Wreck of the Serendipity

"We believe Van Der Linde is holed up with a group of renegades near the wreck of the Serendipity riverboat."

- Archer Fordham

The Wreck of the Serendipity is a location featured in Red Dead Redemption in the Great Plains region of the West Elizabeth territory. It is situated at a decrepit port on Flat Iron Lake.

Background
The Serendipity is a large steamboat which has partially sunk and settled on the lake-bed, with most of the ship above the waterline. What caused the sinking of the Serendipity is unknown.

In the mission Bear One Another's Burdens, Marston must rescue a government informant (Nastas) from the Serendipity. During the mission, Edgar Ross comments about the boat being a hideout for criminals for many years.

Trivia

 * The Serendipity is a American Sternwheel Steamboat [AMSS]. AMSSs operated from 1880 - 1920 and is an icconic figure of the Mississipi river. The most famous AMSS is the Belle of Louisville title.
 * It is possible that the Serendipity was bringing ammunition to Fort Mercer during the Mexican American War. The ammunition could have been accidentally detonated. There is however, no evidence to support this as it is never mentioned and there is no evidence of an explosion in the wreckage.
 * According to some campfire tales, the Serendipity is haunted every Thursday night. However, there is no evidence to this claim.
 * According to another campfire tale, the ship went on the rocks in thick fog and whas stuck in three days. The fourth day a boat came out to rescue them, soon to find out that the passengers and crew where gone. So they towed in the ship and left it to rot.