Anatomy of the Ship.

Made eternally famous by the mutiny against Captain Bligh in 1789, Bounty was a small merchant ship called Berthia purchased by the Admiralty in 1787 and converted into a naval transport to transport breadfruit to the plantations of the West Indies. Berthia was specifically chosen for her large capacity hold, (Bounty was provisioned for 18 months), and her flat-bottomed hull shape, which would prevent her from falling over if she ran aground on one of the many reefs in the South Seas. Thanks to good surviving documentation, this book can depict the ship when purchased as the mercsntile Bertha and also as fitted out for her unusual naval employment.

First published in 1989, this revised edition of "The Armed Transport Bounty" now incorporates a large scale fold out plan on the back of the jacket.