<P> The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the south Pacific 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 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 . Disaffected crewmen , led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian , 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 mutiny on the bounty end up
where did the crew of mutiny on the bounty end up
settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island
settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island