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HMS BOUNTY model

HMS Bounty was three masts, full-rigged ship  merchant vessel of the Royal Navy. She was  launched in 1784. The shipwas sent to the Pacific Ocean to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to British possessions in the West Indies in hopes that they would grow well there and become a cheap source of food for slaves.

In June 1787, HMS Bounty was refitted at Deptford. The great cabin was converted to house the potted breadfruit plants, and gratings were fitted to the upper deck. William Bligh was appointed Commanding Lieutenant of the Bounty on 16 August 1787 at the age of 33, after a career that included a tour as sailing master of James Cook's Resolution during Cook's third and final voyage (1776–80). The ship's complement was 46 men.

That mission was never completed, due to a mutiny led by the acting Master, Fletcher Christian. The mutineers later burned HMS Bounty while she was moored at Pitcairn Island. An American adventurer rediscovered the remains of the ship in 1957.

For the 1962 film, a new HMS Bounty was constructed in 1960 in Nova Scotia. For much of 1962 to 2012, she sailed the world to appear at harbors and take paying passengers to recoup running costs. On 29 October 2012, sixteen Bounty crew members abandoned ship off the coast of North Carolina after getting caught in the high seas brought on by Hurricane Sandy. The ship sank on Monday 29 October 2012 and two crew members, including Captain Robin Walbridge, were reported as missing. The Captain was not found and presumed dead on 2 November 2012. The Coast Guard recovered the body of one of the missing crew members, Claudene Christian, descendant of Fletcher Christian of the original HMS Bounty. 

A second HMS Bounty replica was built in New Zealand in 1979 and used in the 1984 film The Bounty. After the movie, she served the tourist excursion market from Darling Harbor, Sydney, Australia, until being sold to HKR International Limited in October 2007. She was then a tourist attraction (also used for charter, excursions and sail training) based in Discovery Bay, on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. She was decommissioned on 1 August 2017.