HMS Bounty---A cutter purchased by the Royal Navy in the late seventeen hundreds
and outfitted with a cabin to transport breadfruit plants from Tahiti to Jamaica
to feed the slaves. Lieutenant Bligh (later to be promoted to Captain and Vice
Admiral) was mutinied on the voyage from Tahiti to Jamaica and set adrift with
others aboard. A replica of this ship was created to film a movie in the sixties
and this replica sunk off the Carolina coast during the Superstorm of 2012
with her captain aboard.
and outfitted with a cabin to transport breadfruit plants from Tahiti to Jamaica
to feed the slaves. Lieutenant Bligh (later to be promoted to Captain and Vice
Admiral) was mutinied on the voyage from Tahiti to Jamaica and set adrift with
others aboard. A replica of this ship was created to film a movie in the sixties
and this replica sunk off the Carolina coast during the Superstorm of 2012
with her captain aboard.