Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred during his command of HMS Bounty in 1789; after being set adrift in Bountys launch by the mutineers, Bligh and his loyal men all reached Timor alive, after a journey of 3,618 nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,160 mi).
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9 September 1754 St Tudy, Cornwall, Great Britain
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Died |
7 December 1817 (aged 63) 25 Bond Street, London, England, UK
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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