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The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and of Dutch maritime power .
The Flying Dutchman, according to folklore, is a ghost ship that can never go home, and is doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The Flying Dutchman is usually spotted from afar, sometimes seen to be glowing with ghostly light. One of the possible explanations of the origin of the Flying Dutchman legend is a Fata Morgana mirage seen at sea. [14]
As a nickname, The Flying Dutchman may refer to: Johan Cruyff (1947-2016), Dutch footballer; Herman Everhardus (1912–1980), American college football player; Anthony Fokker (1890–1939), Dutch aircraft designer; Dan Gadzuric (born 1978), Dutch basketball player; Jurgen van den Goorbergh (born 1969), Dutch motorcycle road racer
The phrase has often been referenced comedically in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, particularly by the show's ghostly personification of the Flying Dutchman. [18] " Davy Jones's locker" has made occasional appearances in the cartoon as a literal gym locker used to contain souls and socks.
Thomas Samuel Okker (nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman"; [2] born 22 February 1944) is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. [3] He won the 1973 French Open Doubles, the 1976 US Open Doubles, and two gold medals at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
The mysteriously derelict schooner Carroll A. Deering, as seen from the Cape Lookout lightship on 28 January 1921 (US Coast Guard). A ghost ship, also known as a phantom ship, is a vessel with no living crew aboard; it may be a fictional ghostly vessel, such as the Flying Dutchman, or a physical derelict found adrift with its crew missing or dead, like the Mary Celeste.
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Legends of ghost ships have existed since the 18th century; most notable of these is the Flying Dutchman. This theme has been used in literature in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Ghosts are often depicted as being covered in a shroud and/or dragging chains. [40]