A British Overseas Territory lies in the middle of the South Pacific, midway between New Zealand and South America and is home to just 50 people.

The works of Pitcairn’s powerful short-wave ... and stood by their longboats in the crescent of Bounty Bay. The visitor, guided by the island’s blinker and its own searchlight, eased in ...

In January 1974 I visited and Pitcairn ... on his remote island. We became firm friends and when I was leaving he pressed these artefacts into my hand. These relics of HMS Bounty are sheathing ...

They cast Bligh and his loyalists adrift in an open boat and sailed the Bounty to Pitcairn Island. The ship later sank with four four-pounder guns which were subsequently recovered. Three of them ...

Then-RAF chief technician John Coleman, from Benfleet, initially salvaged the 237-year-old relic from the wreckage of the HMS Bounty at Pitcairn Island in 1973. He brought it back to England ...

Today, the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty still live on Pitcairn Island. The Royal Navy was ... Anchored in the bay, the ship was torn free and the wind drove her repeatedly against ...

John Coleman, from Benfleet in Essex, said he retrieved the large piece of copper sheathing from HMS Bounty in the Pitcairn Islands in 1973. He displayed the impressive find - patinated with ...

A naval gun believed to be from HMS Bounty will be sold at auction in Dumfries on Saturday. The Bounty is one of the world's most famous historical ships because of a mutiny in 1798. Fletcher ...

John Coleman, from Benfleet in Essex, said he retrieved the large piece of copper sheathing from HMS Bounty in the Pitcairn Islands in 1973. He displayed the impressive find - patinated with verdigris ...

and a baby girl), settled on Pitcairn Island and set fire to the Bounty. The ship is still visible underwater in Bounty Bay. The mutineers lived in isolation for some 20 years before coming into ...