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2 days ago · Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was a British officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best known for the mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command. The reasons behind the mutiny continue to be debated.
Jul 12, 2024 · William Bligh war ein britischer Seeoffizier und Gouverneur von New South Wales in Australien. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch die gegen ihn gerichtete Meuterei auf dem Dreimaster Bounty und durch seine darauf folgende 3618 Seemeilen lange Fahrt im offenen Boot von den Gewässern um Tonga im Westen Polynesiens bis zur Insel Timor im Jahr 1789 ...
4 days ago · The court of inquiry of Commanding Lieutenant William Bligh for the loss of HMS Bounty to mutineers, led by his friend Fletcher Christian, begins, with Admiral Hood presiding.
6 days ago · Major credit for the discovery and recording of the islands went to Captain William Bligh who sailed through Fiji after the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. The first Europeans to land and live among the Fijians were shipwrecked sailors and runaway convicts from the Australian penal settlements.
Jul 19, 2024 · William Bligh had been despatched by the admiralty on another expedition to the Pacific to collect breadfruit plants and so it was safe for the defendants to make various allegations about his conduct during the earlier voyage.
3 days ago · The Right Honourable Samuel Lord Hood (1st Viscount Hood of Whitley) (1724-1816) had known Bligh. He had already been C.-in-C. Portsmouth and given Bligh his sailing orders in 1787. 12 December 1724: Born in Butleigh, Somerset, to Vicar Samuel Hood and his wife Mary. 1740/1741: Entered Royal Navy.
4 days ago · He directly fostered several famous voyages, including that of George Vancouver to the northeastern Pacific (Pacific Northwest), and William Bligh's voyages (one entailing the infamous mutiny on the Bounty) to transplant breadfruit from the South Pacific to the Caribbean islands.
