HMS Bounty - Wikipedia
HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the British West Indies.
Mutiny on the Bounty - Wikipedia
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The reasons behind the mutiny are ...
The real story behind the infamous mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty
Apr 27, 2021 · When the H.M.S. Bounty set sail from England in November 1787, its captain and crew could never have anticipated that their peaceful voyage would end with court-martials, marooned mutineers,...
Mutiny on the HMS Bounty | April 28, 1789 - HISTORY
Feb 9, 2010 · Three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master’s mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal...
Bligh, Breadfruit and Betrayal: The True Story behind the …
Jan 15, 2021 · HMS Bounty sailed from England on 23 December 1787. It was bound for Tahiti in the South Pacific to collect breadfruit saplings for transport to the West Indies. Breadfruit was discovered in Tahiti by botanist Joseph Banks whilst travelling on the Endeavor with James Cook.
Mutiny on the Bounty - Historic UK
Back in the 1930s a blockbuster movie was made which reappears almost every year on the Christmas TV schedule. It tells the true story of the famous Mutiny on the Bounty that took place in 1789…
What was the mutiny on the Bounty? Here's all you need to …
Apr 28, 2020 · Just before the sun rose on 28 April 1789, Commanding Lieutenant William Bligh of the HMAV Bounty was woken at cutlass point. The weapon was held by crewmember Fletcher Christian. Bligh was forcibly relieved of his command by a mob of mutineers, and bundled rudely onto a seven-metre-long boat.
The famed despot behind the mutiny on the Bounty, Lt. William Bligh
Sep 19, 2024 · The extremely hazardous 3,600-mile voyage he was facing had been forced upon him by his second-in-command, Fletcher Christian of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty, who set him adrift following the famous mutiny. Remarkably, on 12th June, after fending off starvation and murderous Polynesian natives, Bligh arrived safely at his destination.
Mutiny on the Bounty - Royal Museums Greenwich
In 1789, master’s mate Fletcher Christian led a notorious mutiny on the Bounty, which was under the command of William Bligh. The mutiny on the Bounty is one of the most well known mutinies that ever occurred in the British Royal Navy.
HMS Bounty - Pacific Union College
Pitcairn Islands Study Center contains the world's largest collection of materials relating to the Mutiny on the Bounty, Captain William Bligh, H.M.S. Bounty, Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands. The museum-research center is located on the campus of …