The ocean is vast and unforgiving.  Many people brave its unpredictable nature every day.  Only sometimes...the vessel is found drifting alone and aimless without its occupants.  What an eerie find it would be.

J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement.  02-27-2019.  The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia.

https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/J._Habakuk_Jephson’s_Statement

https://owlcation.com/humanities/maryceleste October 25th 2017, Author, Jason Porvic

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/inthenews/itn060522 May 20th 2006, Author, Adrian Lee   University College London

Abandoned Ship:  The Mary Celeste.  Jess Blumberg.  Smithsonian Magazine.  

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/