HMS Bounty
Bligh's infamous command
HMS Bounty was a British Royal Navy vessel famous for the 1789 mutiny against Captain William Bligh.
Crew members led by Fletcher Christian seized the ship near Tahiti, setting Bligh and loyalists adrift.
The mutineers eventually settled on Pitcairn Island.
The story has inspired numerous books and films: the mutiny on the Bounty.
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- TahitiFrench Polynesia's largest island
- FletcherArrow-making surname
- ChristianAdherent of the gospel
- sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
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- Sea Storiessea voyages, Odyssey, nautical tales, Robinson Crusoe, shipwreck story
- shipsship, vessel, freighter, tanker, cargo ship
- shipwrecksshipwreck, shipwrecks, sunken ships, capsized, derelict
- Royal NavyRoyal Navy, admiral, warship, HMS Victory, battleship
- Pacific MaritimeCaptain Cook, mutiny, whaling, whalers, sailing ships
mutiny vs loyalty
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Preserved first-rate ship-of-the-line
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