Dating of wreck's timbers puts wind in sails of the 'Mary Celeste' mystery

Independent
By Jonathan Thompson
23 January 2005


One of the most enduring mysteries of the sea has taken yet another twist. The Mary Celeste, located and recovered amid much celebration four years ago, is not the Mary Celeste, according to new evidence.

The legendary ship, discovered empty and adrift of the Azores more than 130 years ago, is still out there.

In 2001, the author Clive Cussler claimed to have found the wreck of the brig, sunk off the coast of Haiti, and retrieved timbers as proof.

Now, though, a Canadian analysis looks to have proved him wrong. Scott St George of the Geological Survey of Canada and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona, analysed samples brought back from Haiti and discovered that the wood was cut from trees still living at least a decade after the Mary Celeste sank.

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I am not sure what to make of C.C.
Is he the genuine article or full of him self?

I don't read his books though I do share some of his passion for underwater archeology or maybe just seaching for lost wrecks.

If he finds the USS Cyclops I would be most impressed.