Product Description

Made eternally famous by the mutiny against Captain Bligh in 1789, Bounty was a small merchant ship purchased and converted into a naval transport to transplant breadfruit to the plantations of the West Indies. Thanks to good surviving documentation, this book can depict the ship when purchased as the mercantile Bethia and also as fitted out for her unusual naval employment. This revised edition features accurate, visually exciting and totally comprehensive drawings. In addition to these, a colour representation of Bounty on the jacket provides a useful painting guide, on the back of which is a beautifully folded large scale plan of the ship. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #534344 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 120 pages

About the Author
John McKay is an architectural draughtsman who lives in Vancouver on the Pacific coast of Canada. He is also a ship enthusiast and modelmaker who has turned his professional skill to good use in the service of his hobby.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic ever on HMS Bounty
This book is fantastic for anyone who is interested in building a model replica of HMS Bounty. The first couple of pages contain beautiful black and white photo's of HMS Bounty in her prime and history relating to her. The rest of the book contains layouts on how she was built with very fine drawings, details and sketches of the ship. Also includes transcripts about the ship. I highly recommend this beautiful book on this ship if you are interested in building the replica of HMS Bounty ot just to have if you have a stong interest in HMS Bounty well worth the money, best £20 I spent on a book of this kind.

Excellent, informative and detailed
Just what I needed for building a model of the Bounty, There is so much detail not found elswhere and it allowed me to make my model far more accuratly than I could have done from the limited plans & photographs I had previously.The information surpasses anything I have seen before. Thoroughly recommended
John

Armed transport Bounty
My first anatomy of ships book and a must for any model ship builder. Clear and detailed drawings and dimentions easily calculated to any scale. A definate 5 stars.