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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Tall Ship Sinks Off St. Lucia
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An iconic two-masted, square-rigged tall ship famously featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies has sunk off St. Lucia.
According to reports, the TS Brig Unicorn sank early Saturday morning as it sailed from St. Lucia to St. Vincent & the Grenadines for dry docking, a short journey of about 18 miles.
St. Lucia Times reports that the ship sank within a matter of minutes of first taking on water. So far there is no official determination as to the cause of her sinking.
All 10 crew members including the captain abandoned ship and were rescued by the St. Vincent & the Grenadines coast guard some time later. No injuries were reported.
In an interview with the St. Lucia Times, a spokesman for the St. Vincent & the Grenadines coast guard said the ship had already sunk upon their arrival at the scene.
The 138-foot long Brig Unicorn was built in the late 1940s in Finland. The ship was featured in at least three of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (although not as the Black Pearl), as well as in the 1970s TV series Roots.
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An iconic two-masted, square-rigged tall ship famously featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies has sunk off St. Lucia.
According to reports, the TS Brig Unicorn sank early Saturday morning as it sailed from St. Lucia to St. Vincent & the Grenadines for dry docking, a short journey of about 18 miles.
St. Lucia Times reports that the ship sank within a matter of minutes of first taking on water. So far there is no official determination as to the cause of her sinking.
All 10 crew members including the captain abandoned ship and were rescued by the St. Vincent & the Grenadines coast guard some time later. No injuries were reported.
In an interview with the St. Lucia Times, a spokesman for the St. Vincent & the Grenadines coast guard said the ship had already sunk upon their arrival at the scene.
The 138-foot long Brig Unicorn was built in the late 1940s in Finland. The ship was featured in at least three of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (although not as the Black Pearl), as well as in the 1970s TV series Roots.
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Reminds me of when the replica of the HMS Bounty was lost during Hurricane Sandy...
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Tall Ship Sinks Off St. Lucia (Original Post)
Cooley Hurd
May 2014
OP
Teredo navalis, the naval shipworm and deferred maintenance would be my guess for the ship's demise
Brother Buzz
May 2014
#7
Very sad, beautiful ship, reminds me of the Star of India which I saw in San Diego
Rhiannon12866
May 2014
#14
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)1. Sad
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)2. The good news is that no hands were lost...
...the bad news is that a spectacular ship was.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)5. Indeed.
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valerief
(53,235 posts)3. Did the ship leave a suicide note? nt
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)4. To Davey Jones locker matte'
I have always been intrigued by tall ships.
1000words
(7,051 posts)6. Damn ... she was a beauty.
"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."
-- Grace Hopper
Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)7. Teredo navalis, the naval shipworm and deferred maintenance would be my guess for the ship's demise
Shipworms love warm water.
Bummer, she had sweet lines.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)8. Bugs seem to affect everything, don't they?
Termites in houses, ants at picnics, shipworms in ships, and they plague software. Bugs.
Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)9. Shipworms ARE called 'termites of the sea'
Aerows
(39,961 posts)11. See, they might be mollusks
but they are just another "bug" (even though they aren't arthropods) getting in the way
1000words
(7,051 posts)12. Lego Mollusks are cute:
Hey little boy, whatcha got there?
Kind sir it's a mollusk i've found
Did you find it in the sandy ground?
Does it emulate the ocean's sound?
Yes I found it on the ground
Emulating the ocean's sound
Bring forth the mollusk cast unto me
Let's be forever let forever be free
Hey little boy come walk with me
And bring your new found mollusk along
Does it speaketh of the trinity
Can it gaze at the sun with its wandering eye
Yes it speaks of the trinity
Casting light at the sun with its wandering eye
Bring forth the mollusk, cast unto me
Let's be forever let forever be free
You see there are three things that spur the mollusk from the sand
The waking of all creatures that live on the land
And with just one faint glance, back into the sea
The mollusk lingers, with it's wandering eye
Aerows
(39,961 posts)13. LEGO's!
yes, they are cute
Drale
(7,932 posts)10. The ship used as the Black Pearl sank during Hurricane Sandy in New York. /nt
Rhiannon12866
(203,041 posts)14. Very sad, beautiful ship, reminds me of the Star of India which I saw in San Diego
But that ship is from 1863.