BOOTHBAY HARBOR (AP) — The square-rigged replica of the 18th Century British warship HMS Bounty, which sank in the Atlantic in Hurricane Sandy, was a familiar sight in Maine and New Hampshire.
The search for the captain of the tall ship, Robin Walbridge, was in its third day Wednesday. But the ship, which had made visits to Boothbay and Portsmouth harbors, is gone. One other crew member died, but 14 were rescued by the Coast Guard.
The three-masted Bounty, built for the 1962 movie “Mutiny on the Bounty,” had undergone maintenance at the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard a number of times during the past decade. WCSHTV says the Bounty just left the yard two weeks ago.
People at the Boothbay shipyard and in town say the Bounty’s captain and crew had become their friends.
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