It's a mystery

The Marie-Celeste set sail from New York on November 7, 1872, bound for Genoa in Italy.
Ten people were on board, including Captain Benjamin Briggs, his wife Sarah and their two-year-old daughter Sophie. The ship's company was two officers, a steward, and four crew.
On December 4, the British brigantine Dei Gratia found Marie-Celeste sailing west under full sail, with not a single person, living or dead, aboard.
The fore hatch had been removed, but the cargo of alcohol hadn't been touched.
The ship's boat was missing, but Captain Briggs' navigation equipment was in his cabin.
Only one pump working, and there was a lot of water between decks, and four feet of water in the hold.
Some fittings and rigging showed evidence of storm damage, but there was no way of telling whether that had happened before or after the ship was abandoned - if indeed it had been abandoned.
A six-month supply of food and water was aboard.
The clock and the compass had been destroyed.
All of the ship's papers except the captain's logbook were missing.
Food was found uneaten on the stove and everything else on board was just as it should be.
But there were no clues as to what had happened - to the ship or her crew and passengers, who were never seen again. They had simply vanished.
The story of the phantom ship Marie-Celeste is one of the great maritime mysteries of all time.

The ship was brought into port, refitted, and sailed on for twelve more years until she was grounded (probably on purpose) on Rochelois Reef in Haiti.
The shipwreck of the Marie-Celeste was discovered in 2001, by an expedition headed by the author Clive Cussler.

"Oh, you’ll love the sea. There’s something about it. The hot red dawn, the towering sails, the wake on a tropical night. Oh, you’ll love it all. It’s a glorious kind of world. I couldn’t live without it."

- Captain Briggs (played by Arthur Margetson), in Phantom Ship , a 1936 film about the Marie-Celeste.