Wreck of Bounty
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 33.9° N, 73.9° W (within about 10 km)
- Sank
- —
- Cause
- Hurricane Sandy
- Depth
- —
Protection status
Location generalised to protect military remains
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
The wreck of a military vessel.
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 65%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
Bounty was an enlarged reconstruction of the original 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship HMS Bounty, built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in 1960. She sank off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012. The tall ship was often referred to as HMS Bounty, but was not entitled to the use of the prefix "HMS" as she was not commissioned into the Royal Navy. Here "HMS" is treated as part of the popular name, and not as a ship prefix.
History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
About this wreck
Bounty is a recorded shipwreck site. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.
Other wrecks named Bounty
These wreck sites share the name Bounty. Until September 2026 they shared one web address; each now has its own page.
| Wreck | Location | Lost | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bounty | United Kingdom | — | 59.1° N, 0.4° W |
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