Rescued HMS Bounty crew member died

[riverwalker]

Claudene Christian

The Anchorage, Alaska woman had a keen connection to the Bounty. The replica ship was built in 1960 to film MGM Studio’s Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando, depicting the famed mutiny by real Bounty shipmate Fletcher Christian in 1798. Claudene Christian was the mutineer’s great-great-great-great-great grandaughter

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/10/missing-crew-member-critical-after-hms-bounty-rescue

[MjolnirTime]

1. tragic.

[MinneapolisMatt]

2. So sad.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. RIP, Claudene. :^(

[flamingdem]

4. RIP Claudine

[ProfessionalLeftist]

5. Well that just sucks

Was hoping for no loss of life from this.

[loli phabay]

6. condolences to her family. dont think the ship was a hms as it wasnt a commissioned royal navy

Vessel. Though the original was.

[CitizenLeft]

8. the original was HMAV Bounty (armed vessel)

I'm so sorry to hear that she didn't make it. How exciting that must've been for her, a Christian descendant, to sail on that ship, even though it was a replica. I sailed and slept 3 nights on that ship, and it thrilled the hell outta me, and I have no shared family history.

Sad and tragic for her family, and, secondarily, a loss, too, for ship fans and followers of the Bounty story.

Edit to add, I just read that it's Capt. Walbridge who is still missing. I remember him, he was very kind to me (I got seasick). I am saddened beyond words.

[bluemarkers]

9. yes it is, but so many unanswered questions

I would imagine every sailor in the world has heard of the Graveyard of the Atlantic?

Geez. terrible place for any ship... so sad

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. Wow, I didn't know

Thanks for the info. I am also a descendant of the Christian family Milntown, Lezayre and I am therefore a cousin of Fletcher C.

[valerief]

10. Why on earth would they take it out during a storm? nt

[robinlynne]

11. exactly.

[lonestarnot]

12. Not just "a" storm, but apparently a 500 year storm.

[fireboat]

14. It is, for the most part, safer

In many cases it is better for a ship to be at sea where they can maneuver, there aren't things to bash against, and they can often plot a course around the worst of the storm. Tied up to the pier the ship can sustain incredible amounts of damage as well as damage the shore structures. Ships can handle some pretty amazing weather and are designed to do so.

The initial information that I have seen says that Bounty started taking on water and lost her ability to dewater. I understand that Captain Walbridge was a very experienced Master who knew what he was facing.

Toby

[TorchTheWitch]

15. Not for the crew it sure isn't

And the idea is to ride away from the storm out to sea not farther into it along the coast as it did.

[fireboat]

18. Ok

My response was a general answer. I don't have any information on the course that was plotted nor the particulars of what went wrong. I can only use my personal experiences and what I know of the people that I went to sea with. I am sure that the board will determine what actions or inactions contributed to the sinking.

If you were part of the crew or part of the shore personnel that were involved in the decision I am sorry for your loss. If you weren't I suppose you have a lot more blue water under your keel than I ever had. It never was my job to second guess a vessel Master, that is someone else's responsibility. My time was just on white ships that sported red and blue racing stripes.

No matter what the politics we never did have to hoist our colors in the distress position either.

[Terra Alta]

13. May she rest in peace.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. Some would call this karma....

Mostly authoritarian assholes...

[Bonobo]

17. Those would be people that don't understand what karma really is. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. They're the types that define it the same way they do justice: Revenge.

[Vidar]

19. RIP, Claudene.

[Sunlei]

21. RIP, she was one of the missing two. Captain is still missing.