Lady Lovibond, Goodwin Sands
7 miles off the coast of Deal in Kent, this notoriously hazardous and dangerous stretch of shifting sands is 10 miles in length. Goodwin Sands is a graveyard for ships who have sunk in its foreboding waters. It is said that 50,000 people lost their lives on the sandbank. This stretch of water is the home of one gruesome manifestation, the phantom ghost ship of the Lady Lovibond a three-mast schooner. The vessel was bound for Oporto, Portugal, with a cargo of flour, meat, wine and gold. The ship was lost on the 13th February 1748. The Captain Simon Peel was celebrating on his honeymoon with his new wife, when Rivers the ships mate deliberately ran the ship aground in a jealous rage. All hands were lost to the dark sea, on that fateful night, and this grim story is said to re-enact itself every 50 years on the anniversary of the disaster. Fishermen have reported a vessel trapped on the sands but upon further investigation each time no wreck or sign on the ship has been found. On Feb 13th 1898 and Feb 13th 1948 the ghost ship has been seen by several other ships in the area.

The Flying Dutchman
The most famous of ghost ships The Flying Dutchman, which hit rocks and sunk during a heavy storm in 1641. The phantom ship of legend appears during stormy weather off the Cape of Good Hope, at Africa's southern tip. It is feared by mariners as an omen of disaster, and they say that if you look at the ship you will die a horrible death.

When the Dutch ship was sinking the Captain of the vessel, van der Decken (who knew his death was looming) shouted out "I WILL round this Cape even if I have to keep sailing until doomsday!". The ghost ship has been reported many times, even by the crew of a German submarine boat during World War II. On 11 July 1881, the Royal Navy ship, the Bacchante sighted the phantom. The midshipman, a prince who later became King George V, recorded that the lookout and the officer of the watch had seen the Flying Dutchman.

"A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the mast, spars and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief."

It was reported that the lookout fell from a mast and died, shortly after seeing the phantom ship.

The Queen Mary
The Luxury Liner is now retired and permanently moored in Long Beach, California, USA.

Door Number 13
A 17 year old boy was crushed to death while trying to escape a fire at Door 13, during a routine watertight door drill on July 10, 1966 (in the engine room). Strange knocking noises have been heard from the door and it has even felt hot for no plausible reason. Passengers and crew have reported seeing a young bearded man in blue overalls walking up to door 13 and promptly vanishing.

The Playroom
Paranormal manifestations have also occurred in the Third-Class children's playroom. A a baby Leigh Travers Smith died very soon after birth. Un earthly cry's of a baby have been heard coming from this playroom.

The First-Class Swimming Pool
Ghostly sounds of parties and people laughing and shouting have been heard in the ships pool when no one has been in the area. Wet footprints mysteriously appear from nowhere before peoples eyes, as if someone is walking from the pool. There have also been reported sightings of ghostly women dressed in old-fashioned bathing suits, wondering around the decks near the pool area.

Lady in White
The front of the ship is home to the manifestation of a ghostly woman in white who walks until blocked from view by a pillar. She is seen in The Queen's Salon which used to be the First-Class passenger lounge. The ghostly woman is reported as being very beautiful and is dressed in a white evening gown.

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