hms bounty location sinking
3 photos: Sinking of the HMS Bounty. Sinking of the HMS Bounty â A 50-year-old replica of the 18th century square rigger HMS Bounty sank off North Carolina on October 29, 2012 during Hurricane Sandy.Sixteen crew were aboard. Fourteen were rescued. Deckhand Claudene Christian, 42, died and Capt. Robin Walbridge, 63, was never found.f the management and the captain of the sunken tall ship HMS Bounty had exercised the proper responsibility, judgment and prudence, the deaths of two people would have been prevented, according to a U.S. Coast Guard investigation report released Thursday.