 1872: It set sail from New York Harbor bound for Genoa, Italy with a total of ten crew members including the Captain, his wife Sarah and their two-year-old daughter Sophia. ![]() 1869: Due to the unsettling nature of the ship, it was sold again and taken under command by Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs, under which the seafaring incident of the missing crew would take place.
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