HMS Bounty Visits Charleston, SC - May 2012

On Wednesday afternoon, May 9th 2012, the HMS Bounty sailed into Charleston harbor after participating in the Savannah tall ships festival the previous weekend. We shot these images as she was still approximately 7 miles out to sea. This vessel sank less than 6 months later, on October 29th, due to the Captain's decision to sail into heavy seas caused by Hurricane Sandy. Everyone abandoned ship. The US Coast Guard rescued 14 crew members, but deckhand Claudene Christian died, and Captain Robin Walbridge was missing, presumed dead as a result of the disaster.