Bel Amica is a ghost ship discovered off the coast of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia near Punta Volpe on 24 August 2006.
The coast guard boarded the vessel and steered her away from the rocks and shallow waters she was drifting towards.
Once aboard, they discovered a half-eaten meal of Egyptian food, French maps of North African seas, a pile of clothes, and a flag of Luxembourg.
The Italian press suggested that this may have been an attempt to avoid steep taxation of luxury vessels.
The misidentification of this modern yacht as an antique ship deepened the mystery and probably contributed to the brief international interest at the time.