HMS Bounty
By Doug MillsThe story of the HMS Bounty is filled with excitement, intrigue and exotic places. Built at Blaydes Shipyard in Hull England in 1784 the original Bounty started her sailing career as the collier Bethia. In May of 1787 she was purchased by the Royal Navy and refitted for a special mission. She was armed with 4 canon and 10 swivel guns and renamed HMS Bounty. For this special mission the captains great cabin was torn out and the ship was outfitted with special equipment to carry her special cargo, “Breadfruit!” potted breadfruit plants.
The Royal Navy had purchased the Bounty for a single mission, an experiment. She was to travel to Tahiti where the crew would collect potted breadfruit plants and carry them to the West Indies in the hope that they would grow well there and provide a cheep food source for the slaves there.Read More
HMS Bounty to visit Belfast Maine This Week
"The Bounty is an enlarged reconstruction of the original sailing ship HMS Bounty, which served in the Royal Navy.
Bounty was commissioned by the MGM film studio for the 1962 film named Mutiny on the Bounty. This vessel was built to the original ship's drawings from files in the British admiralty archives, and in the traditional manner in a shipyard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. All dimensions were increased by approximately one third to accommodate the large 70 mm cameras used in the filming.
Bounty was scheduled to be burned at the end of the film, Read More
HMS Bounty Gallery
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