Innes, John (Captain), active 1849

Date: 1849 - 1850

By: Stayner, Joseph, active 1849-1852

Reference: A-078-022

Description: Shows two partial plans of poop and lower deck. Poop at left shows W.C.s, skylight, table, pantry, sideboard, and manuscript annotations show captain's room, Chief officer's room [with bed], cabin door open and shut, steward's and captain's stations, and sea steward's cabin. Lower deck at right has been annotated to show: "Here Couzens was secured", "Neil's prison". The manuscript notes relate to the trial evidence after the mutiny which took place on the Kelso in August 1850 on a voyage to Singapore; two of the mutineers were E Couzens and Mr E. Neil. Two other mutineers were killed during the mutiny (Mr Blanchard and Mr Palmer). See Micro-MS-Coll-20-3042 for more details. The Kelso left London on 2 or 5 July 1849, and reached New Plymouth on 20 October, Nelson on 27 October, and Wellington on 4 November. (see Comber index, and ATL Shipping card index). Annotations added after September 1850. Annotations are said by vendor to have dated from the year 1850. Other Titles - 560 tons register. Other Titles - Lying at the jetty, London Docks, to be dispatched by the New Zealand Company, for the above settlements, from the Port of London, on Monday, the 2nd July next. Inscriptions: Verso - centre right - Plan of the Kelso's cabin in 1849 [at?] 1850 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving and letterpress 275 x 228 mm.