HMS Bounty

HMS Bounty, also known as HMAV 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.
  • Disaster remains
  • Description: 1784 survey ship
  • Also known as
    “Bethia”
    “HM Armed Vessel Bounty”
    “HMAV Bounty”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nancy Stone and Pawala Valley Ridge.
Islet
is a rock off the southeast coast of in the south Pacific. is situated 1¼ km southeast of HMS Bounty.
Peak
, is the highest point of the…
The is the only school on the . is situated 1 km northwest of HMS Bounty.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adamstown.
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Latitude
-25.06867° or 25° 4′ 7″ south
Longitude
-130.09509° or 130° 5′ 42″ west
Open location code
546FWWJ3+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­wreck
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“HMS Bounty” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سفينة باونتي”
  • Asturian: “Bounty”
  • Asturian: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Asturian: “HMS Bounty”
  • Basque: “HMS Bounty”
  • Catalan: “Bounty”
  • Catalan: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Catalan: “HMS Bounty”
  • Chinese: “邦蒂号”
  • Chinese: “邦蒂艦”
  • Chinese: “邦蒂號”
  • Czech: “Bounty”
  • Czech: “HMS Bounty”
  • Danish: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Dutch: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Dutch: “HMS Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “HMS Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “Ribelado sur la Bounty”
  • Esperanto: “Ribelo sur la Bounty”
  • Estonian: “Bounty”
  • Finnish: “Bounty-laivan kapina”
  • Finnish: “Bountyn kapina”
  • Finnish: “HMS Bounty”
  • French: “Bounty”
  • French: “HMS Bounty”
  • Galician: “Bounty”
  • Galician: “HMS Bounty”
  • German: “Bounty”
  • German: “HMS Bounty”
  • Indonesian: “HMS Bounty”
  • Irish: “HMS Bounty”
  • Italian: “HMS Bounty”
  • Japanese: “バウンティ”
  • Latin: “Bounty”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “HMAV «Bounty»”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “HMS Bounty”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “HMS Bounty”
  • Norwegian: “HMAV «Bounty»”
  • Persian: “اچ‌ام‌اس بونتی”
  • Polish: “Bounty”
  • Polish: “HMS Bounty”
  • Portuguese: “HMS Bounty”
  • Romanian: “Bounty”
  • Russian: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Russian: “HMS Bounty”
  • Russian: “Баунти”
  • Scots: “HMS Bounty”
  • Slovak: “HMS Bounty”
  • Spanish: “Bounty”
  • Spanish: “HMAV Bounty”
  • Spanish: “HMS Bounty”
  • Spanish: “Motín del Bounty”
  • Spanish: “Rebelión en la Bounty”
  • Swedish: “HMS Bounty”
  • Tajik: “HMS Bounty”
  • Tajik: “Баунтӣ”
  • Ukrainian: “Баунті”
  • “Bethia”
  • “HM Armed Vessel Bounty”

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