HMAV Bounty – Caldercraft
$417.00
Historic Scale Wooden Model Ship Kit by Caldercraft Ship Models
Length 30.91″ Height 23.23″ Width 13.39″ Scale 1:64 Advanced Level
Double Wood Plank on Bulkhead Construction
HMAV BOUNTY – Wooden Model Ship Kit By Caldercraft
HMAV BOUNTY – The HMAV Bounty was made eternally famous by the mutiny against Captain William Bligh, on her way back from Tahiti in 1789. HMAV Bounty was a small merchant ship purchased and converted into a naval transport to carry breadfruit to the plantations of the West Indies.
Description
HMAV Bounty (CA9008)
HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel (HMAV) Bounty, was a small merchant vessel that the Royal Navy purchased for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to British possessions in the West Indies. That mission was never completed due to a mutiny led by acting lieutenant Fletcher Christian. This incident is now popularly known as the mutiny on the Bounty. The mutineers later burned Bounty while she was moored at Pitcairn Island. An American adventurer rediscovered the remains of the Bounty in 1957; various parts of it have been salvaged since then.
Bounty was originally the collier Bethia, built in 1784 at the Blaydes shipyard in Hull, Yorkshire in England. The Royal Navy purchased her for £1,950 on 23 May 1787 (equivalent to £209,000 in 2016), refit, and renamed her Bounty. The ship was relatively small at 215 tons, but had three masts and was full-rigged. After conversion for the breadfruit expedition, she was equipped with four 4-pounder (1.8 kg) cannon and ten swivel guns.
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HMAV Bounty (CA9008) Kit includes:
CNC cut ply and walnut components throughout; Double planking in lime and walnut; copper plates for hull below water line; highly detailed brass etched sheet, including window frames, boat grapnels and oars; chainplate assemblies etc; detailed cast decoration; turned brass cannon; rigging thread in black and natural; full set of instruction plans and detailed instructions.
- Historic Scale Wooden Model Ship Kit by Caldercraft Ship Models
Length 30.91″ Height 23.23″ Width 13.39″ Scale 1:64 Advanced Level
Double Wood Plank on Bulkhead Construction - Paint set can be found here
Additional information
| Weight | 10 lbs |
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Brand
Caldercraft Kits
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