Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was a master's mate of Manx origin on board the Bounty during William Bligh's fateful voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants (see Mutiny on the Bounty). It was Christian who seized command of the Bounty from Bligh on 28 April 1789.
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