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What infamous and often mis-named ship was originally called the Amazon?
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#66419. Asked by darkpresence. (May 31 06 5:29 PM)
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darkpresence
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You avoided that banana skin well lol
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robboy
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But why in the world would it ever be referred to as infamous? Fabulous, perhaps?
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darkpresence
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Infamous because it was bad luck for everyone who ever came into contact with it, an illustration of the belief that it's unlucky to change a ship's name.
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robboy
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Interesting. Never heard of that superstition--salvaged and refitted ships are quite often renamed. But what brought the thought to mind is the reference to Doyle's work being the culprit for creating the mystery of its short life, thus the 'infamy' tag, I suppose.
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Baloo55th
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The name should have been Marie Celeste, but someone got it wrong! Robboy is right - many ships are renamed without any trouble. But you never hear about them, do you?
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darkpresence
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rob, can you give a link to that Doyle reference?
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