Comments | joyful_molly: Bounty a Victim of Hurrican Sandy, two People missing

joyful_molly

Bounty a Victim of Hurrican Sandy, two People missing

Oct 29, 2012 19:30

It’s with great sadness that we’ve learned of the sinking of the Bounty off the coast of North Carolina, making her a victim of Hurricane Sandy. Fourteen people were rescued by the Coast Guard; two, Capt. Walbridge and Claudene Christian, are unfortunately still reported missing.

Bounty was a replica of the famous original HMS Bounty built in ( Read more... )

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eglantine_br October 29 2012, 19:07:17 UTC

I am afraid it has been confirmed. Here is a link.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/sandy-sinks-tall-ship-14-rescued-missing/story?id=17588614#.UI7TXoZCOSo

Poor brave ship, poor men. How sad.

anteros_lmc October 29 2012, 19:22:37 UTC

I have been following this terrible story all day. So sad that the loss of the ship has been confirmed and that the two crew members are still missing. My thoughts are with their families and loved ones. Tragic.

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veronica_rich October 29 2012, 21:11:27 UTC

You know, there's probably someone, or a group or organization connected to the ship, that will be glad to get an email of that photo at some point in the near future ... just an idea ...

zakath_nath October 29 2012, 20:18:36 UTC

That's so sad.

I hope they will find the people missing .

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veronica_rich October 29 2012, 21:10:23 UTC

Lady Washington goes back even further too - it was used in "Star Trek: Generations" in 1994 in a humorous holodeck-based promotion ceremony. :-)

When I watched POTC for the first time I squinted a lot and wondered why it looked so familiar ... having been a Trekkie from way back.

rikibeth October 31 2012, 11:40:35 UTC

I didn't realize that the tall-ships version of the Enterprise was the Lady Washington! How wonderful!

A number of the young'uns on Tumblr found a photo of Marina Sirtis in the uniform and were enthusing over the pretty lady officer WITHOUT KNOWING WHO SHE WAS. I set them straight and felt very, very old.

veronica_rich October 29 2012, 21:08:34 UTC

Was that the Edinburgh Trader in POTC, or Beckett's ship? (I'm blanking on the name right now.) I think it was the latter but haven't watched in so long I don't recall.

Here in the Midwest I had to walk to Subway for lunch and the wind was worse than it had been when I came in to work just a few hours earlier, and we are several hundred miles inland. One of the few times I'm glad to be landlocked. :-/