This incident is accurately portrayed in the 1984 film.

serted t…ordered only the lash for crimes that would, under maritime law, normally mean a sentence of death. One example of this is when, after three crewmen who deserted to remain in Tahiti were captured, Bligh had them flogged rather than imposing the typical penalty for desertion, which was hanging.
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This incident is accurately portrayed in the 1984 film.
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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