Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti ... Christian leads the crew to mutiny on the homeward voyage. Even though Byam takes ...

The piece of copper sheathing - plating used to protect the hull - from HMS Bounty is set to be auction in February.

based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The musical was originally recorded as a concept album in 1983 and produced the Top 10 hit single 'Tahiti'.

The item was among a collection connected to Lt William Bligh, who captained HMS Bounty on its fateful mission to the South Pacific in 1789. After the mutiny, Bligh navigated 4,000 miles (6,500 km ...