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[aggienaut]

HMS Bounty nearly 24 hours ago now. 14 of 16 crewmembers were rescued safely.

Been following the news like hawk all day, and it makes me a bit mad when I see people expressing sadness for the loss of the ship without mentioning the missing crew. Yeah it was a cool ship, lord knows I love tallships, but people died here. ):

Photo credit: Coast Guard.

Comments

[nibot.livejournal.com]

What happened? Is this related to the hurricane?

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Yes the tallship HMS Bounty was trying to skirt past it and get out to Florida, but ended up pretty much in the middle of it. The generators failed, eliminating their ability to pump out the water coming in, and I think they lost their engines as well, with water coming in at two feet an hour the boat was relatively quickly on its way down. 14 crewmembers made it safely to life rafts. From what I've heard the remaining two got swept overboard, one was found floating in the water and pronounced dead and the last, the captain, is still missing.