They burnt down the Bounty to avoid detection. However, fearing the arrival of the British Navy ship, Christian, eight mutineers, and some Tahitian men sailed the Bounty to an ill-chartered Pitcairn island. Wondering what happened to the mutineers? Well, they returned to Tahiti to enjoy their tension-free life. Undertaking a voyage of 3618 nautical miles, they returned to England and reported the mutiny. With the help of a magnetic compass, a 10-inch sextant, a quadrant, and two books containing mathematical, astronomical, and geographical information, he along with his men headed towards the island of Tofua, replenished their meager supplies, and moved towards the island of Timor in South-East Asia. Aftermathįor Bligh, it wasn’t a challenge that could shake him. Out of these, 18 men took part in the mutiny, two remained passive, and 22 were originally loyal to Bligh, however, four of them stayed on board and 18 were thrown out. Sources suggest that there were 42 men on board the overcrowded Bounty. The mutineers just ordered one thing- throwing Bligh along with his 18 loyal men out of the Bounty. The surprising fact about this event was that no blood was shed in this mutiny. On 28 April 1789, Christian along with his crewmates pointed a bayonet at the sleeping Bligh and forced him on deck. Twenty-three days out to sea, about 1300 miles from Tahiti, the ringmaster of the mutiny, Fletcher Christian, shaped his big plan. On top of that, there had been friction between Willian Bligh and the master’s mate Fletcher Christian. The crewmen were ill-prepared for the return to shipboard. But the greater issue began on their return journey. The stay was comfortable with the crewmen living onshore, enjoying the balmy climate, and getting Polynesian tattoos. The Bounty reached Tahiti in the wrong season and hence they were compelled to stay on the island for the next five months. Another thing that went wrong was the wrong estimate and prediction of the crew members.
The way wasn’t easy and this was primarily because of the discipline issue. The sole purpose of the expedition was to collect breadfruit from the land and transport it to the West Indies but things didn’t turn out as simple as they seemed by this time. It all began in October 1787 when the Bounty, under the command of William Bligh, had set out on an expedition to Tahiti. Let’s dive into the backstory of the famous ‘Mutiny on Bounty’. Well, all these are based on this 1789 mutiny that happened in the sea. Bounty, Nordhoff and Hall's Mutiny on the Bounty, and Robert Hough's The Bounty. If you are a Hollywood fan or an avid reader, you must have come across Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard and The Bounty (1984), starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins or, Captain William Bligh's The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. This is the story of one of the most well-known mutinies that ever occurred in the British Royal Navy. Bligh was relieved of his command and bundled abruptly onto a seven-meter-long boat by a mob of mutineers. Commanding Lieutenant William Bligh of the HMAV Bounty was awakened just before sunrise on 28 April 1789, by a cutlass held by a crewmember named Fletcher Christian.
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