This date in 1789, The Mutiny on the Bounty: a mutiny aboard the - TopicsExpress



          

This date in 1789, The Mutiny on the Bounty: a mutiny aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty. Eighteen mutineers set Lieutenant William Bligh & 18 sailors of the 22 crew loyal to him are set adrift in a small boat & the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island. To avoid detection & prevent desertion, the mutineers then variously settled on Pitcairn Island or on Tahiti & burned Bounty off Pitcairn.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:17:50 +0000

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