Marie Celeste

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The Marie Celeste was a sea-faring vessel which in 1872 was found adrift of the coast of Portugal (Earth) devoid of her crew. How and why the ship lost her crew remains a mystery to this day.

The case of the Marie Celeste has since entered into popular culture and language and is often used to describe a situation when the crew or populous of something or somewhere has inexplicably disappeared. In 2254 when the USS Enterprise was sent to investigate after a number of ships were discovered adrift, Captain Pike described the situation in his log entry as; investigating a fleet of Marie Celestes. (EV comic: "Flesh of My Flesh")

The mystery of the Marie Celeste was Benjamin Sisko's favorite seagoing legend. He was fascinated that the ship's stoves were still on, the crew's meals half eaten and that its crew went missing in the middle of an ocean. (DS9 novel: The Long Night)

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