Mutiny on the Bounty for himself, his clerk Samuel, and his servant John Smith, and sailed on 16 October 1789. Four of the remainder—the master's mate Elphinstone, the quartermaster Peter Linkletter, the butcher Robert Lamb and the assistant surgeon Thomas Ledward—all died either in Batavia or on their journeys home. After the departure of Bligh's launch, Christian divided the personal effects of the departed loyalists among the remaining crew and threw the breadfruit plants into the sea. He recognised that Bligh could conceivably survive to report the mutiny, and that anyway the non-return of "Bounty" would occasion a search mission, with Tahiti as its
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