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Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was a British sailor who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, during which he seized command of the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty from Lieutenant William Bligh.
Fletcher Christian (born September 25, 1764, near Cockermouth, Cumbria, England—died c. 1790–93?) was a seaman and leading mutineer on HMS Bounty, under the command of William Bligh.
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch.
In 1789, master’s mate Fletcher Christian led a notorious mutiny on the Bounty, which was under the command of William Bligh. The mutiny on the Bounty is one of the most well known mutinies that ever occurred in the British Royal Navy.
Apr 27, 2021 · He singled out his master’s mate Fletcher Christian, scapegoating and punishing him in front of the crew. On April 27, he accused Christian of stealing from the Bounty ’s stash of coconuts and...
The descendants of the Bounty mutineers include the modern-day Pitcairn Islanders as well as a little less than half of the population of Norfolk Island. Their common ancestors were the nine surviving mutineers from the mutiny on HMS Bounty which occurred in the south Pacific Ocean in 1789.
Jun 6, 2013 · While the only evidence is the testimony of a mutineer, a mutineer’s wife and the reports of three ship captains, it makes sense that Fletcher Christian stayed at Pitcairn Island. Fletcher Christian had family on the island. He enjoyed the tropics so much that he risked his life to come back.
Jun 15, 2021 · By combining unprecedented research into Fletcher Christian and his fate with deep knowledge of Bounty’s Polynesian women, Glynn Christian presents a fresh and comprehensive telling of a powerful maritime adventure that still captivates after 230 years.
Aug 24, 2013 · Mr. Christian, Pitcairn’s chief radio officer and a great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher Christian, the mutiny’s leader, was 77. With his death, Pitcairn’s permanent population stands at 51....
Feb 9, 2010 · Fletcher Christian fell in love with a Tahitian woman named Mauatua. On April 4, 1789, the Bounty departed Tahiti with its store of breadfruit saplings. On April 28, near the island of Tonga,...
