Crew on the tug-boat abandoned the vessel after encountering bad weather, the BBC reported. However, this is the case with the ‘S.S Baychimo’ – a 1,300-ton cargo and passenger ship operated by the Hudson’s Bay Trading Company. Ghost ship washes ashore in Ireland after more than a year at sea This article is more than 10 months old Public warned away from MV Alta, which ran aground on Cork coast during Storm Dennis Locals on a beach in Myanmar couldn't believe their eyes when they saw a massive silhouette, eerily looming on the horizon. In January it was reported 104 ghost ships, many containing dead mariners who had fled North Korea, had washed up on Japan's shores in the previous year. This resulted in the vessel, which had a dead weight 26,500 tonnes, becoming detached. The term is sometimes used for ships that have been decommissioned but not yet scrapped, as well as drifting boats that have been found after … The mummified remains of Manfred Fritz Bajorat found drifting at sea aboard his half-submerged yacht. This is the story of the SS Cotopaxi, and it's leaving researches everywhere scratching their heads. December 14, 2019 Updated: December 14, 2019. The sudden appearance of a massive ‘ghost’ ship off the coast of southern Myanmar has shocked local fishermen who were stunned to find the freighter carried no cargo nor traces of crew. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Found By Chance 60 Ships Of 2,500 Years Old At The Bottom Of The Black Sea Without Oxygen, They Remained Intact; A Gigantic “Ghost” Ship Reappears After 10 Years And Fishermen Are Amazed; This Giant Frog Is Hitting The Web, People Are Wondering If It’s Really Real; 22 Photos That Are Funnier If You Zoom In At the time the ship was 55 years old, and had drifted, without anyone on board, for 38 years. The Baychimo operated for 11 years as part of the Company’s fur trading business before it became lodged in ice not far from Point Barrow, Alaska. A ghost ship abandoned during a round-the-world sailing attempt has been discovered off the Australian coast after drifting for eight years. What unfolded next was a mystery that required drafting various … was the coal still there though? Ghost ships are not unheard of with the high seas often producing the mysterious craft. The SS Ourang Medan, a Dutch merchant ship, became known as a ghost ship in the late 1940s. On 29 November 1925, the SS Cotopaxi departed Charleston, South Carolina, and headed towards Havana, Cuba. A RUSTY "ghost ship" has been discovered floating totally abandoned off the coast of Myanmar. Just as no one knew that we actually found it 35 years ago. Click here to upload yours. They made many unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the crew and finally mobilized three patrol boats to intercept it. According to the Facebook post, the ship encountered bad weather south of Yangon river. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Navy authorities located the tugboat sailing 80 kilometres off Yangon City with 13 Indonesian crew on board. Despite the popularity of these strange theories, most scientists do not recognize the existence of the Bermuda Triangle and blame human mistakes and natural phenomena for the disappearances. 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