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trumad

(41,692 posts) Tue Oct 30, 2012, 04:49 PM Oct 2012

wow! Shot of the HMS Bounty going down.

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wow! Shot of the HMS Bounty going down. (Original Post) trumad Oct 2012 OP

I toured it in St. Pete when I was a kid. onehandle Oct 2012 #1

Sourpuss Bounty Captain (R) fully to blame for Epic Fail Berlum Oct 2012 #2

I think it rests in shallow water, can they raise it? Sunlei Oct 2012 #3

They're going to look for it after the storm completely passes thelordofhell Oct 2012 #7

If it is resting in shallow water and isn't broken up, it can be re-floated with inflatable balloons ladjf Oct 2012 #9

sad, last I read late yesterday the ship is no longer visible and may have broken up. Sunlei Oct 2012 #13

I'm clinging to that hope madokie Oct 2012 #15

We saw it sail into Door County Wisconsin a few years ago. GumboYaYa Oct 2012 #4

So incredibly sad. GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #5

Barton Keyes is suspicious DefenseLawyer Oct 2012 #6

I don't much about this ship sinking - why was it out when the storm was coming? nt meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #8

Large ships can actually be safer at sea than in port during a hurricane. Hometown Slice Oct 2012 #11

It was trying to get to a safe harbor in Florida. nt Johnyawl Oct 2012 #12

omg. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #10

Original mutineer Fletcher Christian's descendant is HMS Bounty's sinking victim Fla Dem Oct 2012 #14

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

1. I toured it in St. Pete when I was a kid.

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 04:51 PM

Oct 2012

I have a souvenir model of it from that visit somewhere in storage.

Berlum

(7,044 posts)

2. Sourpuss Bounty Captain (R) fully to blame for Epic Fail

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 04:51 PM

Oct 2012

However this Bounty Captain is registered, he thought and acted precisely like a Republican Wanker Bully A-hole.

So typical of Republican "values" and FAIL Freakery.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

3. I think it rests in shallow water, can they raise it?

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Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:00 PM

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thelordofhell

(4,569 posts)

7. They're going to look for it after the storm completely passes

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:19 PM

Oct 2012

There's a beacon on the mast that is still visible even in the water.

ladjf

(17,320 posts)

9. If it is resting in shallow water and isn't broken up, it can be re-floated with inflatable balloons

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 06:26 PM

Oct 2012

designed for that purpose. nt

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

13. sad, last I read late yesterday the ship is no longer visible and may have broken up.

Reply to ladjf (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:34 AM

Oct 2012

The Captain is still missing, water temp. 77 so there is some hope.

madokie

(51,076 posts)

15. I'm clinging to that hope

Reply to ladjf (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:01 AM

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GumboYaYa

(5,942 posts)

4. We saw it sail into Door County Wisconsin a few years ago.

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:03 PM

Oct 2012

My kids had a blast watching it sail into port. We have very fond memories of that day. It is sad to see it going under like that.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)

5. So incredibly sad.

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Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:06 PM

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DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)

6. Barton Keyes is suspicious

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Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:07 PM

Oct 2012

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)

8. I don't much about this ship sinking - why was it out when the storm was coming? nt

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:24 PM

Oct 2012

Hometown Slice

(16 posts)

11. Large ships can actually be safer at sea than in port during a hurricane.

Reply to meadowlark5 (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 06:32 PM

Oct 2012

That is why the US Navy sent several ships to sea ahead of the storm.

A wooden ship can literally be beaten into splinters in port during a hurricane. The captain made an ill-fated decision to launch into the hurricane.

Johnyawl

(3,205 posts)

12. It was trying to get to a safe harbor in Florida. nt

Reply to meadowlark5 (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 06:32 PM

Oct 2012

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

10. omg.

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 06:28 PM

Oct 2012

Fla Dem

(23,671 posts)

14. Original mutineer Fletcher Christian's descendant is HMS Bounty's sinking victim

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:57 AM

Oct 2012

Claudene Christian, 42 was the lead mutineer's great-great-great-great-great granddaughter, Also missing and presumed lost is the captain of the ship. Just very eerie, she and the captain were the only one's lost.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9644072/Sandys-Bounty-victim-was-descendent-of-man-who-led-famous-mutiny.html

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