The story goes that captain of the royal navy ’s hms bounty, lt William bligh (born september 9, 1754, probably at plymouth, county of devon, england—died december 7, 1817, london) was an english navigator, explorer, and commander of the hms bounty at the time of the celebrated mutiny on that ship. The cast of characters are well known Chiefly william bligh, the cruel ship’s captain who fell foul of a mutiny led by fletcher christian, the sensitive master’s mate. On 28 april 1789 lt william bligh was startled awake by the presence in his cabin of his first mate, fletcher christian, and several other hms bounty sailors threatening his life if he did not do as they ordered. The 1789 mutiny on the bounty is an infamous tale of sailors being lured by the easy charms of the south seas into casting adrift their commander and living out their days as fugitives from the royal navy
'captain' bligh, victim of the mutiny led by master's mate fletcher christian, is traditionally cast as a harsh disciplinarian who only got what was coming to him As so often with tales. William bligh was an officer in the royal navy and was the victim of a mutiny on his ship, the bounty, in 1789
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