 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Bligh akaroora Elizabeth Betham, mwanasikana womuteresi aiva muDouglas, Isle of Man, musi wa4 February 1781. Muchato wacho wakaitwa paOnchan yaiva pedyo. Mazuva mashomanana gare gare, akagadzwa kuti ashande paHMS Belle Poule somukuru mukuru mukuru mukuru mukuru anotarisira kufamba nechikepe. Nokukurumidza pashure peizvi, muna August 1781, akarwa muHondo yeDogger Bank pasi paAdmiral Parker, iyo yakamupa basa rake somutevedzeri. Kwemwedzi 18 yakatevera, akanga ari lieutenant mungarava dzakasiyana-siyana. Akarwawo naIshe Howe paGibraltarmuna 1782. 