Matthew Quintal Matthew Quintal Matthew Quintal (baptised 3 March 1766 as Mathew Quintril, Padstow, Cornwall – 1799, Pitcairn Island) was a Cornish able seaman and mutineer aboard HMS "Bounty". His surname was, in all probability, the result of misspelling the Cornish surname "Quintrell". He was the last of the mutineers to be murdered on Pitcairn Island. He was murdered by Ned Young and John Adams, leaving them the last two men alive on the island. Following the mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the "Bounty" was taken to Tahiti for a few days before being compelled to set sail. Quintal joined Christian and
Bounty (1960 ship) the trustees of the Tall Ship Bounty Foundation, Inc. determined it was time to put the ship up for sale. Due to cash flow problems all the crew's contracts were terminated and volunteers kept a watch over "Bounty" at its dock at Heritage State Park. On 15 March 2001, the ship was sold to the HMS Bounty Foundation. In 2005, while moored in St. Petersburg, "Bounty" was the shooting location of the "pornographic action-adventure" film "Pirates". The ship's declining condition caused the vessel to temporarily lose her Coast Guard license, but "Bounty" was restored. The vessel's bottom planking was replaced