Who was the captain of H.M.S. Bounty when the crew mutinied
"of the men drinking there into naval service. One of the men inquires as to what ship they will sail on, and the press gang leader informs him that it is . Upon inquiring as to who the captain is, another of the men is told the captain is William Bligh (Charles Laughton) and attempts to escape, as Bligh is a brutal tyrant who routinely administers harsh punishment to officers and crew alike who lack discipline, cause any infraction on board the ship, or in any manner defy his authority. The ""Bounty"" leaves England several days later on a two-year"
"Mutiny on the Bounty The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain Lieutenant William Bligh and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island. Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than in the launch to reach safety, and began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice. ""Bounty"" had left England in 1787 on a mission to collect and transport breadfruit plants"
"Complement of HMS Bounty The complement of , the Royal Navy ship on which a historic mutiny occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789, comprised 46 men on its departure from England in December 1787 and 44 at the time of the mutiny, including her commander Lieutenant William Bligh. All but two of those aboard were Royal Navy personnel; the exceptions were two civilian botanists engaged to supervise the breadfruit plants ""Bounty"" was tasked to take from Tahiti to the West Indies. Of the 44 aboard at the time of the mutiny, 19 (including Bligh) were set adrift"
"captains whose crews mutinied over ""issues of pay and involuntary service for common seamen"" during the Nore mutiny. The mutiny was not triggered by any specific actions by Bligh; the mutinies ""were widespread, [and] involved a fair number of English ships"". Whilst ""Director""'s role was relatively minor in this mutiny, she was the last to raise the white flag at its cessation. It was at this time that he learned ""that his common nickname among men in the fleet was 'that Bounty bastard'."" As captain of ""Director"" at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October, Bligh engaged three Dutch vessels:"
"Heywood, who were both 15 when they left England. Complement of HMS Bounty The complement of , the Royal Navy ship on which a historic mutiny occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789, comprised 46 men on its departure from England in December 1787 and 44 at the time of the mutiny, including her commander Lieutenant William Bligh. All but two of those aboard were Royal Navy personnel; the exceptions were two civilian botanists engaged to supervise the breadfruit plants ""Bounty"" was tasked to take from Tahiti to the West Indies. Of the 44 aboard at the time"
"HMS Bounty HMS ""Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel ""Bounty, was a small merchant vessel that the Royal Navy purchased for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh 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 acting lieutenant Fletcher Christian. This incident is now popularly known as the mutiny on the ""Bounty"". The mutineers later burned ""Bounty"" while she was moored at Pitcairn Island. An American adventurer rediscovered the remains of the"
"Harry Burrard-Neale aboard were able to retain control over the sailors on their respective ships. By 22 May, the mutiny became more violent due to the Admiralty refusing to make any concessions. To help signal their mutinous control over the port admiral, the flag of the port admiral was torn down and replaced with the red flag. Seven days later on 29 May, the mutineer leader Richard Parker called for delegates to come from other ships to his headquarters aboard . After it grew sufficiently dark, Cunningham gathered his crew at 9pm and announced his intention to escape the mutiny"
"the storm. Homer and Marge get together, and the members of the Mayflower meet the Wampanoag tribe and join them for the first Thanksgiving feast. The Bounty sets sail from England in 1789, commanded by Captain Bligh (Seymour Skinner). During the first 718 days of the voyage, Bligh severely mistreats his crew, not giving them water and discarding their mail. Willie warns him of a mutiny if he continues, but Bligh ignores him. They arrive in Tahiti, where Homer and Marge are the rulers of island, and the crew have a wonderful time until it is time to leave. Bligh"
"served simultaneously in his naval career. In the early 1780s, while in the merchant service, Bligh became acquainted with a young man named Fletcher Christian (1764–1793), who was eager to learn navigation from him. Bligh took Christian under his wing, and the two became friends. The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMAV Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Led by Master's Mate / Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, disaffected crewmen seized control of the ship, and set Bligh and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on"
"learning of the mutiny on HMS ""Bounty"", the First Lord of the Admiralty, John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, decided to despatch her to recover the ""Bounty"", capture the mutineers, and return them to England for trial. She was refitted, and her 9-pounder guns were reduced to 20 in number, though she gained four 18-pounder carronades. ""Pandora"" sailed from The Solent on 7 November 1790, commanded by Captain Edward Edwards and manned by a crew of 134 men. With his crew was Thomas Hayward, who had been on the ""Bounty"" at the time of the mutiny, and left with Bligh"
"Franchot Tone Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American stage, film and television actor. He was Oscar-nominated for his role as Midshipman Roger Byam in ""Mutiny on the Bounty"" (1935), starring alongside Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He was a leading man in many films and appeared as a guest star in episodes of several television series, including ""The Twilight Zone"" and ""The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"". Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone was born in Niagara Falls, New York, the youngest son of Dr. Frank Jerome Tone, the wealthy president of the Carborundum Company, and"
"in the ship's launch, while 25, a mixture of mutineers and detainees, remained on board under Fletcher Christian. Bligh led his loyalists to safety in the open boat, and ultimately back to England. The mutineers divided—most settled on Tahiti, where they were captured by in 1791 and returned to England for trial, while Christian and eight others evaded discovery on Pitcairn Island. The Admiralty rated ""Bounty"" as a cutter, the smallest category of warship—this meant that she was commanded not by a captain but by a lieutenant, with no other commissioned officers aboard, and without the usual detachment of Royal"
"Peter Heywood Peter Heywood (6 June 1772 – 10 February 1831) was a British naval officer who was on board during the mutiny of 28 April 1789. He was later captured in Tahiti, tried and condemned to death as a mutineer, but subsequently pardoned. He resumed his naval career and eventually retired with the rank of post-captain, after 29 years of honourable service. The son of a prominent Isle of Man family with strong naval connections, Heywood joined ""Bounty"" under Lieutenant William Bligh at the age of 15 and, although unranked was given the privileges of a junior officer. ""Bounty"""
"continues to abuse the crew, leading First Mate Bart Christian, to begin a mutiny, sending Bligh and Willie off in a lifeboat. Bart, as the new Captain of the Bounty, orders the crews to set sail for Tahiti, but after throwing away the ship’s helm, they end up in Antarctica. The final story is told by Homer and a parody of the 1972 film ""The Poseidon Adventure"", taking place on the luxury liner S.S. ""Neptune"" on New Year’s Eve during the 1970s. At midnight, Captain Burns fails to notice a massive freak wave, which hits the bridge, capsizing the ship"
"part ways. Byam and several crew members remain on the island for the ship to take them back to England, while Christian leads the remaining crew, his wife and several Tahitian men and women back on board ""Bounty"" in search of a new island on which to seek refuge. Byam boards ""Pandora"" and, much to his surprise, discovers that Bligh is the captain. Bligh, who suspects that Byam was complicit in the mutiny, has him imprisoned for the remainder of the journey across the sea. Back in England Byam is court-martialed and found guilty of mutiny. Before the court condemns"
"1694, Admiral O'Byrne was scheduled to sleep ashore, which gave the men the opportunity they were looking for. At approximately 9:00 p.m., Every and about twenty-five other men rushed aboard the ""Charles II"" and surprised the crew on board. Captain Gibson was bedridden at the time, so the mutiny ended bloodlessly. One account states that the extra men from the ""James"" pulled up in a longboat beside the ship and gave the password, saying, ""Is the drunken boatswain on board?"" before joining in the mutiny. Captain Humphreys of the ""James"" is also said to have called out to Every that"
"for the final time. Heywood and 15 others now decided that they would remain in Tahiti and risk the consequences of discovery, while Christian, with eight mutineers and a number of Tahitian men and women, took off in ""Bounty"" for an unrevealed destination. Before departing, Christian left messages for his family with Heywood, recounting the story of the mutiny and emphasising that he alone was responsible. On Tahiti Heywood and his companions set about organising their lives. The largest group, led by James Morrison, began building a schooner, to be named ""Resolution"" after Cook's ship. Matthew Thompson and former master-at-arms"
"Mutiny on the Bounty (novel) Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the ""Bounty"" in 1789. It has been made into several films and a musical. It was the first of what became ""The Bounty Trilogy"", which continues with ""Men Against the Sea"", and concludes with ""Pitcairn's Island"". The novel tells the story through a fictional first-person narrator by the name of Roger Byam, based on a crew member Peter Heywood. Byam, although not one of the mutineers,"
"confusion as the majority of the crew sought to grasp the situation and decide how they should react. Finally, at about 10 am, Bligh and 18 loyalists were placed in the ship's launch, a open boat, with minimal supplies and navigation instruments, and cast adrift. Heywood was among those who remained on board. Not all the 25 men who remained on ""Bounty"" were mutineers; Bligh's launch was overloaded, and some who stayed with the ship did so under duress. ""Never fear, lads, I'll do you justice if ever I reach England"", Bligh is reported as saying. With regard to Heywood,"
"rescue the ship..."" Following his pardon, Morrison returned to naval service. He reached the rank of master gunner, and saw action in the Mediterranean. After serving as a gunnery instructor in Plymouth, he joined Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge in his flagship HMS ""Blenheim, in which he had served as a young gunner's mate before his ""Bounty"" experience. ""Blenheim"" sank sometime in February 1807 in a tropical cyclone off Madagascar with the loss of all on board. James Morrison (mutineer) James Morrison (1760–1807) was a British seaman and mutineer who took part in the Mutiny on the ""Bounty"". James Morrison was"
"In November 1790, Captain Edward Edwards—in command of HMS ""Pandora""—had sailed from England with orders to comb the Pacific for the mutineers of HMS ""Bounty"". In March of the following year, ""Pandora"" arrived at Tahiti and picked up 14 ""Bounty"" men who had stayed on that island. Although some of the 14 had not joined the mutiny, all were imprisoned and shackled in a cramped ""cage"" built on the deck, which the men grimly nicknamed ""Pandora's Box"". ""Pandora"" then left Tahiti in search of ""Bounty"" and the leader of the mutiny, Fletcher Christian. Captain Edwards' search for the remaining mutineers"
"marooned by fellow pirate captain William Moody for attempted mutiny. The three pirate captains celebrated their victory on board the ship for nearly a month before releasing its captain, William Snelgrave, and giving him the ""Bristol Snow"" and the remaining cargo left from the pirates' week-long occupation of the ship. Due to disagreements between the captains, the three parted ways on May 10, 1719. At least one source says Cocklyn died on Madagascar, with captaincy of his ship ""Victory"" going to Richard Taylor, who afterwards sailed with Edward England and Jasper Seagar. Thomas Cocklyn Thomas Cocklyn was an 18th-century English"
"boat during the Mutiny on the Bounty (1789). The Mutiny on the Bounty took place about 30 nautical miles (56 km) from Tofua in the Tonga islands. Lt William Bligh navigated the overcrowded 23 foot (7 m) open launch on an epic 41-day voyage first to Tofua and then to the West Timor city of Kupang equipped only with a sextant and a pocket watch— no charts or compass. He recorded the distance as 3,618 nautical miles (6710 km). He passed through the difficult Torres Strait along the way and landed on 14 June. The only casualty of his voyage"
"added a level of homoeroticism to the Bligh–Christian relationship. In 1998, in advance of a BBC documentary film aimed at Bligh's rehabilitation, the respective descendants of the captain and Christian feuded over their contrary versions of the truth. Dea Birkett, the programme's presenter, suggested that ""Christian versus Bligh has come to represent rebellion versus authoritarianism, a life constrained versus a life of freedom, sexual repression versus sexual licence."" Footnotes References Online Newspapers Bibliography Mutiny on the Bounty The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher"
"Thomas Hayward (Royal Navy officer) Commander Thomas Hayward (1767–1798?) was a British sailor who was present during the Mutiny on the ""Bounty"". He was born in Hackney, where his father, Francis Hayward M.D., was a noted physician. Hayward's oldest sister, Ann, was a close friend of Betsy Betham, who married William Bligh. Through Betsy, Hayward managed to obtain a position as a midshipman on the ""Bounty"". His service on the ""Bounty"" seems to have been lacklustre, but he remained loyal to Bligh and a staunch opponent of Fletcher Christian, who disliked him immensely. He was the second person ordered into"
"Thomas Hayward (Royal Navy officer) Commander Thomas Hayward (1767–1798?) was a British sailor who was present during the Mutiny on the ""Bounty"". He was born in Hackney, where his father, Francis Hayward M.D., was a noted physician. Hayward's oldest sister, Ann, was a close friend of Betsy Betham, who married William Bligh. Through Betsy, Hayward managed to obtain a position as a midshipman on the ""Bounty"". His service on the ""Bounty"" seems to have been lacklustre, but he remained loyal to Bligh and a staunch opponent of Fletcher Christian, who disliked him immensely. He was the second person ordered into"
"them to Tahiti (despite his rational protestations that it was the last port of call for the ""Bounty"" and inevitably the first place the Admiralty would search once word of the mutiny was received or the ship was reported overdue). The mutiny is made more mysterious by the friendship of Christian and Bligh, which dates back to Bligh's days in the merchant service. Christian was well acquainted with the Bligh family. As Bligh was being set adrift he appealed to this friendship, saying ""you have dandled my children upon your knee"". According to Bligh, Christian ""appeared disturbed"" and replied, ""That,—Captain"
"of novels uses fictionalised versions of minor crew members as narrators of the stories. ""The Bounty,"" released in 1984, is less sympathetic to Christian than previous treatments were. Notes Bibliography Further reading General information Genealogical information The following genealogical information about Fletcher Christian and the other ""Bounty"" crew members comes from descendants of the ""Bounty"" crew, who may not be reliable and from historical archives. Related information Fletcher Christian Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS ""Bounty"" during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny"
"Matthew Quintal Matthew Quintal (baptised 3 March 1766 as Mathew Quintril, Padstow, Cornwall – 1799, Pitcairn Island) was a Cornish able seaman and mutineer aboard HMS ""Bounty"". His surname was, in all probability, the result of misspelling the Cornish surname ""Quintrell"". He was the last of the mutineers to be murdered on Pitcairn Island. He was murdered by Ned Young and John Adams, leaving them the last two men alive on the island. Following the mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the ""Bounty"" was taken to Tahiti for a few days before being compelled to set sail. Quintal joined Christian and"
"summoned the crew and read the Articles of War, at which Fryer backed down. There was also trouble with the surgeon Huggan, whose careless blood-letting of able seaman James Valentine while treating him for asthma led to the seaman's death from a blood infection. To cover his error, the surgeon reported to Bligh that Valentine had died from scurvy, which led Bligh to apply his own medicinal and dietary antiscorbutic remedies to the entire ship's company. By now, Huggan was almost incapacitated with drink, until Bligh confiscated his supply. Huggan briefly returned to duty; before ""Bounty""'s arrival in Tahiti, he"
"(the United Provinces of the River Plate were not at war with Portugal). Jewett continued to capture ships of other flags causing further controversy. In August, the crew mutinied and Jewett was only able to restore order with the support of the soldiers on board. The leader of the mutiny, James Thomas, was executed. Following the mutiny there was an outbreak of scurvy at a time when the crew of the ""Heroína"" was depleted by the need to man the prize ""Carlota"". A storm severely damaged the ""Heroína"" and sank the ""Carlota"", just three days before reaching the Falkland Islands."
"due to discontent and disorder fuelled by home-distilled alcohol and disputes over women that eventually led to the deaths of all but two of the mutineers; the survivors being Ned Young and John Adams (also known as Alexander Smith). Young was an educated man and had been accepted as the leader of the island with Adams as his friend and deputy. He taught Adams to read using a Bible from HMS ""Bounty"", which had been presented to the ship by the Naval and Military Bible Society (now the Naval Military & Air Force Bible Society) prior to sailing from England."
"could not hold all the loyal crew members, so four were detained on ""Bounty"" for their useful skills; they were later released in Tahiti. Tahiti was upwind from Bligh's initial position, and was the obvious destination of the mutineers. Many of the loyalists claimed to have heard the mutineers cry ""Huzzah for Otaheite!"" as ""Bounty"" pulled away. Timor was the nearest European colonial outpost in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia), away. Bligh and his crew first made for Tofua, only a few leagues distant, to obtain supplies. However, they were attacked by hostile natives and John Norton, a quartermaster,"