Use Of English Test 14 – The Mystery Of The Marie Celeste

We spotted the Marie Celeste drifting in mid-Atlantic on December 5, 1872. Since the ship looked damaged, the captain said the three of us had tohavecouldought board her at once in order thatfor toin order toso that investigate and carrytakebringget him back any information we could get hold of. We managedcouldn’twere able tounable climb on board without too much difficulty but we couldn’t see any sign of life anywhere. The crew of the Marie Celeste mustcan’tcouldhadn’t have abandoned ship owing tosinceon account ofas a result of the ship’s small lifeboat was missing. Some navigational equipment which a ship of that kind shouldn’t haveshouldn’tshould beshould have had on board was also missing. The crew must notcouldn’t haveought not havewould have had much time to abandon ship because they had not hadfetchedbroughttaken with them many of their personal possessions. Luckily, we managedablecouldknew to find the ship’s log which helped us a great deal in our investigationsuggestioninformationsolution. The last time the captain of the Maria Celeste had wrotetookmadepassed an entry in the ship’s log was November 21. Something extraordinary must have taken partcareplacecontrol between this date and December 5. The captain of the ship, Benjamin Briggs, had extensive experiencetravelqualificationeducation of the high seas so what had made him takehavechoosebring the decision to abandon ship in the middle of nowhere?