Dominic Selwood
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 8 Sep
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Which was a significant amount, but not the end of the world for a ship of that size and quite manageable.
They also found a makeshift sounding rod, which was used to test the depth of water in the hold, and a disassembled water pump.
They then notice that a few items are missing.
The only thing they found to be missing were a number of navigation instruments and papers, along with one small boat called a yawl that acted as the Mary Celeste's lifeboat.
One key feature of this mystery that needs to be borne in mind is that the rules at the time around salvage meant that the captain of the Dei Grazia could take this empty ship in to port and go through a salvage process which would result in him and if he chose to give it to the crew being given money.
we only have the De Grazia's account of what happened and what they found.
But the captain of the De Grazia duly took it into Gibraltar, which was the nearest port, which was British, and so therefore a salvage hearing was held in Gibraltar, which was standard for derelict's recovery.
But it quickly expanded as a hearing because of the completely enigmatic situation in which the Dei Gratza had found the Mary Celeste.
Frederick Solly Flood was the Attorney General of Gibraltar.
And he led the inquest and he was highly suspicious and thought there had been wrongdoing.
suggesting that perhaps there had been a crime like mutiny.
or murder, or this was about insurance fraud.
And partly because of the large financial incentives that were available in cases of salvage, he was very focused on trying to work out whether there was a crime behind this and the Dei Grazia was trying to enrich itself.
However, despite a lengthy inquiry, they found no solid evidence there had been any crime.
And there was nothing that explained why the ship showed signs of what appeared to be mysterious but orderly abandonment.
Salvage was awarded, but was reduced owing to a lingering suspicion that something fishy was going on, and something in what the Dei Grazia had reported was not quite right.
But still to this day there has been no trace of any of the people who had been on board the Mary Celeste.
The Victorian press always loved a good scandal, and they were thrilled with this story, with its combination of intact ship and missing people.
and they widely sensationalised the tale.
So it became household knowledge.
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