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riverwalker

(8,694 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:53 PM Oct 2012

Rescued HMS Bounty crew member died [View all]

Claudene Christian

The Anchorage, Alaska woman had a keen connection to the Bounty. The replica ship was built in 1960 to film MGM Studio’s Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando, depicting the famed mutiny by real Bounty shipmate Fletcher Christian in 1798. Claudene Christian was the mutineer’s great-great-great-great-great grandaughter

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/10/missing-crew-member-critical-after-hms-bounty-rescue

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Rescued HMS Bounty crew member died [View all] riverwalker Oct 2012 OP

tragic. MjolnirTime Oct 2012 #1

So sad. MinneapolisMatt Oct 2012 #2

RIP, Claudene. :^( GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #3

RIP Claudine flamingdem Oct 2012 #4

Well that just sucks ProfessionalLeftist Oct 2012 #5

condolences to her family. dont think the ship was a hms as it wasnt a commissioned royal navy loli phabay Oct 2012 #6

the original was HMAV Bounty (armed vessel) CitizenLeft Oct 2012 #8

yes it is, but so many unanswered questions bluemarkers Oct 2012 #9

Wow, I didn't know Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #7

Why on earth would they take it out during a storm? nt valerief Oct 2012 #10

exactly. robinlynne Oct 2012 #11

Not just "a" storm, but apparently a 500 year storm. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #12

It is, for the most part, safer fireboat Oct 2012 #14

Not for the crew it sure isn't TorchTheWitch Oct 2012 #15

Ok fireboat Oct 2012 #18

May she rest in peace. Terra Alta Oct 2012 #13

Some would call this karma.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #16

Those would be people that don't understand what karma really is. nt Bonobo Oct 2012 #17

They're the types that define it the same way they do justice: Revenge. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #20

RIP, Claudene. Vidar Oct 2012 #19

RIP, she was one of the missing two. Captain is still missing. Sunlei Oct 2012 #21