I . HMS Bounty
( also The Bounty )
a British ship on which a famous mutiny took place in 1789. The ship was returning from Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean when one of the officers, Fletcher Christian , led the crew against their harsh captain, William Bligh . Captain Bligh and some men who supported him were left in a small open boat while Christian and the crew returned on HMS Bounty to Tahiti and then settled in the Pitcairn Islands .
See also Mutiny on the Bounty .
II . Bounty™
n
a chocolate bar with sweet coconut inside, sold in Britain.