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HMS Bounty Owner 'Pleads The Fifth' In Court

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(WNCT-TV) PORTSMOUTH, VA: The owner of the HMS Bounty pleaded the Fifth in a hearing to determine what caused it to sink during Hurricane Sandy.
     
Owner Robert Hansen's attorney says he will not testify, because he doesn't want to incriminate himself.
     
A chief mate did testify, saying he urged the captain to abandon ship twice, before he gave the order.
     
2 people died when the Bounty sank; a crew member and the captain.
     
It went down about 90 miles off Cape Hatteras.

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