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Deliberate decisions not to retrieve the half brig in question explains Mary Celeste's going missing. The hermaphrodite brig in question was alleged by crewmen to have been grounded deliberately, on Thursday, January 3, 1885, under Captain Gilman C. Parker's orders, onto the Rochelais Reef off Haiti. The part barkentine part schooner in question was allowed to sink under its own weight and that of the subsequently artificial, shanty-supporting, shell-built isle, for re-discovery on Thursday, April 5, 2001, by marine archaeologist Clive Cussler and professional divers John Davis and Mike Fletcher.

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What is the exact time that 'Mary Celeste' passengers went missing?

Nine in the morning in nautical time is the exact time at which Mary Celeste's passengers go missing.


Were there lifeboats on 'Mary Celeste' after the crew went missing?

No, there were no life boats on Mary Celeste after the crew went missing.


What was the date when the Mary Celeste went missing?

It did not go missing but was found on December 4 1872. Source Wikipedia


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Equipment, papers and people complete the list of what and who went missing from the abandoned, derelict, ghost, mystery ship Mary Celeste. Equipment includes a chronometer and a sextant while papers reference the captain's documents. People refers to the Mary Celeste 10 of captain with daughter and wife, three officers and four seamen.


How long did the search and rescue team search for the missing passengers of 'Mary Celeste'?

There was no search and rescue team search for the missing passengers of Mary Celeste. The Mary Celeste Ten went missing off the southernmost Azores during or subsequent to the morning of Sunday, November 24, 1872. The captain and the crew of Dei Gratia were the first-known contacts with Mary Celeste between the hermaphrodite brig's departure on Thursday, November 7, 1872, from Staten Island and its discovery yawing between the Azores and Portugal on Wednesday, December 4 or Thursday, December 5, 1872.


Where was 'Mary Celeste' going?

The ship Mary Celeste was going east.


What ship found the Mary celeste?

The Dei Gratia found the Mary Celeste.


What is the name of the missing captain of 'Mary Celeste'?

Benjamin Spooner Briggs is the name of the missing captain of Mary Celeste. The last person known to have seen the captain in question was Burnett, harbor pilot from Sandy Hook, New Jersey. He was paid $40 to escort Mary Celeste through the Verrazano Narrows on Tuesday, November 7, 1872, prefatory to crossing the winter storm-riddled Atlantic for docking at Genoa, Italy, after traversing the western Mediterranean.


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Industrial alcohol was in the barrels aboard Mary Celeste.


Did 'Mary Celeste' reach Gibraltar?

Yes, the ship Mary Celeste reached Gibraltar.


Why is the Mary celeste called the Mary celeste?

Mary Celeste was a British ship built in Canada during the British ownership of the US and Canada. Mary is the name of the daughter of the man who built the ship. Celeste is Spanish roughly meaning "heavenly beauty".


Were there pirates on 'Mary Celeste'?

It is not known whether or not there were pirates on the half brig Mary Celeste. Piracy numbers among the twentieth and twenty-first century reconstructed scenarios for why the Mary Celeste 10 of captain with daughter and wife, three officers and four seamen were missing when the hermaphrodite brig was discovered yawing between the Azores and Portugal in December 1872 by the captain and crew of Dei Gratia. But little other than some documentation was known to have been missing from the part barkentine part schooner -- whose load of cargo, equipment and personal possessions otherwise was left intact -- so piracy would have occurred for abducting or massacring the Mary Celeste 10 and stealing items not admitted by owner James Winchester to have been on board Mary Celeste.