On January 15, 1790, The Bounty finally reached Pitcairn with nine mutineers and 20 Polynesians, 14 of them women. MANGAREVAThe 514-gross-ton Claymore II saw the light of day in 1968 in Wilhelmshaven, West Germany, as the maintenance vessel Konrad Meisel. After several iterations and re-christenings it’s ended up as a passenger-cargo with Stoney Creek Shipping of Palmerston North, New Zealand. A LONGBOAT AT THE JETTYALL ABOARDTHE CLAYMORE II MOORED OFF SHOREANOTHER VIEWThere is another way to approach Pitcairn even if not land on it - giant cruise ship. On this particular day the 2,000-passenger Queen Victoria, on its way from Valparaiso, Chile, to Tahiti on a world cruise, has just moored off-shore, completely dwarfing the Claymore II.

Source: Huffington Post March 26, 2017 15:56 UTC