Colin Archer

RS 1 was built in 1893 for the "Norwegian Society for Shipwreck Salvage" at the Colin Archer shipyard in Rekkevig near Larvik.

RS 1 was later named Colin Archer" after its designer and builder. The sharpsterned design of the vessel has given it world-wide reknown.

Roughly 30 boats of this type were built, most of them at the Colin Archer shipyard at Tollerodden in Larvik.

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Bounty

The Bounty set sail at Spithead, England and was bound for Tahiti to load samples of the bread fruit tree for a possible transplant to the West Indies to feed the workers of the colonies at a cheap price.

The commander of the ship and expedition was William Bligh.

The crew mutinied off the Freindly Islands, led by Fletcher Christian. They returned to Tahiti where they embarked supplies but soon returned and 14 members left. The remainder set sail again with some natives and 12 women and settled at Pitcairn Islands.

Today the fairheaded descendants of the colony founded by Fletcher Christians and his companions still live on that island. Bligh and the others spent 40 horrible days in the boat and exhausted by hunger they eventually reached Timor and subsequently returned to England.

Colin Archer Redningsskøyte

RS 1 was built in 1893 for the "Norwegian Society for Shipwreck Salvage" at the Colin Archer shipyard in Rekkevig near Larvik.

RS 1 was later named Colin Archer" after its designer and builder. The sharpsterned design of the vessel has given it world-wide reknown.

Roughly 30 boats of this type were built, most of them at the Colin Archer shipyard at Tollerodden in Larvik.

RS 1 was built in 1893 for the "Norwegian Society for Shipwreck Salvage" at the Colin Archer shipyard in Rekkevig near Larvik.

RS 1 was later named Colin Archer" after its designer and builder. The sharpsterned design of the vessel has given it world-wide reknown.









Roughly 30 boats of this type were built, most of them at the Colin Archer shipyard at Tollerodden in Larvik.

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