HMS Bounty
· 1787 British armed Merchantman
· 4 Guns and 8 swivels with a crew of 46
· Launched in 1784 as a merchantman named Bethia, she was purchased by the Royal Navy
· She was purchased to go to Tahiti and bring back breadfruit plants
· The HMS Bounty never completed the mission
· Best known as Captain William Bligh’s ship from Mutiny on the Bounty
· She was scuttled by the mutineers after deposing Bligh
· Bligh and 17 men sailed the open longboat (depicted on the center deck) over 3600 miles from Tofoa (west of Tahiti) to Coupang on Timor in the East Indies.
· 4 Guns and 8 swivels with a crew of 46
· Launched in 1784 as a merchantman named Bethia, she was purchased by the Royal Navy
· She was purchased to go to Tahiti and bring back breadfruit plants
· The HMS Bounty never completed the mission
· Best known as Captain William Bligh’s ship from Mutiny on the Bounty
· She was scuttled by the mutineers after deposing Bligh
· Bligh and 17 men sailed the open longboat (depicted on the center deck) over 3600 miles from Tofoa (west of Tahiti) to Coupang on Timor in the East Indies.
