HMS Bounty Model Ship Kit Armed Transport – Mantua (MA785)

The HMS Bounty Armed Transport 1787 Model Ship Kit is manufactured by Mantua Model Ships & Mantua Model Boats. Mantua have built its reputation on large, elaborately detailed ship model kits. Their ship model kits use photo-etched brass, cast metal fittings, cast metal and machined turned brass fittings. The sail set is not included in the kit and is available as an optional extra. The detail in their range of large ship models is exceptional.

History of the HMS Bounty Armed Transport 1787

The name of the HMS BOUNTY – Armed Transport 1787, frigate of the British Navy, is indissolubly tied to its captain’s Bligh and to vicissitudes which caused the crew to mutiny. Christian Fletcher, the boatswain, took command of the ship and forced Bligh to embark on a life-boat with 18 still faithful men.

After a dangerous navigation for more than 4000 miles, Bligh reached the isle of Timor and afterwards England. The Bounty went to Pitcairn Isle where Fletcher and the remaining men settled. Only 20 years later the group landed in Tahiti was captured and tried by the English Court-martial. Only three seamen where condemned, while the others were acquitted.