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Cpt Kangaroo
11-21-2013, 10:35
I was just looking at this thread posted by Travis and got to thinking....
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?890-some-sad-pictures&referrerid=0

I have heard many versions of this saying...
"If you remember a person and talk about them and hold their memory dear, they are never truly gone."

So too it would be with the Bounty and it's crew.

I thought it would be a good idea to gather pictures of this old lady to bring her memory to life.

I had the pleasure of touring this ship I few years ago, and I will post the pictures I had taken then. I will also look for other pictures, such as, I was told on the tour there has been a string of famous actors that have been at the helm, such as Gregory Peck and John Wayne. It would be great if I could locate some of these photos.

I would encourage anyone with photo's to share them.

Cpt Kangaroo
11-21-2013, 10:41
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Cpt Kangaroo
11-21-2013, 10:43
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Cpt Kangaroo
11-25-2013, 05:27
This information is from Wiki....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(1960_ship)

I don't see anything for John Wayne, but Marlon Brando and Charlton Heston are mentioned.

Bounty was commissioned by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty. She was the first large vessel built from scratch for a film using historical sources. Previous film vessels were fanciful conversions of existing vessels. Bounty was built to the original ship's drawings from files in the British Admiralty archives, and in the traditional manner at the Smith and Rhuland shipyard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. To assist film-making and carry production staff, her waterline length was increased from the original 86 to 120 feet (26.2 to 36.6 m) and the beam was also increased.[FN 2] Rigging was scaled up to match. While built for film use, she was fully equipped for sailing. Her construction helped inspire other large sailing replicas such as Bluenose II and HMS Rose.

Bounty was launched on August 27, 1960. Crewed by Lunenburg fishermen and film staff, the vessel sailed via the Panama Canal to Tahiti for filming. Bounty was scheduled to be burned at the end of the film, but actor Marlon Brando protested, so MGM kept the vessel.[3] After filming and a worldwide promotional tour, the ship was berthed in St. Petersburg, Florida as a permanent tourist attraction, where she stayed until the mid-1980s. In 1986 Ted Turner acquired the MGM film library and Bounty with it. The ship was used for promotion and entertainment, and was used during the filming of Treasure Island with Charlton Heston in 1989.

Пилот
11-25-2013, 14:31
It would be unfair to troll the topic with Bounty chocolate bar pics :)

csadn
11-26-2013, 16:42
I wish I could find a pic of the chocolate bar I saw in Japan in 2007, which had a Japanese-style drawing of Commodore Perry....

Cpt Kangaroo
11-27-2013, 05:41
The Bounty was built at the Smith and Rhuland shipyard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. She was launched in 1960.

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HMS Bounty leaving Greenock Scotland on the River Clyde

Cpt Kangaroo
11-27-2013, 05:51
How she looked in the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" with Clark Gable.

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Capt P
11-27-2013, 14:12
Awesome pics of a famous ship. Thanks for the post.

Berthier
11-27-2013, 16:30
A sad end indeed.
http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/10/30/bounty_n_custom-d4ffa22952d8cccab93c21afa1388c40261f03c7-s6-c30.jpg

Berthier
11-27-2013, 16:32
I have heard many versions of this saying...
"If you remember a person and talk about them and hold their memory dear, they are never truly gone."
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I have heard something similar, a person or thing dies three times,
the first is the physical death, the second when the last person who knew them passes and the final death is the last time their name is spoken. I think the Bounty will live for many years to come.

Cmmdre
11-27-2013, 18:35
I have heard something similar, a person or thing dies three times,
the first is the physical death, the second when the last person who knew them passes and the final death is the last time their name is spoken. I think the Bounty will live for many years to come.

Still...:cry:

Cpt Kangaroo
11-29-2013, 13:41
Did you know, at the time I visited her, she carried 2 Cannon, and I beleive at one point she had 6 on board.

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Cpt Kangaroo
11-29-2013, 13:49
Also, if you look real close to the Mizzen Mast, you might notice it was hollow steel and enclosed an exhaust system for two engines. (2 × John Deere 375 hp (280 kW) diesel.) You can see the weld plate on picture 4 and 5 on front of the helm, probably for access.