An investigation into the sinking of the HMS Bounty begins Tuesday with formal U.S. Coast Guard hearings in Portsmouth, Va.
The tall ship replica, which was an attraction at The Pier in St. Petersburg for decades, sank off Cape Hatteras, N.C., on Oct. 29 after taking on water while trying to outrun Hurricane Sandy.
Coast Guard crews rescued 14 crewmembers and recovered the body of another.
Robin Waldridge, the ship’s 63-year-old captain from St. Petersburg, was lost at sea.
The ship left New…
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