Ned Young Ned Young Edward "Ned" Young (c. 1762 – 25 December 1800), was a British sailor, mutineer from the famous HMS "Bounty" incident, and co-founder of the mutineers' Pitcairn Island settlement. Young was born on the West Indian island of St. Kitts. He apparently came from a poor family, but he did attend school. He joined the crew of HMS "Bounty" as a midshipman in 1787 when she sailed from England to Tahiti. After the "Bounty" departed from Tahiti in 1789 several sailors and officers, including Fletcher Christian, mutinied against its captain, Lieutenant William Bligh. Young was asleep during the mutiny,
Bounty (1978 ship) Bounty (1978 ship) Bounty (popularly HMAV "Bounty") was built in 1977/78 for the movie "The Bounty" starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins. She is now a tourist destination in Hong Kong, China. For the filming of "The Bounty", a replica of William Bligh's ship, was required. The "Bounty" replica was built by Whangarei Engineering Company at Whangarei, New Zealand during 1978 and 1979. The ship was designed to externally conform to the original "Bounty". The replica is in length overall, with a beam of and a draught of . To reflect the international legacy of the Mutiny on the "Bounty",