The Time The Bounty Sank Twice
HMS Bounty , also known as HMAV ( His Majesty's Armed Vessel ) Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a unique botanical mission. The ship was to travel to the South Pacific under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the British West Indies. Unfortunately for the Royal Navy, a now infamous mutiny took place which prevented the mission's success, and forever cemented an epic maritime story to history. Replica of HMS Bounty I discovered the story thanks to Hollywood and a VHS copy of the 1962 film ' Mutiny on the Bounty ' starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard. It's a botched telling of the story but the cinematography and location shots in Tahiti are gorgeous. And it's easy to enjoy the chemistry between the actors particularly with Brando and his costar Tarita whom he later married. A more faithful retelling of the story came out in 1984 named ' The Bounty ' starring A...
