MYSTERY AT SEA S.S. OURANG MEDAN, THE GHOST SHIP SARASIJ MAJUMDER “All Officers, including the Captain, are dead. Lying in chart room and bridge. Possibly whole crew dead. … I die.” Above was the radio message received by some ships in Straits of Malacca, in 1947–48. Some Morse codes were also there which couldn’t be deciphered. This has reference to S.S. OURANG MEDAN, the ghost ship. Photo pasted above:-- The coordinates of the ship were calculated by the message, and was sent to the nearest ship, the SILVER STAR. Captain of the SILVER STAR wasted no time, and within few hours they found the OURANG MEDAN. They tried to contact the crew members of the ship, but there was no response, so they decided to board the OURANG MEDAN. As soon as they boarded the ship, they saw the most horrific thing. The deck of the ship was filled with dead bodies . The Captain’s body was there on the bridge. Bridge Officers bodies were there in the chart room....