The story about the Mary The story about the Mary Celeste is a mysteryCeleste is a mystery,, no one no one knows what happened. knows what happened. The Mary The Mary Celeste is a ship which Celeste is a ship which was was deserted in the middle of the deserted in the middle of the Ocean. One day another ship Ocean. One day another ship was passing by. The ship was was passing by. The ship was called the Dei Gratia. called the Dei Gratia.

The ship’s captain signalled the The ship’s captain signalled the Mary Celeste but there was no Mary Celeste but there was no reply. The Mary Celeste was just reply. The Mary Celeste was just floating right there standing still. floating right there standing still. The captain rowed over to the The captain rowed over to the Mary Celeste with three other Mary Celeste with three other sailors. They climbed aboard the sailors. They climbed aboard the ship and that was when they ship and that was when they discovered the mystery. discovered the mystery.

When they reached the ship theWhen they reached the ship therere was nobody on board. The ship was nobody on board. The ship wasn’t damaged and thewasn’t damaged and therere was was plenty of food and water. plenty of food and water.

They went into the captain ‘s They went into the captain ‘s cabin and they found some half cabin and they found some half eaten breakfast.eaten breakfast.

In the galley where the meals are In the galley where the meals are cooked,there wcooked,there wereere pots of half pots of half cooked food hanging over the cooked food hanging over the dead fire. The captain of the Dei dead fire. The captain of the Dei Gratia thought theGratia thought therere had been a had been a mutiny. Themutiny. Therere was no crew on was no crew on board but the life boat was there. board but the life boat was there. Did they jump over board ? After Did they jump over board ? After all thatall that,, they found something they found something strangestrange,, they found a knife with they found a knife with blood on it.blood on it.

Some people think that the Some people think that the captain was murdered. This all captain was murdered. This all happened on the 5happened on the 5thth of December of December 1872.1872.

No one No one knows whatever knows whatever happened next.happened next.

And I would And I would to tell you to tell you that it’s a that it’s a true story.true story.