How would you like to be transported back in time to 1787 and see what life was like aboard the HMS Bounty?
As time travel is currently not possible, you can have the next best thing when the full scale replica of the HMS Bounty docks in San Juan, Puerto Rico for its winter brink (December 2010 – March 2011). This is the same HMS Bounty that was built in 1960 by MGM Studios for the movie ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ starring Marlon Brando and has also featured in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest’ as the ‘Edinburgh Trader’
In 1960 the HMS Bounty was built at Smith & Rhuland Shipyard in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia using the original drawings that were on file at British admiralty archives and was launched on 8/28/1961. The new Bounty was made slightly larger than the original so that it could accommodate the movie cameras used in the making of ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’
Having spent time as a tourist attraction in St Petersburg, Florida the HMS Bounty was purchased by HMS Bounty Organization LLC in 2001. In 2007 the HMS Bounty completed its final refitting and has since been sailing around the world. She just completed a season sailing around the Great Lakes and is currently docked in St. George’s, Bermuda to complete repairs on her foremast. Once completed, HMS Bounty will then head south to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
On arrival in Puerto Rico, HMS Bounty will dock at the Old San Juan cruise piers, between Pier 3 and 4 and will remain there until March 2011. While docked In Old San Juan, deck tours will be available priced at around $10, adults, $5 children.
You can check here to track the current position of the HMS Bounty
HMS Bounty Quick Facts
Name: Bounty II
Builder: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Launched: 1961
Tonnage: 412 long tons
Length: 180 ft (55 m) sparred, 120 ft (37 m) on deck
Beam: 30 ft (9.1 m)
Height: 115 ft (35 m)
Draft: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion: Full-rigged ship with a sail area; 10,000 sq ft (929 m2)
Engines 375 hp John Deere (2), diesel
What: HMS Bounty
Where: Old San Juan Cruise Ship Piers (between Piers 3 and 4)
When: December 14 until March 2011
Tours: Deck tours will be available ($10 Adult, $5 Children)
Resources: TallShipBounty.org
