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Thread #33030   Message #438065
Posted By: Les from Hull
11-Apr-01 - 10:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: HMS Bounty the truth
Subject: RE: BS: HMS Bounty the truth
IMHO the mutiny on board HMS Bounty was more about shagging than anything else. Bligh had given the crew a bit too much liberty, and the crew had taken even more.

I would like to hear the references for calling the ship HMAV The Bounty, as well. It sounds like someone's opinion rather than a fact.

Incidentally I live half a mile from where the Bounty was built. She was originally Bethia, built as a merchant ship in Blaydes Yard, before she was bought for the breadfruit job.

Les