Cyprus
Seized by convicts off the coast of Australia in 1829, Cyprus was renamed Friends of Boston by convict Walker who led his fellow crewmen on their mutinous journey into Port Underwood. When they arrived John Guard was there with his ship, Waterloo, and was shortly after joined by Captain Billy Worth in the sealer Elizabeth and Mary. Although it was evident that Cyprus was in the hands of pirate convicts the captains were not prepared to put themselves or their men in danger, not having enough man power or weaponry to overthrow the ship's captors.
When Captain Worth arrived in Sydney the next month, he reported the Cyprus incident. However, Billy Worth may have come to regret letting Cyprus slip out of Port Underwood, as when he arrived back in Sydney in February 1830 on his new ship Samuel the sealing gang he had left at Chatham Islands had had all of their seal skins plundered and their entire kit carried off by the crew of Cyprus, numbering as many as fifty mutinous men.
When Captain Worth arrived in Sydney the next month, he reported the Cyprus incident. However, Billy Worth may have come to regret letting Cyprus slip out of Port Underwood, as when he arrived back in Sydney in February 1830 on his new ship Samuel the sealing gang he had left at Chatham Islands had had all of their seal skins plundered and their entire kit carried off by the crew of Cyprus, numbering as many as fifty mutinous men.