IMGP0432Bounty (2)-SharpenAI-MotionZ HMS Bounty Thunder Bay Harbour 2010
The sinking of the replica tall ship HMS Bounty during Hurricane Sandy resulted from the captain's "reckless decision" to try to outrace the storm with a small, inexperienced crew and pumps not working properly, federal safety officials have concluded.
The tri-mast ship, which was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty, foundered and sank about 100 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., on Oct. 29, 2012, as Sandy churned up the eastern seaboard.
Coast Guard helicopters rescued 14 of the 16 crew members. One sailor died and the 63-year-old captain, Robin Walbridge, was never found.
Johnny Depp won’t be aboard, but the ship he helped make famous will be in Thunder Bay for two days this summer.
HMS Bounty, built for Marlon Brando’s1962 remake of the historical drama Mutiny on the Bounty, and more recently used in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, is paying a 2010 visit to the Great Lakes and will dock at Pier 3 at Marina Park on Aug. 3 and 4.
Bounty was commissioned by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty. She was the first large vessel built from scratch for a film using historical sources. Previous film vessels were fanciful conversions of existing vessels. Bounty was built to extrapolated original ship's drawings from files in the British Admiralty archives, and in the traditional manner by more than 200 workers over an 8-month period at the Smith and Rhuland shipyard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[2] To assist film-making and carry production staff, her general dimensions were greatly increased resulting in a vessel nearly twice the tonnage of the original. While built primarily for film use, she was fully equipped for sailing because of the requirement to move her a great distance to the filming location.[2] Two other well known reproductions were built at the yard subsequent to Bounty; Bluenose II and HMS Rose.[3]
Bounty was launched on 27 August 1960. Crewed by Lunenburg fishermen and film staff, the vessel sailed via the Panama Canal to Tahiti for filming. Bounty was scheduled to be burned at the end of the film, but actor Marlon Brando protested, so MGM kept the vessel.[4] After filming and a worldwide promotional tour, the ship was berthed in St. Petersburg, Florida as a permanent tourist attraction, where she stayed until the mid-1980s.
The ship was also featured in an episode of Flipper titled "Flipper and the Bounty" which aired 11 December 1965.
The ship was featured in the 1983 film Yellowbeard, a comedy about pirates starring Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle and many other comedic stars, including Marty Feldman in his final role before suffering a heart attack during production.
In 1986, Ted Turner acquired the MGM film library and Bounty with it. The ship was used for promotion and entertainment, and was used during the filming of Treasure Island with Charlton Heston and Christian Bale in 1989.
IMGP0432Bounty (2)-SharpenAI-MotionZ HMS Bounty Thunder Bay Harbour 2010
The sinking of the replica tall ship HMS Bounty during Hurricane Sandy resulted from the captain's "reckless decision" to try to outrace the storm with a small, inexperienced crew and pumps not working properly, federal safety officials have concluded.
The tri-mast ship, which was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty, foundered and sank about 100 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., on Oct. 29, 2012, as Sandy churned up the eastern seaboard.
Coast Guard helicopters rescued 14 of the 16 crew members. One sailor died and the 63-year-old captain, Robin Walbridge, was never found.
Johnny Depp won’t be aboard, but the ship he helped make famous will be in Thunder Bay for two days this summer.
HMS Bounty, built for Marlon Brando’s1962 remake of the historical drama Mutiny on the Bounty, and more recently used in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, is paying a 2010 visit to the Great Lakes and will dock at Pier 3 at Marina Park on Aug. 3 and 4.
Bounty was commissioned by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty. She was the first large vessel built from scratch for a film using historical sources. Previous film vessels were fanciful conversions of existing vessels. Bounty was built to extrapolated original ship's drawings from files in the British Admiralty archives, and in the traditional manner by more than 200 workers over an 8-month period at the Smith and Rhuland shipyard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[2] To assist film-making and carry production staff, her general dimensions were greatly increased resulting in a vessel nearly twice the tonnage of the original. While built primarily for film use, she was fully equipped for sailing because of the requirement to move her a great distance to the filming location.[2] Two other well known reproductions were built at the yard subsequent to Bounty; Bluenose II and HMS Rose.[3]
Bounty was launched on 27 August 1960. Crewed by Lunenburg fishermen and film staff, the vessel sailed via the Panama Canal to Tahiti for filming. Bounty was scheduled to be burned at the end of the film, but actor Marlon Brando protested, so MGM kept the vessel.[4] After filming and a worldwide promotional tour, the ship was berthed in St. Petersburg, Florida as a permanent tourist attraction, where she stayed until the mid-1980s.
The ship was also featured in an episode of Flipper titled "Flipper and the Bounty" which aired 11 December 1965.
The ship was featured in the 1983 film Yellowbeard, a comedy about pirates starring Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle and many other comedic stars, including Marty Feldman in his final role before suffering a heart attack during production.
In 1986, Ted Turner acquired the MGM film library and Bounty with it. The ship was used for promotion and entertainment, and was used during the filming of Treasure Island with Charlton Heston and Christian Bale in 1989.