Good-bye HMS Bounty

A few summers ago, my husband and I attended the Tall Ship Festival in Bay City, Michigan. We had the opportunity to board and tour the HMS Bounty. This 3-masted beauty was built for the 1962 movie starring Marlon Brando. It was also used in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
She was a crowd favorite because the tourists could go below deck. The “ceilings” were higher so movie cameras on dollies could be used and this spaciousness could accommodate larger groups during  the festival.
Her engine stopped running and she took on water in the Atlantic amid Hurricane Sandy. There is speculation as to why the captain chose to try to skirt the storm, but the decision resulted in his presumed death and the death of one of the crew and the sinking of the ship off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 14 people were rescued. 

                                            

Tonight I discovered that this replica ship was built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. We saw Bluenose II there at the Maritime Museum. The fraternity of tall ships is fairly small. She will be missed.