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  HMS Bounty Tall Ship Model measures: 40"L x 32"T x 12"WClick here to see detailed photos!
Mutiny on board HMS Bounty - A coal carrying merchant ship operating on the coast of England, named the Bethia, was purchased by the Admiralty, renamed the Bounty, and re-commissioned in 1787 for a special mission. She was to sail halfway around the world to Tahiti, collect sapling breadfruit trees and transport them to the West Indies.Three weeks out of Tahiti, enroute to the West Indies with the breadfruit plants, Master's Mate (Acting Lieutenant) Fletcher Christian, angered and humiliated over the continual abuse from Capt. Bligh took the ship. Of the 44 men on board, 31 sided with Bligh. Of the 31, 18 went over the side to be set adrift in the Bounty's launch with Bligh. The mutineers, numbering about half of the remaining 25 crewmen, but in command of the Bounty having secured all the firearms aboard, sailed the ship to the island of Tubuai. After an unsuccessful three month effort to settle on the island, they returned to Tahiti, put 16 of the crew ashore, some loyal to Bligh, some mutineers. Fletcher Christian and eight Bounty crew, accompanied by six Tahitian men and twelve women, one with a baby, sailed away in the Bounty hoping to hide forever from the long arm of the British law. To this day, there is considerable debate on what caused the mutiny to occur. The true reasons for the mutiny may never be known and what they were might have been lost to time.
Ship
Model Description: |
- Ship Measures 36”L
x 32”T x 12”W *when including the very front mast, the actual length
of the ship is 40"L
- The HMS Bounty
merchant ship model is shipped to you completely assembled and ready
for spectacular display in your home or office
- This wooden ship
model comes with a solid wood base, a brass or metal name
plate and the history of the HMS Bounty
- This HMS Bounty
tall ship model is entirely handmade piece by intricate piece
by skillful and experienced master craftsmen, using the plank
on frame construction method - kits are not used in building
- We only use the
highest quality woods in constructing our museum quality model
ships
- The following rare
woods used to build our tall ship models were subjected to severe
conditioning (put over fire & sun dried), to ensure your model will
withstand any climate and thus, preventing the wood from becoming
warped or fractured:
Ebony
- Blocks and small details
English Sycamore - Hull
Rosewood - Hull
Black Wood - Hull
Cherry - Deck
Mahogany - Masts, squares, crows nests
Yellow Wood - Deck or water line
Jack Wood - Deck or water line
- Cannons, adornments,
anchors, decorative pieces and other complex details on this
historic ship model are sculpted of metal
- Sails are handmade
of fine linen and rigging lines differ in weight, color and texture
- Our wooden model
ships are built according to scale through original plans, pictures
and drawings
- The finished HMS
Bounty merchant tall ship model is carefully inspected for quality
and accuracy numerous times before final packaging
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