William Bligh (1754 - 1817), a famous
English naval
officer and
colonial governor. In 1787, he was assigned to the
ship Bounty. In 1789, while
sailing from Tahiti to the
West Indies, he and eighteen of his
crew were overpowered by a
mutiny and
set adrift in a small boat in the Pacific Ocean.
William Bligh (1754 - 1817), a famous
English naval
officer and
colonial governor. In 1787, he was assigned to the
ship Bounty. His
severity and harsh
discipline as a
commanding officer were cited as the causes of a
mutiny by his
crew against him in 1789.
William Bligh (1754-1817), British
admiral and
captain of the
ship Bounty. During a trading voyage in 1789 while
sailing the Pacific from Tahiti to the
West Indies,
Bligh and eighteen of his
crew were overpowered by mutineers and
set adrift in a small boat. The
mutiny was led by
Bligh's first
mate, who claimed
Bligh's
severity as a
commanding officer as
justification for the
revolt.
Bligh and his men, however, managed to
survive.
William Bligh (1754@1817), British
admiral chiefly remembered for the
mutiny (1789) on his
ship, the Bounty, and whose name is
synonymous with severe and tyrannical
leadership or
oppressive behavior. During a trading voyage in the Pacific while
sailing from Tahiti to the
West Indies, he and 18 of his
crew were overpowered by mutineers and
set adrift in a small boat in the Pacific. He and his men managed to
survive a 3,600 mile journey to a
Dutch colony in
Indonesia and
Bligh eventually
returned to
England to continue his naval career. The
mutiny was led by Fletcher
Christian,
Bligh's first
mate, citing
Bligh's
severity as a
commanding officer. This was disputed by
Bligh who attributed the
mutiny to more opportunistic motives.
Bligh claimed the
crew had assured themselves a
better life in Tahiti than in
England. He maintained that this, along with some female connections, was probably the
cause of the whole affair.
William Bligh (1754@1817), British
admiral and
captain of the
ship Bounty. During a trading voyage in 1789 while
sailing the Pacific from Tahiti to the
West Indies,
Bligh and 18 of his
crew were overpowered by mutineers and
set adrift in a small boat. He and his men managed to
survive a 3,600 mile journey to a
Dutch colony in
Indonesia and
Bligh eventually
returned to
England to continue his naval career. The
mutiny was led by
Bligh's first
mate, who claimed
Bligh's
severity as a
commanding officer as
justification for the
revolt.
William Bligh (1754-1817), British
admiral and
captain of the
ship Bounty. During a trading voyage in 1789 while
sailing the Pacific from Tahiti to the
West Indies,
Bligh and eighteen of his
crew were overpowered by mutineers and
set adrift in a small boat. The
mutiny was led by
Bligh's first
mate, who claimed
Bligh's
severity as a
commanding officer as
justification for the
revolt.
Bligh and his men, however, managed to
survive.