Just over two years after a replica of the infamous HMS Bounty sank during Hurricane Sandy, an insurance company that paid out $5.1 million for the loss is suing the ship鈥檚 owner, HMS Bounty Organization, to get that money back.
that Acadia Insurance Company has filed a 41-page complaint alleging that HMS Bounty Organization lied about the ship鈥檚 seaworthiness. The complaint states that in November 2010, the American Bureau of Shipping found 19 deficiencies in the boat, which was built in 1960 for the film Mutiny on the Bounty, but the HMS Bounty Organization failed to address them in order to save money.
鈥Bounty鈥檚 sinking was not a fortuitous, covered loss, but was a direct result of defendant鈥檚 reckless acts which directly caused the deaths of two people and injuries to others,鈥 the complaint states.
The mother of Claudene Christian, a crewmember who drowned during the sinking, . Christian鈥檚 complaint also said the ship was unseaworthy and that its deceased captain, Robin Walbridge, had been negligent in sailing it into hurricane conditions. A Coast Guard聽report on the incident, released in June 2014, placed all blamed on the HMS Bounty Organization and Walbridge, saying that 鈥渢he most critical [cause] was the failure of the Bounty鈥檚 management and master to exercise effective oversight and risk management in the overall operation of the Bounty.鈥
You can read 国产吃瓜黑料 magazine鈥檚 April 2013 feature story on the sinking of the Bounty here.