Edinburgh Trader

Edinburgh Trader

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Career information
Port of registry	Port Royal
Captain(s)	Bellamy
Notable crew members	Bursar Cook Deckhand Elizabeth Swann Quartermaster Sailor
Passengers	Will Turner
Fate	Destroyed by the Kraken
Technical information
Type	Merchantman
Length	169 feet
Weapons	6-20 cannons
Battles	Destruction of the Edinburgh Trader
Affiliation	Great Britain East India Trading Company Freetrader
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Dead Man's Chest
Last appearance	Dead Man's Chest
Cause	Destroyed by the Kraken
Portrayer	HMS Bounty

"It's not like that, sir. This ship is haunted."

―Bursar to Captain Bellamy

The Edinburgh Trader was a 169-foot-long merchant vessel owned and operated by Captain Bellamy and his crew.

History

"There's a ship passing by. I didn't raise the alarm. It's your chance."

―Bootstrap Bill to Will Turner

The ship was docked at Port Royal following Lord Cutler Beckett's arrival, and launched for the open water after Elizabeth Swann escaped from Beckett's custody. Swann stowed away aboard the Trader, disguised as a crewman, intending to reach Tortuga. To this end, she played on the superstitious nature of the ship's crew, using her wedding dress like a puppet to fool the sailors into believing the ship was haunted by a widow's spirit. She was ultimately able to persuade the captain to head for Tortuga. While there, the crew made a tidy profit "off the books."

The Kraken destroys the Edinburgh Trader.

Later, back on the water, the crew picked up Will Turner, having escaped from the Flying Dutchman. However, Davy Jones had set the Kraken after him, and the legendary leviathan rose, dragging Captain Bellamy to the depths, and attacked the Edinburgh Trader. Within minutes, the vessel was destroyed, and the crew killed. Will Turner was the sole survivor, since the other survivors were killed by Jones' crewmen.

The Flag from the Edinburgh Trader

Behind the scenes

• The HMS Bounty doubled as the Edinburgh Trader. The Bounty had been constructed for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty, where it was used as the titular ship. On October 2012, the Bounty was lost at sea during Hurricane Sandy.
• In a deleted scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a ship identical to the Edinburgh Trader is docked in the Port Royal harbor when the Flying Dutchman arrives.

Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (First appearance)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (comic)
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)

Notes and references

Merchant ships in Pirates of the Caribbean
Merchant ships La Concorde – Dutch flute – Earl King – Edinburgh Trader – Fair Wind – Hawk's ship – Henrietta – Lindesfarne – Molly Dover – Natalie – Princess – Ruddy Rose – S Carlow – Scuttled ship – Seraph – Terpsichore – Unnamed merchant ship – Victory – Wicked Wench
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