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(114,904 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:38 AM Oct 2012

HMS Bounty- UPDATE: Ship has sunk. Most crew rescued by helicopter [View all]

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard has responded to a distressed ship with 17 people aboard. The ship, the HMS Bounty, is about 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., 160 miles from Hurricane Sandy's center.

The owner of the ship called the Coast Guard late Sunday evening, saying that she had lost communication with the ship's crew late Sunday evening.

The Coast Guard also received a message from the Bounty, confirming their distress and position.

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The ship is reportedly taking on water and cannot move forward on its own.

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Read more: http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/national/hms-bounty-stranded-at-sea#ixzz2AgB0Pxlr

Hopefully, they can ride it out or the CG can mount a rescue. Winds and sea are high.

UPDATED link:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/29/hurricane-sandy-ship-abandoned-ship-coast-guard/1665339/

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HMS Bounty- UPDATE: Ship has sunk. Most crew rescued by helicopter [View all] cali Oct 2012 OP

not sure what the master of a tall ship was thinking, weve known about sandy for how long now. loli phabay Oct 2012 #1

yeah, the same thought occured to me. cali Oct 2012 #2

i think a better name for this ship might have been the beagle considering the award they are trying loli phabay Oct 2012 #3

Yeah you have to wonder about that. bklyncowgirl Oct 2012 #10

Mayday Berlum Oct 2012 #4

"it's about our, um, Captain (R). Anything to make a buck and pump his ego." - The crew Berlum Oct 2012 #7

Wonder why the "T" is slightly capsizing there!! nt PCIntern Oct 2012 #9

This is a very famous ship... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #5

Thanks. I didn't realize this. cali Oct 2012 #6

My bad, it looks like it was the one from the Brando film Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #16

No, it's not. cali Oct 2012 #21

The ship was for sale? I didn't realize that. GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #30

I've toured it marions ghost Oct 2012 #17

This is so sad to me SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2012 #35

vibes and prayers irisblue Oct 2012 #8

She was just up in our neck of the woods a few weeks back. The school toured her and everything. So GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #11

I took my son to visit her a couple of months ago in Captain's Cove, Bridgeport. n/t krispos42 Oct 2012 #18

The crew have abandoned ship Bosonic Oct 2012 #12

Lazy media: There is no Hatteras taterguy Oct 2012 #13

Cape Hatteras marions ghost Oct 2012 #20

Thank you -- I hate that obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #39

UPDATE FROM USCG: HMS Bounty has sunk... Cooley Hurd Oct 2012 #14

Why they would be out in the water when this storm was well forecasted is a mystery alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #15

It is unfortunate they were not still up here. I am guessing they, like the Navy's ships, went GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #23

that could be it marions ghost Oct 2012 #26

Looks like they sailed directly into the storm Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #24

Idiot captain. Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #19

I heard the crew tried to mutiny in south east asia KurtNYC Oct 2012 #22

14 rescued - two missing malaise Oct 2012 #27

Maybe she was scuttled by failing capitalists. aletier_v Oct 2012 #25

It will become a new dive site. Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #28

so the crew decided to risk their lives for the owner? cali Oct 2012 #32

crew men do what they're told to do aletier_v Oct 2012 #36

silly bullshit of the worst kind. cali Oct 2012 #37

Believe what you like. aletier_v Oct 2012 #40

Do what? It was the Bounty, for crying out loud - lynne Oct 2012 #41

Yep. My skeptical eye homed in on that sentence immediately. ;) reformist2 Oct 2012 #33

Terrible ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author WilliamPitt Oct 2012 #31

I actually have a piece of it... tavernier Oct 2012 #34

Really awful. Sounds like they were stuck. Barack_America Oct 2012 #38

14 rescued, 2 missing.. as reported by MSNBC Motown_Johnny Oct 2012 #42