Tracie Simonin, director of the HMS Bounty Organization LLC, which owns the ship, couldn't be reached for comment.

WSJ: Heavy Seas Claim Replica of HMS Bounty

The Coast Guard still has an active search on for the missing captain off of the HMS Bounty.

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The HMS Bounty rolled over and sank during the storm Oct. 29 about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.

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The suit, filed Monday in federal court on Long Island, names as defendants Robert Hansen and the HMS Bounty Organization.

WSJ: Lawsuit filed against NY owner of ship that sank

The last victim was the Captain of the HMS Bounty who was last to leave in true nautical tradition and has not yet been recovered.

FORBES: HMS Bounty Rescue: The U.S. Coast Guard is Amazing

In 2001, the HMS Bounty Organization, in Setauket, N.

WSJ: Heavy Seas Claim Replica of HMS Bounty

Master Mariners license, I suggest that you take a moment and watch this most amazing video of the successful rescue of 14 sailors from the foundering ship The HMS Bounty.

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"Among the many troubling reports on the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy, I am deeply saddened to hear that the HMS Bounty was overtaken by the storm, " Turner said in a statement Monday night.

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It is widely thought that the unruffled pace of life in Tahiti prompted sailors on the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty to mutiny against their commanding officer, William Bligh, who was accused of mistreating his crew, in April 1789.

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Mr. Babits, who had been aboard the HMS Bounty replica several times and has sailed on other tall-mast ships, said he didn't understand why the ship entered the path of a large storm that everyone knew was coming.

WSJ: Heavy Seas Claim Replica of HMS Bounty