Crew Member From Vian Declared Dead In Shipwreck Off North Carol - KTUL.com - Tulsa, Oklahoma - News, Weather & Sports

CNN is reporting a woman from Vian has died off the coast of North Carolina after a shipwreck:

[Updated at 6:26 p.m.] Claudene Christian, one of two missing people from the HMS Bounty, has been found dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The ship sank off the North Carolina coast earlier Monday, and 14 crew members were subsequently rescued. The Coast Guard is still looking for 63-year-old Robin Walbridge, the ship's captain.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the United States Coast Guard was looking for Claudine Christian, 42, missing from the HMS Bounty replica.

Family members told the paper Claudine Christian, 42, from Vian and the captain of the Bounty, Robin Walbridge, were on the ship.  Walbridge is still unaccounted for.

Fourteen crew members were pulled from the water about 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N. C. Monday afternoon.  The ship went down in the rough seas from Hurricane Sandy.

Channel 8 is working to get reaction from family members and we will update this story as more information becomes available.