story of the Flying Dutchman Ghost Ship


The story of the Flying Dutchman ghost ship this is one story that is very well known and have been legendary throughout the world. There have been many books written by lifting the story of this legend, even in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) ghost ship is also raised.
But, whether real or not story I also do not know, or perhaps still the same with the other legends are considered only to the extent of coral story / fairy tale passed down through generations.


Ship Flying Dutchman


According to folklore, the Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that can never be anchored, but must navigate the "seven seas" forever. Flying Dutchman is always visible from a distance, sometimes irradiated with a light beam dim. Many versions of this story. According to some sources, this legend came from the Netherlands, while the others to claim that it came from the British drama The Flying Dutchman (1826) by Edward Fitzball and the novel "The Phantom Ship" (1837) by Frederick Marryat, later adapted to Dutch story "Vliegend Het Schip" (The Flying Ship) by the Dutch pastor AHC Römer. Other versions include operas by Richard Wagner (1841) and "The Flying Dutchman on the Tappan Sea" by Washington Irving (1855).


Several reliable sources said that in the 17th century Dutch captain named Bernard Fokke (another version called the captain "Ramhout Van Dam" or "Van der Decken") sailed the seas from Holland to Java with incredible speed. He is suspected of asking for help to reach a speed demon earlier. But amid his voyage towards the Cape of God Hope sudden bad weather, so the shaky ship. Then a crew requested that the cruise stopped. But the captain did not want to, then he said, "I swear I will not retreat and will continue through the storm to reach the destination city, or I and all the crew of my ship will be damned forever" Arrived -Arrived storm hit the ship so that they lost against nature. And cursed forever with the child's captain that his ship into the bodies of living and sailing on the seven seas forever. It is said that the ship was condemned to sail the seven oceans until the end of time. then the story was spread very quickly throughout the world. Other sources also mentioned the emergence of dangerous diseases among crew members so that they are not allowed to dock in ports. Since then, the ship and its crew was sentenced to always sail, never docked / pull. According to some versions, this happened in 1641, the others guess in 1680 or 1729.

Flying Dutchman Ghost Ship
Flying Dutchman Ghost Ship

Terneuzen (Netherlands) referred to as the home of the legendary Flying Dutchman, Van der Decken, a captain who curse God and has been sentenced to sail the seas forever, has been told in the novel by Frederick Marryat - The Phantom Ship and Richard Wagner opera. Many witnesses who claim to have seen this ghost ship. In 1939 the ship was visible in Mulkzenberg. In 1941 seklompok people at Glencairn beach to watch the sail boats that arrived - arrived vanished when going crashed into a rock. Sightings of The Flying Dutchman crew again seen by MHS Jubilee military ship near Cape Town in August 1942. In fact, there is a record of the story of Christopher Columbus' voyage, this time Columbus saw the ship crew stranded hang the screen expands. after the crew first saw immediately killed instantly.
Myth end also tells if a vessel ghost ship's modern look and modern crew gave the signal, then the modern ship would sink / wretched. For a sailor, unexpected encounter with a ghost ship The Flying Dutchman will bring danger to them and said, there is a way to circumvent the possibility of cross paths with the ghost ship, ie with a pair of horseshoe on the mast of their boat as protection. Over the centuries -, the legend of The Flying Dutchman became the source of inspiration of poets and novelists. Since 1826 Edward Fitzball has written the novel The Pantom Ship (1837) is lifted from the experience meet with this spooky ship. Many famous poets such as Washington Irving and Sir Walter Scott is also interested in raising this legend. The term is also used for the Flying Dutchman nickname some soccer athletes, especially the major players from the Netherlands. Ironically, the country veteran star Orange, Dennis Bergkamp exactly known as a phobia or fear to fly, so he nicknamed The Non-Flying Dutchman. Some report sightings The Flysing Dutchman who had documented:

1823: Captain Oweb, HMS Leven tells been twice saw an empty boat tottering amid the ocean from a distance, but in the blink of an eye the ship then disappeared.

1835: It is reported that year, a vessel British flagged besieged by the middle of the ocean storm, approached by a foreign vessel which is touted as the ghost ship The Flying Dutchman, and then suddenly the foreign ship approached and seemed to want to hit their ship, but strangely before the two ships collide The stranger then vanished.

1881: Three HMS Bacchante children including King George V had seen sebuat unmanned ships that sail their boats against the current. The next day, one than those found dead in a terrible state.

1879: Son ship SS Pretoria also claimed to have seen the ghost ship.

1939: This ship looks at Mulkzenberg, several people who witnessed surprised because the old ship suddenly disappeared in 1941 : Some witnesses shore Glencairn reported an obsolete vessel which hit rocks and fragmented, but after an investigation at the scene, there are no signs of the wreck.

1942: Four witnesses had seen an empty vessel into the waters of Table Bay later menghilang.Seorang employees have documented these findings in his diary.

1942: The appearance of The Flying Dutchman crew again seen by MHS Jubilee military ship near Cape Town in August 1942

1959: The crew of the ship Straat Magelhaen back melaporakan see a mysterious ship adrift -ambing amid a sea of empty with telescope.

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