What is the name of the legendary ghost ship which can't make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever?

The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship which was said to never be able to make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever.

Originated in the 17th-century, there are a number of stories around the myth of Flying Dutchman, some point to a cursed vessel, while a few suggest the Dutchman refers to the captain of the ship, who destined not to make land despite all his effort.

The Flying Dutchman has been captured in paintings and television series and the ship also made appearances in movies such "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951) and "Dead Man’s Chest" (2006) from Disney’s "Pirates of the Caribbean" films.

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Sergey Boev

Many many years before the above-mentioned movies, the legend for The Flying Dutchman was a subject of the great German writer Heinrich Heine and of the opera of the great German composer Richard Wagner.

Chris Brown

Richard Wagner in his opera which is based on the legend and is "Der fliegende Holländer" in German. slightly alters the story in that the Dutchman was cursed after attempting to sail around Cape Horn and could only be saved through ta promise of eternal love. It is one of my favourite operas and the music is rather ghostly in parts, especially the pieces that represent the Dutchman and his crew. Here is a link to the complete opera from Bayreuth starring New Zealand bass-baritone, Sir Donald McIntyre as the Dutchman. It is about two hours long

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Robert Aguilar, You are probably thinking of the "Flying Scotsman". One of the locomotives has been restored and is put into service on occasion.

John W Shreve

The great Pittsburg (or "Pittsburgh" as of 1911) Pirate baseball shortstop was known as The Flying Dutchman because of his amazing speed.

Peter Thomas

Nicholas Miernicki, Yep, in the Superstition Mountains, I visited the are some years ago, there is an old ghost/mining town there called Goldfield…great place to visit!