The Armed Transport BOUNTY John McKayBligh in 1789, Bounty was a smal\merchant ship purchased and converted into a naval transport to transpiant breadiult to the plantations of the West Indies. @ ‘Thanks to good surviving documentation, this book can depict the ship when purchased as the mercantile Bethia and also as fitted out for her unusual naval employment, e This volume features ‘¢ Full description of the ship, how she came to be purchased, and the short history of her naval service Pictorial section emphasising close-up photographs of the recent full-size replicas ot the ship Colour guide to possible paint scheme on the ‘book jacket More than 300 perspective and 3-view drawings, with in-depth descriptive keys, of every detail of the ship - general arrangements, hull construction, fittings, masts, sails and rigging, armament, and the launch in which Bligh made his epic voyage of over 3000 miles to safety in Timor