[Watch] Eerie Moment: Man Finds ‘Ghost Ship!’

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A sailor who stumbled across a “ghost ship” near Bermuda with no one on board described the discovery as “absolutely crazy,” reports the Sun.

Ghost ship spotted?

This is the eerie moment sailors stumble across a ‘ghost ship’ drifting 804km from Bermuda with no one on board.

Two yachties from Ocean Research Project came across the abandoned boat in the Atlantic Ocean, The Sun reports.

The researchers noticed the boats sail wasn’t up, the motor wasn’t running and “ther...

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[Watch] A “Ghost Ship” Optical Illusion

A “ghost ship” optical illusion was created by none other than Mother Nature herself, reports finance.

Floating In The Sky

A large container ship looked as though it was floating in the sky off the coast of Kent in the United Kingdom. The vessel appeared to be hovering about the water but it was just a trick of the eye.

“We were just out for an Easter Sunday walk off Long Rock and there was the floating ship. Lots of people were stopping to look at it,” onlooker Charlotte Cornell told Kent Online.

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Lone Ghost Ship Sailor Gets To Leave After 4 Years

A sailor was forced to live on an abandoned ship for four years and now, he’s finally made it home, reports BBC. 

Why was the ship detained?

Mohammed Aisha had been stuck on the cursed ship since May 5, 2017, when the ship was detained at the port of Adabiya in Egypt, due to expired safety certificates. 

As the vessel’s contractors and the owners had monetary issues, the ship was doomed to remain off the Egyptian coast. With Mohammed declared the ship’s legal guardian, other sailors got to go,...

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[Watch] Ghost Ship Washed Ashore A Year Ago Continues To Pose Threat

One year after grounding, an abandoned cargo ship continues to pose a hazard in Ireland, reports The Guardian.

About the incident

The cargo ship actually has quite the back story. The 250-foot Tanzania-flagged ship had been abandoned at sea for over a year when it finally washed up in Cork County, Ireland back on February 16, 2020.

The vessel first made headlines in October 2018 when the U.S. Coast Guard rescued its 10 crew members after the vessel had become disabled more than 1,300 miles from...

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Can Cargo Ships Get Lost At Sea?

Some of these distances are not like the others: the familiar Mercator world map projection.
  • MV Alta, a merchant ship that was reportedly lost has washed ashore after a storm.
  • It had passed unseen as a drifting ghost ship before appearing on the Irish coast.
  • It was abandoned in 2018 south of Bermuda after a mechanical failure.
  • The 77-meter cargo vessel’s odyssey came to an end during Storm Dennis.
  • The towed ship was hijacked, with its fate unclear until August 2019.
  • It was briefly sighted by the HMS Protector in the mid-Atlantic, apparently unmanned.

According to an article published...

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[Watch] How A Storm Washes Ashore A Ghost Ship!

  • An abandoned ghost ship ran aground on Cork coast during Storm Dennis.
  • The 77-metre MV Alta drifted for over a year, skirting the Americas, Africa and Europe, rusting and derelict yet resolutely afloat.
  • Environmental scientists who visited the area on Monday did not see visible pollution, sais the Cork County Council.

An abandoned ship washed up on the rocky shore of southern Ireland after having drifted across the Atlantic Ocean for more than a year, reports The Guardian.

Ghost ship

Wind of up...

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