T108 - HMS Bounty Admiral Line

Specification: Item T108 - 37L x 10W x 30H Inches (94L x 25.4W x 76.2H Cm)
Note: This is a special made to order item, delivery usually take 30-90 days.

Price: $ 1,111.50

Description:

100% hand built from scratch using "plank on frame" construction method.
Hundreds of hours is required to finish a model.
Completed models contain thousands of details created by our skillful master craftsmen.
Made of finest wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak and other exotic tropical wood.
Chrome and brass fittings and ornaments constitute the excellence of our models.
Extensive research through original plans and pictures make our models authentic.
Each model goes through a demanding quality control process before leaving the workshop.
Just the perfect gift for home or office decorator, boat enthusiast or passionate collector.

History:

HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a small merchant vessel purchased by the Royal Navy for a botanical mission. HMS Bounty was originally named Bethia, built in Hull at the end of 1784.The Navy Board bought her on May 23, 1787, on the suggestion of Sir Joseph Banks, renamed her Bounty. June 8, 1787 was her first commission. She was 90 feet 10 inches long with a beam of 24 feet 4 inches and a draft of 11 feet 4 inches. She was sent to the Pacific Ocean to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to British possessions in the West Indies under the command of William Bligh. That mission was never completed, due to a mutiny led by the acting Master, Fletcher Christian who sailed the ship to what is now called Bounty Bay and settled there. To prevent the ship's detection, and anyone's possible escape, the ship was burned on 23 January 1790.