A fabulously detailed silver model of this iconic ship in excellent condition.

Hallmarked: 1889

Length: 20 inch (51cm) Height: 16.5 inch (42 cm)
Beam: 8 inch (20 cm)

POA

HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the British West Indies to provide a cheap food source for the West Indies' large enslaved population. That mission was never completed owing to a 1789 mutiny led by acting lieutenant Fletcher Christian, an incident now popularly known as the Mutiny on the Bounty. The mutineers later burned Bounty while she was anchored at Pitcair Island in the South Pacific in 1790.

Bounty was originally the collier Bethia, which was reportedly built in 1784 at Blaydes Yard in Hull, Yorkshire. The Royal Navy purchased her for £1,950 and subsequently reftted the ship and renamed her Bounty. The ship was relatively small at 215 tons, but had three masts and was full-rigged. After conversion for the breadfruit expedition, she was equipped with four 4pdr (1.8kg) cannon and ten swivel guns.

Source: Wikipedia

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