What the records say
- When
- 28 Apr 1789
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 47.75° S, 179.05° E
- Description
- 1789 mutiny aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
1789 mutiny aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty
The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the Royal Navy merchant ship HMS Bounty from its captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The reasons behind the mutiny are still debated.
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