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Mary Celeste crew absence accounts
Which contemporaneous reports, released records and later accounts relate to Mary Celeste crew absence accounts?
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Ghost ships, missing cargoes and unexplained voyages followed through logs, inquiries and testimony.
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Research & writing
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Ourang Medan distress-signal story
Which contemporaneous reports, released records and later accounts relate to Ourang Medan distress-signal story?
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Carroll Deering Diamond Shoals grounding
Which contemporaneous reports, released records and later accounts relate to Carroll Deering Diamond Shoals grounding?
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Ghost Ships
- Mary Celeste crew absence accounts
- Ourang Medan distress-signal story
- Carroll Deering Diamond Shoals grounding
- Baychimo Arctic ghost-ship sightings
- Octavius frozen-crew legend
- SS Waratah disappearance Durban route
- MV Joyita partial-sinking mystery
- High Aim 6 crew-vanished fishing boat
Sunken Treasure Hunts
- Oak Island Money Pit excavation
- San José galleon Colombia legal fight
- Flor de la Mar Malacca treasure
- Nuestra Señora de Atocha recovery
- SS Central America gold recovery
- Merchant Royal English Channel loss
- SS Republic Civil War gold
- Admiral Nakhimov Tsushima Strait gold
Naval Cover-Up Claims
- USS Maine explosion blame question
- Lusitania munitions-cargo concealment
- Titanic coal-fire structural weakness
- Titanic insurance-swap Olympic framework
- HMS Hampshire Kitchener sabotage claim
- Estonia ferry sinking weapon cargo
- Kursk torpedo-accident cover-up claim
- Belgrano exclusion-zone controversy
Sea Anomaly Zones
- Bermuda Triangle statistical challenge
- Dragon Triangle Japan devil-sea claim
- Sargasso Sea becalming folklore
- Michigan Triangle Great Lakes zone
- Formosa Triangle Pacific claims
- Bass Strait Triangle Australia
- Gulf of Guinea piracy-anomaly zone
- Vile Vortices Sanderson twelve points
Sources & further reading
All source recordsU.S. National Archives — Research Our Records
Official archival research portal
Library of Congress — Digital Collections
Library catalogue / discovery collection
Trove — National Library of Australia
National-library newspaper and archive discovery collection
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