Ghostly Ships
Apparitions of ships known to have been lost and real ships sailing without a visible crew. Join Kate and Renee on this chilling episode exploring some of the ghost ship legends of the southern hemisphere and having a look at some of the natural ocean processes at play that give rise to some of these stories.
Sources
By Ship
Mary Celeste
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- Reports of official investigations of the time: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story – aka the Marie Celeste –
- https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/J._Habakuk_Jephson’s_Statement
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Habakuk_Jephson%27s_Statement (better summary of reception and influence of the story)
Flying Dutchman
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Flying-Dutchman
- https://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141123770/the-story-of-the-flying-dutchman
- https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/ghost-ship-the-mysterious-flying-dutchman/
- History of the VOC for context of the trade route- https://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/dirk-hartog/voc-united-dutch-east-india-company
General information
- Age of Sail – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Sail
- Seafaring Lore & Legend: A Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable, and Fact By Peter D. Jeans · 2004 – https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Seafaring_Lore_Legend/f6TfAAAAMAAJ?hl=en
- Pages read/quoted: p.299 and p.266-267 (Flying Dutchman).
- The enduring tale of ghost ships – https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2012/mar/26/ghost-ships-oceans-japanese-boat
The Science of Ghost Ships
- Fata morgana or the illusion of floating ships:
Spotted them too. pic.twitter.com/R2SiK98vBw
— Jy Taylor (@Jy_Taylor) March 17, 2021