John Fryer (Royal Navy officer)

John Fryer ( born August 15, 1753 Wells- next-the -Sea, England, † May 26, 1817 ) was a British naval officer. Fryer was 1787-1789 Sailing Master of the area famous for the mutiny of sailing ship Bounty.

Life

Fryer was appointed in 1787 to the Sailing Master of the Bounty. Ship's captain, William Bligh, Masters Mate Fletcher Christian was.

During the trip, there have been repeated for conflict between Bligh and Fryer. Nevertheless, Fryer was loyal to Captain Bligh during the Mutiny. Together with Bligh and seventeen other sailors Fryer was suspended by the mutineers in a small dinghy. Equipped only with compass, speed log, an octant and his pocket watch, Bligh navigated the longboat sail in 41 days over 5,800 kilometers to the Dutch trading post Kupang on Timor. From there Fryer traveled back to England.

He testified in the court-martial process to mutiny. He later supported Fletcher Christian's brother, Edward Christian in the publication of a font, has been denied in the William Bligh's version of the mutiny.

Fryer was in fleet service and was promoted to captain later. John Fryer was in 1812 discharged from military service and died in 1817 in his birthplace of Wells- next-the -Sea.

In popular culture

In the film Mutiny on the Bounty in 1935 DeWitt Jennings took over the role of John Fryer. In the same film Mutiny on the Bounty in 1962, the Irishman Eddie Byrne was seen in the role of Fryer. In the film version of the story in 1984 under the title The Bounty Fryer was played by Daniel Day- Lewis.