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Aug 2022

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Spooky Abandoned Vessels and Ghost Ships...

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Feb 16, 2020 - A jogger near the southern coast of Ireland makes a strange discovery: a rusty 2,400-ton ship appeared to be stranded on some rocks. Authorities later arrive on the scene and try to contact anyone on board. But nobody responds. The ship is abandoned, and has been for a long time, in one of the strangest maritime events in recent memory.

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