Sad update: Body of HMS Bounty crew found, Captain still missing

[flamingdem]

From PointClickFish Facebook page:

UPDATE: The Coast Guard confirms they have recovered the body of Claudene Christian who was one of two crew members missing from the HMS Bounty. The Captain of the ship remains missing

http://www.facebook.com/PointClickFish

Here is the HMS site:

http://www.facebook.com/HMSBounty?ref=ts&fref=ts

[Skittles]

1. were they not aware a hurricane was approaching?

I'm just asking

[flamingdem]

3. Think they were trying to get the boat out to open ocean

Don't know more than that.

[Aerows]

6. Huge boats do better at open sea than in harbor

They can cause more damage by being rolled ashore than they can if they just weather it.

[Sadiedog]

10. Thanks for the answer.

I was so wondering why they would be out there but that makes sense! So very sad!

[HooptieWagon]

21. Boats can be replaced, lives can't.

An utterly stupid move. Number one priority of any responsible captain is the safety of crew and passengers. Boat itself is a distant second.
And, as events have proven, obviously the ship wasn't safer at sea. A square-rigged sailing ship has neither the stability, speed, nor manuverability of a modern motor vessel. They should have found a harbor to tuck into several days ago. Really dumb.

[Sadiedog]

2. Why were they out there? nt

[Aerows]

4. Ships that large

have a better chance at sea than they do at harbor.

[HooptieWagon]

23. Obviously not.

Really stupid move being out in a hurricane. Plus, they endanger the lives of the Coast Guard who rescued them. The Bounty wasn't so large that they couldn't have found a snug harbor, where the crew is safe and CG don't have to risk their lives on a rescue.

[MichiganVote]

5. That's too bad. Sad for his family.

[Lex]

7. I saw this ship in person in Savannah in May. It was a beauty. So sorry

to hear about the fatality of the crew member. 14 were pulled to safety, however.

[Barack_America]

8. Down with the ship, I guess.

Very, very sad.

[Le Taz Hot]

9. Oh, well that's OK

because a DUer is still posting stupid-assed CNN "jokes" and there are a few males on DU whose sole focus is Erin Burnett in wet conditions.

No worries.

[Old and In the Way]

11. I was fortunate to take hi-rez pics this summer of the HMS Bounty, under power.

She was coming up the Piscataqua River/Portsmouth, NH this summer and we were leaving the river for an PM sail to the Isle of Shoals.. She was in overhaul at a shipyard in Boothbay Harbor, ME from 10/3-10/20. IMHO, she had no business leaving for St. Petersburg, FL, given the potential and advance warning of this storm. She should have found a safe place above NH to wait out this storm, IMHO.

[kestrel91316]

12. HMS Bounty - as in Mutiny on the Bounty??? That piece of history???

[flamingdem]

14. Yes it is a replica made for the movie

This gets to me too

[kestrel91316]

17. Well hell. That's awful, and the loss of 2 lives makes it so much worse.

[flamingdem]

18. Exactly, reading about it they lived their lives for the ship

agonizing..

[TorchTheWitch]

16. Yes that one

It's a replica of the original that they use in movies about the Bounty mutiny. The original was sunk by the mutineers and never found.

[BlueMan Votes]

20. it was built 30% larger than the original...

for some reason due to the 70mm film being used for the film.

[HooptieWagon]

27. Room for the cameras and camera crew.

[HooptieWagon]

26. It was burned and sunk at Pitcairn Island.

Divers still pull up remnants.

[riverwalker]

13. the ship was a beauty

I brought my grandchildren on board The Bounty in Duluth in 2010. So sad.

[riverwalker]

15. Claudine Christian RIP

?w=560

http://5newsonline.com/2012/10/29/claudine-christian-missing/

[riverwalker]

29. interesting

http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2012/10/29/cbc-news-missing-bounty-crew-captain-walbridge-claudene-christian/

Claudene Christian is reported to be a distant relative of Fletcher Christian, the original Master’s Mate who seized command of the ship during the mutiny.

[BlueMan Votes]

19. we were on board her during the tall ships thing in chicago a year ago.

we rode on a different ship, out on the lake for awhile, and the Bounty sailed past us.
she was a beautiful ship...too bad.
maybe they'll make a replica of the replica? (it was 30% larger than the original ship, to accommodate the movie).

[mmonk]

22. According to WRAL News here in Raleigh, she is in critical condition

in Albemarle Regional hospital.

[flamingdem]

24. really? fantastic

easy to get incorrect information at this point

[Lone_Star_Dem]

25. So she's still alive?

That's amazing, considering what she was out in.

I hope she pulls through. She's already proved she's a fighter!

[mmonk]

28. From what I understand, she is unresponsive. Let's all send good vibes her way.

[mrsadm]

30. Ships always go out to sea in a storm

The entire US Navy has left Norfolk for this storm ... I don't know how seaworthy this replica ship was, but they made the traditionally right decision

Edited: the fleet was originally ordered to go out but that was changed. My point about traditional handling of storms remains the same.

[Chorophyll]

31. Aw dammit.