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The Ghost Ship of Trinity Bay

The story of the Welsh Marie Celeste

In August 1884, a Royal Navy warship found a merchant ship abandoned off the coast of Newfoundland, floating and undamaged. The crew were never seen again. The story came to be known as the Welsh Marie Celeste, after the famous ship found deserted in the mid-Atlantic twelve years before. The captain of the Welsh ship, the Resolven, was my great-grandfather and I’ve been looking for answers to this mystery for eight years. The search has taken me from West Wales to a remote village in Newfoundland…     Read the full story here

 

On Facebook: The Ghost Ship of Trinity Bay

I've changed the name of this page from 'The Ghost Ship of Trinity Bay' to one which I think reflects the true story, of a real ship found abandoned off Newfoundland in the late 19th Century, a mystery which remains to this day. Note - the correct name for the famous derelict ship is the Mary Celeste, but a story - anonymously published, but later revealed to be by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle - fixed the name of that mystery as 'the Marie Celeste' - and that's the spelling I've gone with. Thanks to everyone who supports this page, in Newfoundland and in the UK! ... See MoreSee Less
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Will Wain: About Me

I grew up in Oxford and have had longer or shorter periods in London and South Wales. Now based in Eryri, North Wales.