| BLIGH | Captain of the Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty cast adrift by mutineers in 1789 (7,5) |
| WILLIAM | Captain of the Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty cast adrift by mutineers in 1789 (7,5) |
| PITCAIRN | Which island was occupied in 1790 by mutineers from the Bounty? (8) |
| RAHANE | An Indian batting great and astute Test captain, he was named captain of the Royals in 2018 after Steven Smith was banned |
| CONRADMARTENS | Who replaced Augustus Earle as the artist for Darwin's ship HMS Beagle and eventually settled in Aus |
| BOUNTY | Ship from which William Bligh was set adrift by his mutinous crew (6) |
| ZAGREB | Barge adrift by sharp bend that's on River Sava |
| FIRSTSEALORD | --- --- --- and Chief of the Naval Staff, title of the military head of the Royal Navy (5,3,4) |
| WILLIAMBLIGH | Commander of HMS Bounty when the crew mutinied in 1789 (7,5) |
| ROYALMARINES | An arm of the Royal Navy whose motto is 'Per Mare, Per Terram' (5,7) |
| ARABIA | John Johnson-Allen from Great Moulton wrote T. E. Lawrence and the Red Sea Patrol: The Royal Navy's Role in Creating the Legend about the role of the Royal Navy in creating the legend that was Lawrenc |
| ACHERON | Royal Navy ship which charted the coast of New Zealand 18481855; also an underworld river in Greek mythology (7) |
| RENOWN | HMS ___, name of eight ships of the Royal Navy, the last of which was a Resolution-class submarine launched in 1967 and paid off in 1996 |
| SPLENDID | HMS ___, name of four ships of the Royal Navy, the last of which, a submarine, was decommissioned in |
| RESOLUTE | HMS ___, Royal Navy ship whose timbers were used to construct the Oval Office desk |
| OAK | Sacred to Roman god Jupiter, a tree in the genus Quercus whose use in shipbuilding inspired David Garrick's line in a song used as the official march of the Royal Navy (3) |
| BOYCE | Composer of the music to Heart of Oak, the official march of the Royal Navy (5) |
| CHRISTIAN | Fletcher ?, master's mate on HMS Bounty; leader of the mutiny on the ship in 1789 (9) |
| RHYTHMS | Beats his head in try-out on Royal Navy ship (7) |
| BEAGLE | HMS ___ English Royal Navy ship known for carrying Charles Darwin on a global voyage |
