HMS Bounty

HMS Bounty

HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a small merchant vessel purchased by the Royal Navy for a botanical mission. The ship, under the command of William Bligh, was sent to the Pacific Ocean to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to British possessions in the West Indies. That mission was never completed, due to a mutiny led by the acting Master, Fletcher Christian. This was the famous Mutiny on the Bounty.

Read more about HMS Bounty:  Origin and Description, Discovery of The Wreck of The Bounty, Modern Bounty Reconstructions

Famous quotes containing the word bounty:

    My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
    My love as deep. The more I give to thee
    The more I have, for both are infinite.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)