Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
HMS Bounty (ship)
Description area
Dates of existence
1787 - 1790
History
Originally a small, 240-ton merchant ship that was bought by the Admiralty in 1787 and fitted out as an armed transport to carry breadfruit trees from Tahiti to the West Indies in 1788. The plan was to introduce breadfruit in the West Indies as a cheap ... »