Mutiny on the Bounty Heritage Marker

William Bligh's Heritage Marker

100 Lambeth Rd Decked Out for Jubilee

I stumbled upon this heritage marker the other day while walking along Lambeth Road near the Imperial War Museum.

William Bligh commander of the famous HMS Bounty lived here.

After Mr Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Bligh, Bligh and his supporters were loaded on to a small boat and set a float in the Pacific.  47 days later they came ashore in Timor.  Pretty good sailing I would say.

Bligh returned to England and carried on with his career.  Trouble seemed to follow him, though, as he set off the Rum Rebellion while Governor of New South Wales.

Fletcher Christian and his men headed for Tahiti.  Eventually Christian and a few others set up shop on Pitcairn Island, but not for long because they ended up killing each other.