Bounty, as the ride was originally known, was one of the first batch of Pirat rides to be built by German manufacturer HUSS in 1978. It was owned by German showman Franz Bruch from 1978 to a unknown time. It then operated at Lion Safari Park Tüddern in Germany from 1979 until 1982.[1]
In 1983, the Bounty was purchased by amusement park operator Jimmy Godden and placed at his Rotunda Amusement Park in Folkestone. From here, the ride was transferred to another of Godden's parks Pleasurama Amusement Park in Ramsgate for the 1985 season. It then returned to Folkestone for the 1986 season, where it operated for a decade, until the end of the 1995 season. Godden had just purchased Dreamland Margate from the Bembom Brothers, and decided to swap his Bounty at Folkestone with the Tri-Star from Dreamland Margate. It was operated by Godden at Dreamland Margate until the end of the 2002 season.[2]
For the 2003 season, the ride was sold to Henk Bembom for use at his newly purchased Loudoun Castle theme park in Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The ride's long-standing name of Bounty was changed to HMS Flora MacDougal to reflect its new location of Scotland. It operated until the park permanently closed on 1 October 2010, and the ride was one of many rides purchased by Lightwater Valley. HMS Flora MacDougal was then subsquently dismantled and removed from the site in Scotland.[3][4] It opened as Flying Cutlass after a refurbishment as part of the new Skeleton Cove area in 2011.[5] It replaced The Wave, an older Pirate Ship located in a different area of the park.
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