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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.
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.
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...
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,...
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.
On April 28, 1789, crewmembers of the British trade ship Bounty mutinied against their captain while sailing in the remote South Pacific. The mutiny has been chronicled in books, theatrical productions, and movies. The Bounty had left England almost two years earlier.
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.
Aug 30, 2023 · With the anniversary of the launch of the HMS Bounty fast approaching on the 3rd of September, volunteer Katie McAvelia dives into the story of the famous mutiny, taking us all the way from the Solent to the South Pacific.
Dec 29, 2017 · The HMS Bounty has become the most notorious ship in the British navy, its captain, William Bligh, a byword for brutality. On April 28, 1789, after setting sail from Tahiti, a group of sailors...
Bounty, English armed transport ship remembered for the mutiny of her crew on April 28, 1789, while she was under the command of Capt. William Bligh (q.v.). See also Christian, Fletcher .
