Capt. Bligh's longboat

[Pirate]

I I have a dumb question, what happened t the bounty launch after Bligh was rescued

[Gregory]

I have read a lot of different sources regarding Bligh and the aftermath of the mutiny, and I don't recall  any mention of the launch after the landing in Kupang..

 

Considering the  times, there would have been nothing special about the boat.

Edited January 22, 2022 by Gregory

[Peanut6]

Same here, can't find anything about the launch after Kupang.

[michaelpsutton2]

After Bligh and his crew arrived in Batavia from Coupang onboard their schooner "Resource" both the schooner and the launch were sold on October 10 to raise cash.

Edited January 22, 2022 by michaelpsutton2

[Pirate]

ok thanks

[Linn]

After Bligh arrives in Cupang after 47 days passage in the ships boat he purchases rents or charters a schooner to go to Batavia where bus passage on a Indiaman for him and survuvors to return to England -- After the Pandora sinks Capt. Edwards and 4 lonboats of survivors and mutineers row/sail to Batavia -and secure passage on an Indiaman to return to England - Question - Where did they get the money ?? Thanks!

[Roger Pellett]

Just idle speculation, worth what you paid for it.

 

 Captains Bligh and Edwards as Royal Navy Officers we’re employees of the British Government.  The Government would have had representatives stationed in ports around the world authorized to handle affairs of their visiting naval vessels.  In major ports these would have been personnel attached to consulates.  In small ports these could have been vessel agents.  Vessel agents are private business people who specialize in handling business needs of vessels that visit.  In either case, these people would have been authorized to advance money for passage home.

 

Both Bligh and Edwards could also have been armed with Letters of Credit issued by the British Government as part of their shipboard paperwork. If they were able to gain access to these before having to leave their respective vessels they could have drawn funds from a bank.

 

It is significant that both Captains landed in a Dutch Colony.  The Dutch had a highly sophisticated financial network developed to support their international trade.  It was adept at transferring money around the world.

 

Roger

[bruce d]

13 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said:

Vessel agents are private business people who specialize in handling business needs of vessels that visit.  In either case, these people would have been authorized to advance money for passage home.

And they would have jumped at the chance since everything they did was chargeable. 

What a good and practical point, I'm surprised it hasn't been addressed before (at least to the best of my knowledge). 

[Linn]

Roger and Bruce thanks so much for the info - since I got in to the Bounty and Pandora story this has been a question that keeps popping up in my mind -when your 80 things strike you a little different then they may other folks - ha - I was volunteer crewman on the HMS Endeavour replica up the U.S. west coast  back in 1999 - wish I had known more about these trips - Thanks again!