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Tall ship Brig Unicorn, featured in Pirates of the Caribbean, sunk near St. Lucia

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<p><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;R3RNPQXkF60" width&equals;"425" height&equals;"350"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;Audio interview by www&period;stluciatimes&period;com about the sinking of the Brig Unicorn ship used in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean&period; With Lieutenant Ralphie Ragguette of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;j9B3WuLPfrc" width&equals;"425" height&equals;"350"><&sol;iframe><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Brig Unicorn Not Salvageable<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>From St&period; Lucia Times<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>&&num;8212&semi; 06&sol;01&sol;2014 &&num;8212&semi; The Saint Lucian pirate ship which was featured in several Hollywood movies including &&num;8220&semi;Pirates of the Caribbean&&num;8221&semi; may not be salvageable&comma; a top Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard official has told Saint Lucia Times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Given the depth of water in which it sank I doubt that is possible&comma;” Lieutenant Ralphie Ragguette told the Times via telephone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Raguette said  he believed the vessel was very old and suggested that possible structural problems may have contributed to the boat sinking&comma; although he admitted that he had received no information directly from the crew&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They were going to the dockyard for a reason&comma;” the Coast Guard Official said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Brig Unicorn sank off the Coast of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday morning&comma; forcing Captain Sam Alleyne and nine crew members to abandon the ship and seek refuge in a life raft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A member of the crew who spoke briefly to the Times last night via telephone said the men were in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;good spirits”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lieutenant Raguette said when the Vincentian Coast Guard was alerted that the Brig Unicorn was in trouble and went to its assistance&comma; by that time the crew had already abandoned the vessel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He disclosed that the ten men on board were in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;good health”&comma; and were taken to the Coast Guard base&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Ragguette&comma; the owner of the vessel flew to Saint Vincent to take care of the men&comma; who are now at a hotel on the Island&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi;<em><strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;stluciatimes&period;com&sol;article&sol;brig-unicorn-not-salvageable-svg-coast-guard&num;sthash&period;imgWWlKn&period;dpuf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">See more at&colon; <&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;4248" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-4248" style&equals;"width&colon; 550px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;Pirate-ship-enters-harbor-at-St&period;-Lucia&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-4248" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;Pirate-ship-enters-harbor-at-St&period;-Lucia-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Brig Unicorn which appeared in three Pirates of the Caribbean films enters the harbor at St&period; Lucia&period; THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo" width&equals;"550" height&equals;"412" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-4248" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The Brig Unicorn which appeared in three Pirates of the Caribbean films enters the harbor at St&period; Lucia&period; THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- MetaSlider 4181 not found -->&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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