Saturday 3 November 2012
The Bounty Goes Under With The Captain.
A fateful meeting of the maritime past and present began amid the Monday morning dread of Hurricane Sandy, when distressing word came from the murk of the roiling Atlantic: the captain and crew of the H.M.S. Bounty, a vessel of timber rigged to evoke 18th-century adventure, were abandoning ship.
More information here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/us/evoking-18th-century-drama-bounty-finds-storm-tragedy.html?pagewanted=all
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A sad story in every sense, yet amazing that as many survived as did.
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