The Flying Dutchman

I will tell you a story about a ghost ship named Flying Dutchman.
This is very famous story and it is a Holland Folktale.
Many books, movies, and even cartoon was isnpired by this story.
So, let's check this out!

The Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship and it can't anchor but it must sailing seven ocean forever.
Many depend source was told in 17th century there was a captain named Bernard Foke is sailing around the sea.
He sailing very fast, he suspected that he was sailing with the help of the devil.
Went he was in Cape of Good Hope the storm is coming, and the ship is getting stranded.
A crew from the ship is suggested to stop the ship, but the captain is refuse it.
And he swore "I swear to never get back and never give up before I get to the my destiny town!
I and my crew will cursed forever!"
Suddenly the lightning  struck the ship.
And the ship cursed to around the seven oceans.

At this time, the myth is told if a modern ship see this cursed ship, they will be sink.
The way to shield it is put a horseshoe on mast.

There is some evidence of the ghost ship appearance :

In 1823 : Captain Oweb, HMS Leven said he was seeing a empty ship in the ocean and suddenly  disappeared.
In 1879 : The sailor of SS Pretoria confess see the ghost ship.
In 1939 : This ship is appeared in Mulkzenberg, many people surprised by this ghost ship and suddenly disappeared.
In 1941 : Several eyewitnesses reported Glencairn beach a ship that crashed into a rock battered and divided, but after an investigation at the scene, there are no signs of the wreck.
In 1942 : Four witnesses have seen an empty vessel into the waters of Table Bay and then disappeared. An employee has documented these discovery in his diary.

So, be careful if you want to sailing around the world!