Ghost ship

A ghost ship is an unexplained ghostly ship. They are usually ships that have been lost at sea or have been sunk, but somehow mysteriously reappear. Some ghost ships are merely ships that reappear after their crew mysteriously disappears without any explanation.

Among the most famous of these ships is the Flying Dutchman.

The Mary Celeste is another example, when the ship was found sailing alone, devoid of all crew.

Ghost ships in English literature

Well-known examples of ghost ships in English literature include the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1797-1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Rokeby (1813) by Sir Walter Scott.

See also: ghost, pirate, Philadelphia experiment, Davy Jones' Locker