Cretan_1827

British Southern Voyage

WRI	BV021840
Vessel	Cretan
Master	H. R. Gulliver / 1st Mate as a mutineer / Samuel Reynolds
Departure	1827-03-16
Return (days)	1831-07-29 (1597)
Port (dock)	London
Destination	Sandwich Islands / Timor
East/ West	West
Owner (Agent)	Alexander Birnie
Cargo	400 casks
Sources	SST1; SST2; SST3; TAH; HNL
Reports	At Tahiti 25 August to 21 September 1827; at Santa Christina in the Marquesas on 1 March 1828 where a mutiny took place; reported 23 January 1829 at Oahu 18 April 1828; reported 17 March 1829 master arrived Singapore 26 August 1828 chief mate and crew having mutinied and put him and the 3rd mate ashore; reported 30 March 1830 mid 1829 with 500 barrels; ; at Honolulu 29 October to 4 December 1829 with 1110 barrels; at Lat 37 Long 35 (Fayal?) on way home
Notes	Liverpool Mercury , 1 May 1829 , Mutiny on Board a South Sea Whaler , Singapore, Aug. 14 , 'A fine French ship, La Rose, arrived here ... [from] the Marquisas, whence she has brought Captain Gulliver, lately commander of a South Sea Whaler, called the Cretan, belonging to ...Alexander Birnie ... came to anchor in Resolution Bay, in Santa Christina [1 or 2 March 1828], ... the crew rose in mutiny ... Captain Gulliver ... allowed himself, with the third mate, to be landed on Santa Christina, whilst the mutineers ... immediately put to sea.' The vessel was taken to Honolulu by the mutineers by First Mate and the crew and command changed to Samuel Reynolds, 1st Officer of the whaleship Elizabeth.'

British Southern Vessel (1)
British Southern Crew (2)

	Vessel	Rig	Built	Date Built	Tonnage Old (New)
	Cretan	Ship	Crete	1807	356

	First	Last	Voyage	Depart	Birthplace	Age	Role	Last Served	Next Served	Seaman's Ticket
	H. R.	Gulliver	Cretan_1827	1827			Master
	Samuel	Reynolds	Cretan_1827	1827			Master	Elizabeth

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