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==Mutiny==

==Mutiny==

After filling the ship with supplies and breadfruit, Bligh turned the ''Bounty'' towards home and departed Tahiti on April 4th, 1789 heading towards [[Indonesia]].  The ship stopped at several islands on the way, but on the island of [[Nomuka]] (which is part of present-day [[Tonga]]) there were thefts and misunderstandings, resulting in a major falling-out with the locals.  In the early morning of April 28th, 1789, several of the crew, headed by Fletcher Christian (who was now more or less Bligh’s second-in-command) and Charles Churchill (the ships Master-at-Arms) seized the ship and set Bligh and 18 loyal crew (including the Master, John Fryer, and David Nelson the expeditions botanist) adrift in the 23-foot ships launch (Bligh managed to navigate the launch and the crew safely to the island of Timor, with the loss of only one man to hostile Tongans). The remaining mutineers and loyalists remained on the ''Bounty'', which turned and headed back towards Tahiti.

After filling the ship with supplies and breadfruit, Bligh turned the ''Bounty'' towards home and departed Tahiti on April 4th, 1789 heading towards [[Indonesia]].  The ship stopped at several islands on the way, but on the island of [[Nomuka]] (which is part of present-day [[Tonga]]) there were thefts and misunderstandings, resulting in a major falling-out with the locals.  In the early morning of April 28th, 1789, several of the crew, headed by Fletcher Christian (who was now more or less Bligh’s second-in-command) and Charles Churchill (the ships Master-at-Arms) seized the ship and set Bligh and 18 loyal crew (including the Master, John Fryer, and David Nelson the expeditions botanist) adrift in the 23-foot ships launch (Bligh managed to navigate the launch and the crew safely to the island of Timor, with the loss of only one man to hostile Tongans). The mutineers along with the several crew members who remained loyal to Captain Bligh, but had not been able to leave on the boat with the others, remained on the ''Bounty'', which then headed back towards Tahiti.

Captain Bligh's log entry for the day of the mutiny: ''"April 28 1789. Seized this day the HMS Bounty, by mutineers led by first mate Fletcher Christian. Just before Sunrise Mr Christian and the Master at Arms came into my cabin while I was fast asleep, and seizing me, tyed my hands with a Cord & threatened instant death if I made the least noise. I however called sufficiently loud to alarm the Officers, who found themselves equally secured by centinels at their doors … Mr Christian had a Cutlass & the others were armed with Musquets & bayonets. I was now carried on deck in my Shirt, in torture with a severe bandage round my wrists behind my back, where I found no man to rescue me …"''

Captain Bligh's log entry for the day of the mutiny: ''"April 28 1789. Seized this day the HMS Bounty, by mutineers led by first mate Fletcher Christian. Just before Sunrise Mr Christian and the Master at Arms came into my cabin while I was fast asleep, and seizing me, tyed my hands with a Cord & threatened instant death if I made the least noise. I however called sufficiently loud to alarm the Officers, who found themselves equally secured by centinels at their doors … Mr Christian had a Cutlass & the others were armed with Musquets & bayonets. I was now carried on deck in my Shirt, in torture with a severe bandage round my wrists behind my back, where I found no man to rescue me …"''