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Folklore, legends and mythology/Phantom Vessels

No.	Date reported	Name of ship	Location	Details	References
1.	Undated	The Caleuche	The seas around Chiloé Island, Chile	A mythical ghost ship which, according to local folklore and Chilota mythology, sails at night.
2.	Undated	The Fireship of Baie des Chaleurs	Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.	A form of ghost light, an unusual visual phenomenon. The phenomenon has been the source of many a tall tale, and has been said to appear as a flaming three-mast galley much like the style of ship featured on New Brunswick's provincial flag.
3.	1748 onwards	The SV Lady Lovibond, a schooner.	Goodwin Sands, Kent, England.	Said to have been deliberately wrecked on 13 February 1748 and to reappear off the Kent coast every fifty years.
4.	18th century onwards	The Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait	Between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Canada.	The apparition of a burning ship
5.	1795 onwards	The Flying Dutchman		A ship commanded by a captain condemned to eternally sail the seas, it has long been the principal ghost ship legend among mariners and has inspired several works.
6.	19th century onwards	The SV Princess Augusta, an emigrant ship, misremembered in local folklore as the Palatine	Near Block Island, Rhode Island, U.S.	Following her 1738 wreck, an apparition known as the Palatine Light has been reported.
7.	1813 onwards	The SV Young Teazer, a privateer schooner.	Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.	After the American vessel Young Teazer was sunk in an explosion during the War of 1812, a burning apparition known as the "Teazer Light" has been reported.
8.	1858 onwards	The PS Eliza Battle, a paddle steamer.	Tombigbee River, Alabama, U.S.	The vessel, which burned in 1858, is reported to reappear, fully aflame, on cold and windy winter nights to foretell of impending disaster.
9.	1878 onwards	HMS Eurydice, a Royal Navy corvette.	Off the Isle of Wight, English Channel	An apparition has been reported where the ship sank in 1878. Witnesses include a Royal Navy submarine in the 1930s and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, in 1998.
10.	1886	The Phantom Canoe of Lake Rotomahana	Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand.	A waka wairua (spirit canoe) was seen eleven days before the deadly eruption of the nearby Mount Tarawera, which devastated the lake and the surrounding area.
11.	1906	The SS Valencia, a passenger steamer, and her lifeboat	Off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.	Following the wreck of the SS Valencia in 1906, there were reports of (1) a lifeboat with eight skeletons in a nearby sea cave, (2) lifeboats being rowed by skeletons of the Valencia's victims, (3) the shape of Valencia within the black exhaust emanating from the rescue ship City of Topeka's funnel and (4) a phantom ship resembling the Valencia with waves washing over her as human figures held on to the ship's rigging.
12.	1928	The SV København, a five-masted barque.	In the Pacific Ocean	The ship was last heard from on December 28, 1928. For two years following its disappearance sightings of a mysterious ship fitting its description were reported in the Pacific Ocean.

Derelicts

No.	Date became derelict	Name and type of ship	How became derelict	Location where became derelict	Date found derelict	Location found derelict	Details	References
1.	1750 or 1760	The SV Sea Bird or Seabird (later renamed Beach Bird), a merchant brig.	Unknown (the longboat was missing)	Easton's Beach, Rhode Island	1750 or 1760	Easton's Beach, Rhode Island	The ship, under the command of John Huxham (or Husham or Durham), grounded herself. Her longboat was missing. She had been returning from a voyage to Honduras and was expected in Newport that day. The ship was apparently abandoned in sight of land (coffee was boiling on the galley stove) and drifted off course. The only living things found on the ship were a dog and a cat. A fictional account of how she became derelict appeared in the Wilmington, Delaware Sunday Morning Star for 11 October 1885.
2.	15 May 1854	HMS Resolute, a barque-rigged ship of the British Royal Navy	Abandoned after being beset by ice	Viscount Melville Sound, Canada	10 September 1855	Off the coast of Baffin Island, Canada	It had been one of four vessels from Edward Belcher's search expedition for John Franklin that had been abandoned when it was trapped in pack ice. The ship drifted some 1,200 miles (1,900 km) before it was found, freed from the ice.
3.	25 November 1872 (date of last entry on slate)	The SV Mary Celeste, a merchant brigantine	Unknown - no boats were found on board	After passing Santa Maria Island in the Azores	4 December 1872	Between mainland Portugal and the Azores archipelago	The ship was devoid of all crew, but largely intact and under sail, heading toward the Strait of Gibraltar. While Arthur Conan Doyle's story "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" based on this ship added some strange phenomena to the tale (such as that the tea found in the mess hall was still hot), the fact remained that the last slate entry was on the ninth day prior to the discovery of the ship.
4.	29 August 1884 - her logbook was posted to within six hours of being sighted.	The SV Resolven, a merchant brig.	Unknown - her boats were missing	After leaving Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.	29 August 1884	Between Baccalieu Island and Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador	The ship was found abandoned with its lifeboat missing. Other than a broken yard, it had suffered minimal damage. The galley fire was alight and the lamps were burning. A large iceberg was sighted nearby. It has been claimed that none of the seven crew members or four passengers were accustomed to northern waters and it was suggested that they panicked when the ship was damaged by ice, launched the lifeboat, and swamped, though no bodies were found. Three years later, Resolven was wrecked while returning to Newfoundland from Nova Scotia with a load of lumber.
5.	1885	The SV The Twenty One Friends, a three-masted (tern) schooner	Abandoned after being rammed by the John D. May	Off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina	c. 1887	Ireland	The ship was built in 1872. She was financed by a group of 21 Philadelphia Quakers and consequently named the Twenty One Friends. In 1885, returning to Philadelphia with a full load of lumber from Brunswick, Georgia, the ship was rammed by the John D. May off the coast of Cape Hatteras. Capt. Jeffries removed his crew and abandoned the vessel. The ship and cargo were left to the mercy of the sea. Capt. Jeffries’ concern for the safety of his men was appropriate; however, the Gaskill-made ship proved itself to be more seaworthy than expected. After the collision, the ship was sighted on both sides of the Atlantic over the next two years. It finally came ashore in Ireland, where its cargo was salvaged and it was employed as a fishing vessel.
6.	October 1917	The SV Zebrina, a sailing barge.	Unknown	After leaving Falmouth, Cornwall, England	October 1917	Rozel Point, south of Cherbourg, France	The ship departed Falmouth, England, with a cargo of Swansea coal bound for Saint-Brieuc, France. Two days later she was discovered aground on Rozel Point, south of Cherbourg, without damage except for some disarrangement of her rigging, but with her crew missing.
7.	On or after 28 January 1921 (date on which she passed the Cape Lookout Lightship) - her logbook was missing when she was found.	The SV Carroll A. Deering, a five-masted cargo schooner.	Unknown - the ship's lifeboats were missing	After passing Cape Lookout Lightship, North Carolina, U.S.	31 January 1921	Diamond Shoals, off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina	The final voyage of the ship has been the subject of much debate and controversy, and was investigated by six departments of the US government, largely because it was one of dozens of ships that sank or went missing within a relatively short period of time. While paranormal explanations have been advanced, the theories of mutiny or piracy are considered more likely.
8.	24 November 1931	The SS Baychimo, a cargo steamer.	Abandoned after being trapped in pack ice	Near Barrow, Alaska, U.S.	Various times between 1931 and 1969	In the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern Alaskan coast	The ship was abandoned in the Arctic Ocean when it became trapped in pack ice and was thought doomed to sink, but remained afloat and was sighted numerous times over the next 38 years without ever being salvaged.
9.	22 January 1906	The SS Valencia's lifeboat no. 5	Went adrift when the ship sank	Off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.	1933	Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.	The lifeboat was found floating in the area in remarkably good condition 27 years after the sinking.
10.	On or after 3 October 1955 (date on which she left Apia, Samoa) - her logbook was missing when she was found.	The MV Joyita, a refrigerated trading and fishing charter boat	Unknown - the ship's dinghy and three Carley-liferafts were missing	After leaving Apia, Samoa	10 November 1955	North of Vanua Levu, Fiji	A subsequent inquiry found the vessel was in a poor state of repair, but determined the fate of passengers and crew to be "inexplicable on the evidence submitted at the inquiry".
11.	1959	A submarine	The empty submarine had been being towed by another vessel and the chain had snapped.		1959	In the Bay of Biscay off northern Spain
12.	1 July 1969 (date of last entry in log)	The SV Teignmouth Electron, a trimaran yacht	Unknown - believed that sole crew-member jumped overboard	Wherever was recorded in the last log entry	10 July 1969	In the North Atlantic, latitude 33 degrees 11 minutes North and longitude 40 degrees 26 minutes West	Investigation led to the conclusion that its sole crewmember, Donald Crowhurst, had suffered a psychiatric breakdown while competing in a solo around-the-world race and committed suicide by jumping overboard.
13.	On or after 13 December 2002 (when owner last spoke to the captain)	The MV High Aim 6, a longline fishing boat	Unknown - the Taiwanese police deemed a mutiny probable.	The Marshall Islands, halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii	3 January 2003	Approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) east of Rowley Shoals, Broome, Australia	The ship was found drifting with its crew missing. The derelict was subsequently scuttled.
14.	Unknown	The MT Jian Seng	Unknown	Unknown	24 March 2006	180 km south-west of Weipa, Queensland, Australia	The ship's origin or owner could not be determined, and its engines had been inoperable for some time.
15.	14 August 2006	The SV Bel Amica, a classic schooner.	The owner claimed to have gone home to address an emergency. The Italian press suggested that he may have been avoiding taxation of luxury vessels.	Near Punta Volpe, Sardinia, Italy	24 August 2006	Near Punta Volpe, Sardinia, Italy	The Coast Guard crew that discovered the ship found half eaten Egyptian meals, French maps of North African seas, and a flag of Luxembourg on board.
16.	15 April 2007 - she set sail that morning and on that same day, late in the afternoon, the GPS data showed her to be adrift.	The SV Kaz II, a 12-metre catamaran.	Unknown - the coroner believed that the men may have fallen overboard	After passing George Point, Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland	18 April 2007	Near the Great Barrier Reef, 88 nmi (163 km) off Townsville, Queensland, Australia	When boarded on 20 April, the engine was running, a laptop was running, the radio and GPS were working and a meal was set to eat, but the three-man crew were not on board. All the sails were up but one was badly shredded, while three life jackets and survival equipment, including an emergency beacon, were found on board. A search for the crew was abandoned on Sunday 22nd as it was considered unlikely that anyone could have survived for that period of time.
17.	On or after 28 October 2009 (date of last radio transmission from the vessel)	The MV Tai Ching 21 (Chinese: 大慶21號), a fishing vessel	Unknown - the boat was found empty and gutted by fire. Its lifeboat and three life rafts were missing.		9 November 2008	Near Kiribati	The abandoned 50 ton Taiwanese vessel had suffered a fire several days previously. No mayday call was received. A search of 21,000 square miles (54,000 square km) of the Pacific Ocean north of Fiji by a US Air Force C-130 Hercules and a New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion found no trace of the Taiwanese captain (顏金港 Yán Jīn-gǎng) or crew (18 Chinese, 6 Indonesians, and 4 Filipinos).
18.	March 2011	The MV Ryou-Un Maru (漁運丸, Fishing Luck) (also Ryō Un Maru), a fishing vessel	Washed away from its mooring as a result of a tsunami	Aomori Prefecture, Japan	20 March 2012	About 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) off the coast of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia,Canada	The vessel was found floating adrift towards Canada after nearly a year at sea, no crew believed to be on board. It was sunk on April 5, 2012 by the United States Coast Guard.
19.	January 2013	The MV Lyubov Orlova, a former Soviet cruise ship	The vessel was being towed to a scrapyard in the Caribbean when a cable snapped, setting it adrift.	One day after leaving St John's, Newfoundland, Canada - in international waters	4 February 2013	Approximately 250 nautical miles east of St John's (approximately 50 nautical miles outside Canada's territorial waters) and drifting in a northeasterly direction	The crew did not pursue the vessel due to safety concerns. Some news reports claimed it was adrift and populated with cannibal rats. In reality, it most likely sank in the Atlantic Ocean in international waters.

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