Fourteen Crew Members Saved, Two Missing

Rescuers have saved 14 crew members of HMS Bounty stranded on lifeboats near the eye of Hurricane Sandy but two are missing.

The captain ordered his crew to abandon the ship, which is located 160 miles from the hurricane centre, after it lost power and the pumps were unable to keep up with the dewatering.

The US Coast Guard said the crew donned cold water survival suits and lifejackets before launching in two 25-man lifeboats with canopies.

It said: "The first Jayhawk crew hoisted five people into the aircraft and a second helicopter arrived and rescued nine people."

Rescuers faced 40mph winds and 18ft waves at the scene, which is 90 miles southeast of Hatteras in North Carolina.

Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call from the owner of the 180ft, three mast ship, saying she had lost communication with the vessel's crew late on Sunday evening.

It regained contact with the ship after receiving a signal from the emergency position indicating beacon registered to the Bounty.

The current Bounty was built for the 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando and has since appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

The original Bounty is known for the mutiny that took place in Tahiti in 1789.

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