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William Bligh lost his ship Bounty at the hands of ... International Mutineers turned then-Lieutenant Bligh out of the HMS Bounty, interrupting his breadfruit mission in 1789.
William Bligh may well be the most maligned man in history. His name has become a byword for cruelty; a tyrant who drove the crew of his ship, HMS Bounty, to such despair that they were forced ...
HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was built in Hull and purchased by the navy in 1787. It was sent to the South Pacific under the command of William Bligh, but members of his crew ...
Peter Heywood was a participant in one of the most (in)famous naval events in history, the Mutiny on the Bounty. Together with William Bligh and Fletcher Christian, the three protagonists first ...
The year is 1789 In the central Pacific Ocean the crew of Her Majestys Ship Bounty mutinied against their captain William Bligh and cast him adrift with 18 other men in an open boat 150 kilometres ...