ghost ship

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ghost ship (plural ghost ships)

  1. (nautical) An abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.
    • 2014, Valerie Martin, The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      When Hayes turned to Jephson's contribution, he found that it commenced with a description of the famous ghost ship, the Marie Celeste, being towed into Gibraltar harbor.

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