HMAV Bounty Ship Model (1787 GB) | Large Scale

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The HMAV (His Majesty's Armed Vessel) Bounty is famous for being the ship involved in the mutiny against its captain, William Bligh, in 1789. The story of the Bounty has become a legendary tale in maritime history. Here's a summary of its history:

The Bounty was originally built as a collier (a type of merchant ship) in 1784 for the purpose of transporting coal. The ship was purchased by the British Royal Navy in 1787 and was converted into a naval vessel to embark on an important scientific mission to the Pacific Ocean.

Under the command of Lieutenant William Bligh, the Bounty set sail from England on December 23, 1787, bound for Tahiti. The primary objective of the expedition, known as the "Breadfruit Expedition," was to obtain breadfruit plants from Tahiti and transport them to the West Indies as a potential cheap food source for slave laborers.

During the voyage, the crew of the Bounty spent several months in Tahiti, where they collected breadfruit plants and established relationships with the local population. The extended stay in Tahiti, with its idyllic climate and friendly native inhabitants, created a sense of discontent among some of the crew members, who grew reluctant to leave.

On April 28, 1789, while the Bounty was en route to the West Indies, Fletcher Christian, the ship's master's mate, led a mutiny against Captain Bligh. Bligh, along with 18 loyal crew members, was set adrift in a small open boat, while the mutineers took control of the ship.

Bligh and his loyal crew miraculously survived a harrowing journey of more than 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 kilometers) in the small boat, eventually reaching Timor in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia).

After the mutiny, Fletcher Christian and the mutineers attempted to establish a settlement on the remote Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific, where they intended to evade capture. The Bounty was taken to Tahiti, where some of the mutineers chose to remain, while others, including Christian, set sail once more.

In 1790, the Bounty, under the command of Fletcher Christian's close associate, John Adams, arrived at Pitcairn Island. The ship was deliberately burned and sunk in order to prevent its discovery. The remaining mutineers and Tahitian men and women who had joined them, including women taken from Tahiti, established a community on the island.

The fate of the mutineers remained unknown until 1808 when an American ship stumbled upon Pitcairn Island and discovered Adams and a small group of survivors. By that time, most of the mutineers had died, including Christian, who was killed in a conflict with some of the other men.