- Bounty, 1787 -
Maritime Exploration Ship.

The name of Bounty , frigate of the British Navy, is indissolubly tied to her captain's Bligh and to the vicissitudes which caused the crew to mutiny.

The ship set out for Spithead in december 1787, final destination Tahiti.On the return voyage, owing to the strict discipline imposed by the captain, which clashed with the idle stay in tahiti, a certain discontent began to spread through the crew and it soon turned into a mutiny.

Christian Flecher, the boatswain, took command of the ship and forced Bligh to embark on a life-boat with 18 still faihful men. After a dangerous navigation for more than 4,000 miles, Bligh reached the isle of Timor and afterwards England.