Question

Hello. Please help me with the sentence (is it normal English?):
There was captured a ship in the Indian Ocean.
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

It's an awkward sentence.

A much better sentence is:

<b>A ship was captured in the Indian Ocean.</b>

Answer 2

You could also do:

There was a captured ship in the Indian Ocean.

Or:

In the Indian Ocean, there was a captured ship.

(I would also use more adjectives, but that depends what this is for)