Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift
1789 mutiny aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty
🗓️ 28 April 1789
The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of HMS Bounty from the captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The reasons behind the mutiny are still debated.
