Mutiny on the bounty
Good morning everyone, would anyone be interested in a story, concerning a friend of mine, a local Wellington man, who was born on Pitcairn Island and whose ancestor was one of the Bounty mutineers, who has just managed to find and purchase a rather beaten-up and dirty model of the famous ship of the mutiny, His Majesty’s Armed Vessel, Bounty.
My roll, as a model maker and restorer of long-standing, has been to spend some time cleaning and repairing the model to bring it up to its former glory. And it now looks, ‘weather-worn, but well maintained,’ as it would have looked when it arrived in Tahiti.
The new owner of the model, Victor Young and myself, had previous lives in the Merchant and Royal navies, where we attained rank. So, we have found it quite ironic that in retirement we have both been reduced to scrubbing decks, and cleaning ship.
The model is now restored and resides temporarily in my small maritime museum, with other such similar exhibits, but is due to be collected soon, so if you were interested in the mutiny and how the mutineers ended their days on Pitcairn Island, please click the link to read the whole exciting story.
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Merry Christmas, Roger Meecham.
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