<P> The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789 . Led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian , disaffected crewmen seized control of the ship from their captain , Lieutenant William Bligh , and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship 's open launch . The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island . Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than 3,500 nautical miles ( 6,500 km ; 4,000 mi ) in the launch to reach safety , and began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice . </P>
<P> The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789 . Led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian , disaffected crewmen seized control of the ship from their captain , Lieutenant William Bligh , and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship 's open launch . The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island . Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than 3,500 nautical miles ( 6,500 km ; 4,000 mi ) in the launch to reach safety , and began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice . </P>
where did the crew of the bounty settle
where did the crew of the bounty settle
on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island
on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island