Shipwrecks
The Wreck of HMS Bounty
Burned 1790 · Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island
FoundThe prize. The mutineers' burned ship
Where. Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island
Status. Found
Where. Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island
Status. Found
The account
The mutineers of HMS Bounty burned and sank her in Bounty Bay off Pitcairn in 1790 to hide from the world; her remains and relics still rest in the shallows.
Leads, where the trail points now
- The site is documented at Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island; the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
- Confirm the permit and ownership before any dive or visit, since sites like this are usually protected.
- What is there: The mutineers' burned ship.
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