On which ship did Fletcher Christian lead a mutiny in 1787
Fletcher Christian Fletcher Christian Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS "Bounty" during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the "Bounty", Christian seized command of the ship from Bligh on 28 April 1789. Christian was born on 25 September 1764, at his family home of Moorland Close, Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. Fletcher's father's side had originated from the Isle of Man and most of his paternal great-grandfathers were historic Deemsters, their original family surname McCrystyn. Fletcher was the brother to Edward and Humphrey,
French ship Léopard (1787) trying to refloat her, the crew abandoned the ship and set her on fire after offloading the guns and matériel. French ship Léopard (1787) Léopard was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. On 30 October 1788, "Léopard" departed Toulon for a cruise in the Caribbean, under Captain de la Galissoninère. On 15 September 1790, a fight between sailors from "Léopard" and "Patriote" caused a mutiny; the entire crew of "Léopard" was expelled from the Navy by a decree of the National Constituent Assembly. From 1792, "Léopard" took part in the Expédition de Sardaigne under Captain Bourdon-Gramont,