William Bligh may well be the most maligned man in history. His name has become a byword for cruelty; a tyrant who drove the crew of his ship, HMS Bounty, to such despair that they were forced ...

In December 1787, H. M. S. Bounty, a British armed transport commanded by a brutal martinet named William Bligh, set sail from Spithead, England, for Tahiti, from which it was to take breadfruit ...

The Royal Navy has said it is "disappointed" after a relic from HMS Bounty was sold at auction, despite attempts to block the sale. The large piece of copper from the ship, which was at the heart of ...

HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was built in Hull and purchased by the navy in 1787. It was sent to the South Pacific under the command of William Bligh, but members of his crew, led ...

Peter Heywood was a participant in one of the most (in)famous naval events in history, the Mutiny on the Bounty. Together with William Bligh and Fletcher Christian, the three protagonists first ...

Since the time when Bounty mutiny survivor William Bligh was Governor, the Rum Rebellion was being fomented and a skilled convict labourer cost three shillings a day, families have lived along a ...

also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was built in Hull and purchased by the navy in 1787. It was sent to the South Pacific under the command of William Bligh, but members of his crew, led by ...