Bounty (1960 ship)

Bounty was an enlarged reconstruction of the original 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship HMS Bounty, built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in 1960. She sank off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.

This article is about the replica ship. For the original ship, see HMS Bounty. For the 1978 ship, see Bounty (1978 ship). For other uses, see Bounty (disambiguation).

Bounty
Bounty on Lake Michigan off Chicago, 2010
History
United States
OwnerHMS Bounty Organization LLC
BuilderSmith and Rhuland Ltd, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Launched1960
HomeportGreenport, Suffolk County, New York, United States
Identification
FateSunk off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy on 29 October 2012
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 409 GT
  • 181 NT
Length
  • 180 ft (54.9 m) sparred
  • 120 ft (37 m) on deck
Beam31.6 ft (9.6 m)
Height111 ft (33.8 m)
Draft13 ft (4.0 m)
Depth21.3 ft (6.5 m)
Installed power2 × John Deere 375 hp (280 kW) diesel engines
Sail planFull-rigged ship, sail area 10,000 sq ft (929 m2)
Crew12–14

The tall ship was often referred to as HMS Bounty, but was not entitled to the use of the prefix "HMS" as she was not commissioned into the Royal Navy. Here "HMS" is treated as part of the popular name, and not as a ship prefix.

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