HMS Bounty
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HMS Bounty was an 18th-century British Royal Navy ship best known for the infamous 1789 mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against Captain William Bligh.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Bounty canonical | 20 |
| HMS Bounty (Royal Navy ship) | 1 |
| HMS Bounty (in film narrative) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3422327 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Bounty Context triple: [Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film), mainSubject, HMS Bounty]
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A.
HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
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B.
HMS Surprise
HMS Surprise is the fictional early-19th-century Royal Navy frigate that serves as Captain Jack Aubrey’s command in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin novels and their film adaptation "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
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C.
HMS Resolution
HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
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D.
HMS Erebus
HMS Erebus was a British Royal Navy bomb vessel later converted for polar exploration, best known for its ill-fated role in Sir John Franklin’s 19th-century Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
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E.
HMS Discovery
HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy research vessel best known for serving under Captain James Cook during his exploratory voyages in the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Bounty Target entity description: HMS Bounty was an 18th-century British Royal Navy ship best known for the infamous 1789 mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against Captain William Bligh.
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A.
HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
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B.
HMS Surprise
HMS Surprise is the fictional early-19th-century Royal Navy frigate that serves as Captain Jack Aubrey’s command in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin novels and their film adaptation "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
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C.
HMS Resolution
HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
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D.
HMS Erebus
HMS Erebus was a British Royal Navy bomb vessel later converted for polar exploration, best known for its ill-fated role in Sir John Franklin’s 19th-century Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
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E.
HMS Discovery
HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy research vessel best known for serving under Captain James Cook during his exploratory voyages in the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy ship
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armed transport ship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 swivel guns
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4 four-pounder cannon ⓘ |
| arrivedAtTahiti | 26 October 1788 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pitcairn Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Pitcairn Islands
Tahiti ⓘ Tonga ⓘ |
| builtIn |
Hull, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Hull
|
| captainAfterMutiny |
Fletcher Christian (de facto)
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linked to:
Fletcher Christian
|
| captainRank |
Lieutenant William Bligh
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linked to:
William Bligh
|
| category |
18th-century ships
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Mutinies in the Royal Navy ⓘ Shipwrecks of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| commandedBy | William Bligh ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| crewSize | about 46 men at outset ⓘ |
| fate | burned and scuttled at Pitcairn Island ⓘ |
| fateDate | 1790 ⓘ |
| flag |
White Ensign of the Royal Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
White Ensign
|
| historicalPeriod | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most famous naval mutinies in history ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
multiple film adaptations titled "Mutiny on the Bounty"
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novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" ⓘ |
| launchedIn | 1784 ⓘ |
| length | about 90 feet overall ⓘ |
| mission | transport breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the West Indies ⓘ |
| mutinyDate | 28 April 1789 ⓘ |
| mutinyLeader | Fletcher Christian ⓘ |
| mutinyLocation | near Tonga ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bounty Bay (indirectly via later association) ⓘ |
| navalServiceBranch |
British Royal Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy
|
| notableEvent | Mutiny on the Bounty ⓘ |
| notableFor | 1789 mutiny against Captain William Bligh ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| originalName | Bethia ⓘ |
| purchasedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| purchaseYear | 1787 ⓘ |
| scuttledBy | mutineers of the Bounty ⓘ |
| shipType |
collier
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three-masted sailing ship ⓘ |
| survivorsJourney | Bligh and loyalists sailed over 3,600 nautical miles in an open boat ⓘ |
| tonnage | about 215 tons burthen ⓘ |
| voyageDepartureDate | 23 December 1787 ⓘ |
| voyageDeparturePort |
Spithead, England
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linked to:
Spithead
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS Bounty Description of subject: HMS Bounty was an 18th-century British Royal Navy ship best known for the infamous 1789 mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against Captain William Bligh.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mutiny on the Bounty
subject linked to:
Mutiny on the Bounty
linked to: HMS Bounty
linked to: HMS Bounty
subject linked to:
Charles Christian