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Antonia Graza

Antonia Graza is an Italian transatlantic name.

A fictional ship that appears in the movie “Ghost Ship” directed by Steve Beck.

Baychimo

Baychimo is an English steam boat name.

This boat was built in Sweden in 1914 and was used in Alaska for trade and barter with Eskimos. After it was abandoned in 1931, several sailors have affirmed to have seen it over the seas. Certainly it is considered for a many people as a “ghost ship”.

Bel Amica

Bel Amica is an Italian Sailboat name.

It was a schooner that appeared in strange circumstances in the coast of Sardinia during 2006. The ship had no crew and had never been registered in any country. The press classified it as “ghost ship”.

Finally, it was a boat owned by a French citizen who not registered his boat to avoid taxes.

“Bel Amica” is an erroneous variant of the Italian expression “Bell’Amica”, which means “beautiful friend”.

Black Pearl

Black Pearl is an English pirate ship name.

Ghost ship that appears in the film series “Pirates of the Caribbean”. It is characterized by being the fastest of the seas and has black sails .

Caleuche

Caleuche is a Native american Galleon name. Meaning: “transformed people.”

It derives from the Mapuche words “kalewtun” (transform, exchange) and “che” (people). (more…)

Eight famous ghost ships names

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Flying Dutchman

The Flying Dutchman is an English sailboat name. This ship is also known as “De Vliegende Hollander” (in Dutch), “El Holandés Errante” o “El holandés volador” (in Spanish).

This is a well known ghost ship all over the world. According to legend, its captain Willem van der Decken made a pact with the Devil to sail safely against any maritime or climatological adversity. However, God knew it and condemned him to wander the seas forever.

Inferno

Inferno is an Latin pirate ship name. Meaning “hell”.

Ghost ship name of Willy the one-eyed in the movie “The Goonies” created by Steven Spielberg.

Iron scow

Iron scow is a English merchant ship name. Meaning “iron barge”.

Name of a vessel that disappeared in 1918 at Niagara Falls and that emerged in 2019 after a storm.

It was considered a ghost ship during all this time.

 

Lady Lovibond

The Lady Lovibond is an English Sailboat name. This boat is also known with the abbreviated form “Luvibond“.

This was a ghost ship that appears in the waters of the county of Kent (England) every 50 years. According to legend, Captain Simon Peel ignored the belief that embarking a woman brings bad luck, and took with him his wife to celebrate his recent marriage.

During his voyage, his first officer, who was also in love with the same young woman, led the ship to a sandbank known to cause multiple shipwrecks and the entire crew perished in the accident.