The End of the Bounty Back in 2012

From the Oct. 30, 2012, Houston Chronicle.

The HMS Bounty was to have been a tourist attraction at Galveston's waterfront at Pier 21 for the winter.

It was used in the second and third "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.

From the Dec. 3, 2012, Lookout  "New details of the ship's battle with Superstorm Sandy" by Claudine Zap.

The encounter resulted in the death of the captain, a crew member and loss of the ship.  Captain Robin Walbridge chose to ride the storm out instead of keeping it docked at New London, Ct., where it would have sustained major damage but no life loss.

The captain's risky decision surprised the ship's owner Robert Hansen who was trying to sell it for $4,6 million.

Robert Walbridge had been the Bounty's captain for 17 years.  The search for his body has been called off.  That was sure a sad picture of the shipwreck.

I was lucky enough to get to see the ship when it was at Kenosha, Wisconsin.

--Cooter