It is a very pleasant experience to see the ships floating in the infinite ocean, but sometimes it also happens that the ship you are seeing is not really there. Tales of many ghost ships have been told since ancient times, one of which is the famous phantom ship "Lady Lovibond" which can still be seen in the sea. In the year 1748, a day before Valentine's day, Captain "Simon Peel" goes on a honeymoon with his wife in a ship carrying some flowers, wine, and a lot of gold. He was overjoyed as he had just married his girlfriend and was celebrating the occasion on a cruise.
His friend "John Rivers", the first mate of the captain's young wife was also on board and was not liking Simon's honeymoon at all. While the captain, his wife, and their guests were celebrating the marriage, he turned the Lovibond towards Goodwin Sands (best known as a place of shipwreck) in a fit of jealousy and anger. It is believed that the ship met with a fatal accident and everyone on board died.
From that day onwards, it is believed that every 50 years, on the same day, Lovibond is seen sailing the sea. Even hundreds of people claim to have seen Lovibond in the middle of the sea. People also sent rescue boats thinking that maybe the ship was in some trouble, but after going closer, the ship vanishes into the air. Before this incident, there was a longstanding superstition among sailors, according to which it was bad luck to bring a woman on board, but Peel had brought his bride with him, which led to this accident.
The Goodwin Sands is notorious for the most fertile grounds for ghost ships. Hundreds of shipwrecks have occurred in the Goodwin Sands so far as over 2,000 shipwrecks have been recorded with the true number and about 50,000 lives have been lost. Goodwin is fatal for its flat and plain structure, passing through that part is risky as it can cause heavy loss to the sailors. It is the home to Britain's largest underwater graveyard where the carcasses of many tall ships lie buried.
Other Ghost Ships:
The Flying Dutchman - A Mysterious Ghost Ship that is Doomed To Sail the Oceans Forever
Ourang Medan - A Mysterious Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship Sea-Bird Mystery - The Sudden Disappearance Of Its Entire Crew
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