baa99 Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 My link U.S. Coast Guard teams battling Hurricane Sandy have rescued 15 of 16 crewmembers who had abandoned the movie ship HMS Bounty before it sank off North Carolina early Monday. One of two missing crewmembers who had been missing after the initial rescue of 14 was found hours later, but the captain has not been found, the Coast Guard said. Claudene Christian, 42, was being taken to a hospital, Lt. Mike Patterson told the Associated Press. The 180-foot, three-masted ship was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty and was also featured in a Pirates of the Caribbean movie, according to the The HMS Bounty Organization website, the AP said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Magnificent looking ship. The owners or captain decided it was better to be at sea then at port. To save the ship. Did anyone view the life boat? Some high tech round thing with a cover. I've never seen a life boat/raft such as this one. The news was hazy last night. Not sure if there were two life boats. It was stated that the one missing was the captain. "The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli" - George Costanza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BelgianBoy Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 a case of som nam na ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Rather obviously the captain decided it would be safer to sail straight into the storm, rather than try to ride it out at anchor. Unfortunately, his engines quit, the ship broached and water poured in faster than it could be pumped out. A woman crewman is dead and the captain himself is still missing. He tried to save the ship and lost two lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Rather obviously the captain decided it would be safer to sail straight into the storm, rather than try to ride it out at anchor. Unfortunately, his engines quit, the ship broached and water poured in faster than it could be pumped out. A woman crewman is dead and the captain himself is still missing. He tried to save the ship and lost two lives. Not straight in. They tried to go around, and got caught. Even then, they'd've been fine if they hadn't lost the bilge pumps. A brief jaunt to Wikipedia suggests that she was undermanned, at 16 or 17 crew. The original HMS Armed Vessel Bounty carried 44 officers and enlisted. And that led to the article on Lieutenant William Bligh, captain of HMS Armed Vessel Bounty. Fascinating. The movies appear to have been quite unfair to the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 It's long been known that Bligh was a very competent - though strict - officer. His crew simply wanted to get back to the islands and shag the ladies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 It's long been known that Bligh was a very competent - though strict - officer. His crew simply wanted to get back to the islands and shag the ladies. Interesting POV. Hollywood aside, most Australians have a very different view of Bligh courtesy of his time as Governor of the colony. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion Macarthur, by contrast, is seen as a pivotal figure in the early years of white settlement in this country. AFAIK, there is no memorial to Bligh anywhere in Sydney - he was a relic of the British Empire and a man who had no vision for the colony. Macarthur and others genuinely believed NSW could be something more than a dumping ground for Britain's great unwashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Dean Barrett will be crushed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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