A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection From the Depths. Itâs not unusual for ships to vanish, lost to bad weather, but what isnât so easy to explain are the abandoned ships, left floating on the waves, eerily silent with no sign of attack or destructionâŚIn this short story, our unnamed protagonist recalls his experience aboard the Robert Sutter, an abandoned ship he was forced to take charge of during his journey from Sydney to Callao.