HMS Bounty Sinks: Rescued Crew Member Dies

A woman who was pulled fom the Atlantic after abandoning ship in rough weather churned up by Hurricane Sandy has died, the US Coast Guard says.

Claudene Christian, 42, was unresponsive when she was rescued from the water on Monday evening - hours after the HMS Bounty went down in the storm off North Carolina.

Ms Christian, who lived and sailed on the ship, was hospitalised in a critical condition, and was later pronounced dead, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert says.

Ms Christian said on Twitter that she joined the ship's crew in May.

The Coast Guard is still searching for ship's captain, Robin Walbridge, 63.

Fourteen other crew members were rescued from the stricken ship, which was about 160 miles from the hurricane's centre.

The captain ordered his crew to abandon the ship at about 5am on Monday after the vessel had lost power and started to take on water.

Sixteen people were on board the ship when it sank

The US Coast Guard said the Bounty's crew had donned cold water survival suits and life-jackets before launching in two 25-man lifeboats with canopies.

The suits are designed to protect people from the cold waters for up to 15 hours.

Rescuers faced 40mph winds and 18ft waves at the scene, which is 90 miles southeast of Hatteras in North Carolina.

The rescued crew were flown to Air Station Elizabeth City for treatment.

Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call from the owner of the 180ft, three-mast ship, saying she had lost communication with the vessel's crew late on Sunday evening.

It regained contact with the ship after receiving a signal from the emergency position indicating beacon registered to the Bounty.

HMS Bounty was built for the 1962 movie Mutiny On The Bounty with Marlon Brando and also appeared in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

The rescued crew were flown to Air Station Elizabeth City for treatment

The original Bounty was known for the mutiny that took place in Tahiti in 1789.

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