HMS Bounty (A09259)

At the end of 1787 Lt. William Bligh was sent to the Pacific in command of HMS Bounty, a merchantman converted by the Royal Navy for carrying breadfruit trees from Tahiti to the West Indies. On the 28th April 1789, the crew led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied and set Bligh and 17 others adrift in an open launch. The mutineers settled in the Pitcairn Islands and Bligh and the others eventually landed in the Tumor in the East Indies after an epic 40,000 mile voyage, eventually returning to Britain in 1790. The ship started life as the Bethia, before being bought by the Admiralty and converted to the plant-carrying Bounty. One of the conversions was a leaded deck to preserve water to care for the breadfruit plants onboard.

Specification

Model Scale

1:87

Number of Parts

106

Dimensions (mm)

L366mm

Skill Level

3

Flying Hours

4

Requires Painting

Yes

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