Hms bounty was under the command of 34yearold lieutenant william bligh, an inexperienced commander who lacked the respect of a. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the bounty mutiny. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. An account of the events surrounding the conflict aboard the hms bounty focuses on the courtmartial of its ten mutineers, citing the breakdown and exile of fletcher christian and lieutenant bligh s navigation talents. Mutiny on the bounty nauticalnaval history model ship. The mutineers variously settled on tahiti or on pitcairn island. Fletcher christian and the mutineers sent lieutenant william bligh and 18 others adrift. Vice admiral of the blue william bligh, frs, rn was an officer of the british royal navy and a colonial administrator. After this trip, bligh was involved in the english wars and was appointed master of a frigate and.
He went to sea, as did some of the young men on the bounty, when he was only sixteen. Download now viceadmiral william bligh frs rn 17541817 was an officer of the british royal navy and a colonial administrator. His quick mastery of navigation led to his being appointed master on captain james cooks ship, the resolution, during cooks last expedition to the tahitian islands. Christian spent seven years at the cockermouth free school from the age of. Fletcher christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless captain bligh on the hms bounty. After six years as a midshipman, he was promoted to sailing master of the resolution and served under. William bligh will be forever associated with the infamous mutiny on his ship, the bounty, but in cook islands history he will always have a special place as the man who discovered aitutaki.
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