Case file · Folklore / legend
The Octavius
A legendary ghost ship said to have been found west of Greenland in 1775 with its whole crew frozen below deck, the captain dead at his log, 13 years after its last entry.
1775 CE · 74.08, -68.68 · status: legend
The account
The whaler Herald's boarding party supposedly took only the log.
The sceptical view
No record confirms the ship or its discovery; the story closely copies the older Schooner Jenny legend.