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Naval Sailing Ship Model - HMS Bounty
Reg. No: ST 023525
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- Summary:
- Model of HMS Bounty commanded by Captain William Bligh. The Bounty was sent to Tahiti in 1789 to collect bread fruit as part of a plan to cultivate this crop to feed slaves in the West Indies. Fletcher Christian led a mutiny which resulted in Bligh and others being cast adift in a ship's boat which eventually reached Timor. The Bounty was sailed to Pitcairn Island where it was burned by the mutineers who settled on the island.
This 1:48 scale model was built by Edward Freeman Prentice and was donated to the Museum in 1952. - Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs W. Haysom, 1952
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | naval vessels |
| Themes this item is part of: | Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Wind Power - Sailing Vessels |
| Tertiary Classification: | model naval vessels - british |
| Model Scale: | 1:48 |
| Modelmaker: | Mr Edward Prentice, Australia, circa 1939 |
| Repairer: | R. Serle, Victoria, Australia, 1952 |
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