Made eternally famous by the mutiny against Captain Bligh in 1789, Bounty was a small merchant ship called Bethia purchased by the Admiralty in 1787 and converted into a naval transport to transport breadfruit to the plantations of the West Indies.

First published in 1989, this revised edition of The Armed Transport Bounty now incorporates a large scale fold out plan on the back of the jacket.

Volume Features:
Full description of the ship, how she came to be purchased, and the history of her short naval service.
Pictorial section emphasising close-up photographs of the recent full size replicas of the ship.
Guide to the ship's colour scheme.
More than 300 perspective and 3-view drawings, with in-depth descriptive keys, of every detail of the ship ~ general arrangements, hull construction, fittings, decoration, masts and yards, rigging and armament including the launch in which Bligh made his epic voyage of over 3000 miles to safety in Timor.

Author: John McKay

black and white photographs, illustrations and plans
119 pages
2001
260 x 247 mm
Hardback

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