Was the area of the Azores searched after 'Mary Celeste' was found?

No, the area of the Azores was not searched after Mary Celeste was found yawing halfway between the above-mentioned Atlantic Ocean islands and Portugal. The part barkentine part schooner was sighted on Wednesday, December 4 (standard reckoning), 1872, or Thursday, December 5 (nautical reckoning), 1872. The captain and the crew of Dei Gratia were opening under delivery deadlines for their own volatile cargo load of 1,735 petroleum-filled barrels and therefore unable to do other than get Mary Celeste to Gibraltar, for which they received little money and much vilification.