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The SV ''Resolven'' was a merchant
''Mallard'' moved to board after sighting the vessel's odd, erratic movements, and received no response to repeated attempts at hailing the vessel. Upon boarding ''Resolven'', HMS ''Mallards sailors found an intact and serviceable vessel with no evidence as to why the ship would have been abandoned. The last entry in her logbook was within just six hours of her being sighted. Other than a broken Yard (sailing), yard, she had suffered only superficial damage. The ship's lifeboat was missing, but with no indication as to why. The galley fire was alight and the lamps were burning. A large iceberg was sighted nearby. It has been claimed that none of the seven crew members or four passengers were accustomed to northern waters and it was suggested that they panicked when the ship was damaged by ice, launched the lifeboat, and swamped, though no bodies were found. The ship was towed into the nearby port, refitted and put out to sea again under a new owner and crew. No trace of her crew on 29 August 1884 has ever been found.
The mystery of this ship earned it the nickname "The Welsh ''
The SV ''Resolven'' was a merchant brig
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which was found abandoned
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on 29 August 1884, with her lifeboat missing, between Baccalieu Island
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and Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador
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. The ship's crew appears to have abandoned ''Resolven'' for unknown reasons in the approximately six hours between the last entry in the ship's log and her sighting by HMS ''Mallard'' of the Royal Navy
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; none of those who had been aboard ''Resolven'' were ever seen or heard from again.
Due to the mysterious circumstances under which ''Resolven'' was found adrift, her fate has been compared to that of the infamous brigantine ''Mary Celeste
''Mary Celeste'' (; often erroneously referred to as ''Marie Celeste'') was a Canadian-built, American-registered merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872. The Canadi ...
''.
Derelict
On 29 August 1884, ''Resolven'' was found by theRoyal Navy
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gunboat HMS ''Mallard
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'', under the command of Lieutenant William L.H. Brow''Mallard'' moved to board after sighting the vessel's odd, erratic movements, and received no response to repeated attempts at hailing the vessel. Upon boarding ''Resolven'', HMS ''Mallards sailors found an intact and serviceable vessel with no evidence as to why the ship would have been abandoned. The last entry in her logbook was within just six hours of her being sighted. Other than a broken Yard (sailing), yard, she had suffered only superficial damage. The ship's lifeboat was missing, but with no indication as to why. The galley fire was alight and the lamps were burning. A large iceberg was sighted nearby. It has been claimed that none of the seven crew members or four passengers were accustomed to northern waters and it was suggested that they panicked when the ship was damaged by ice, launched the lifeboat, and swamped, though no bodies were found. The ship was towed into the nearby port, refitted and put out to sea again under a new owner and crew. No trace of her crew on 29 August 1884 has ever been found.
The mystery of this ship earned it the nickname "The Welsh ''Mary Celeste
''Mary Celeste'' (; often erroneously referred to as ''Marie Celeste'') was a Canadian-built, American-registered merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872. The Canadi ...
''".
Struck with misfortune a second and final time, ''Resolven'' was wrecked in 1887 while returning to Newfoundland from Nova Scotia with a load of lumber.The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador – CD Version article ''Resolven''
See also
*List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea
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