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3 days ago · 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.
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.
Sep 5, 2024 · William Bligh was an English navigator, explorer, and commander of the HMS Bounty at the time of the celebrated mutiny on that ship. The son of a customs officer, Bligh joined the Royal Navy in 1770. After six years as a midshipman, he was promoted to sailing master of the Resolution and served.
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Sep 16, 2024 · To coincide with the 200th anniversary of the infamous 1788-1789 journey of the HMS Bounty and a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, this is a reissue of the story of Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh, as told by Midshipman Roger Byam. keywords. >.
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