A majestic tall ship that was destroyed by a sea monster in one of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies was sunk Monday by an even fiercer foe — Hurricane Sandy.
The HMS Bounty was sent to Davy Jones’ Locker after the 17-man crew abandoned ship off North Carolina’s Outer Banks before the vessel headed for Davy Jones’ Locker, the Coast Guard reported.
But two or three members of the crew were still missing and the Coast Guard was battling 40 mph winds and 18-foot-high seas to find them.
“We certainly hope for the best, but we're preparing for the worst," Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert Parker told ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
It was not clear why the 180-foot ship was plying those waters, but the first distress call came late Sunday from the owner reporting he had lost contact with the crew.
The Coast Guard later received a signal from the radio beacon of the Bounty, confirming that it was about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
An HC-130 Hercules aircraft was dispatched and made radio contact with the crew, which reported the Bounty was taking on water and had lost power.
Donning survival suits, the sailors escaped the sinking ship in two 25-foot lifeboats.
The three-masted Bounty is a replica of the ship on which the famous 1789 mutiny took place off Tahiti. It was built for the 1962 movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” with starred Marlon Brando.
It has also appeared in the movies ranging from 1990 remake of “Treasure Island” to “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” that was made in 2004.
The doomed ship was renamed the “Edinburgh Trader” in the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” where it is destroyed by a kraken, a legendary squid-like sea monster.
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