British frigate of the 18th century The name of the Bounty, frigate of the British navy, is indissolubly linked to that of its commander, Captain Bligh and to the vicissitudes who led his crew to the mutiny. The Bounty leva the anchor of Spithead in December 1787 bound for Tahiti. On the way back, because of the rigid discipline imposed by its commander, in clear contradiction with the leisure of the stay in Tahiti, a certain dissatisfaction began to spread among the crew and soon the revolt broke out. The crew master Christian Fletcher took command of the boat and forced Bligh to embark on a boat with 18 members of the crew who had remained faithful to him. After a perilous navigation of more than 4000 miles, Bligh managed to reach the island of Timor and then England. The Bounty returned to Tahiti where part of the crew landed. The boat then driven to the island of Pitcairn on which Fletcher and the others settled. It was not until 20 years later that the group landed in Tahiti was captured and translated before the short English martial which condemned only 3 of the sailors acquitting the others.