Bligh was ordered to leave his ship shortly after his arrival at Lisbon, and took passage with Vice-Admiral Waldegrave back to Britain aboard the frigate . He was promptly advanced to post-captain on his arrival on 25 April and appointed to the 38-gun . "Latona" was at Spithead when mutinies broke out there aboard the ships anchored in the roads, and Bligh's was one of the ships affected. He was sent ashore by his crew on 12 May, but was able to return when the mutiny had ended. His distant relation, William Bligh, who had already suffered a mutiny on his ship when he commanded , was also involved in the widespread unrest, the crew of his ship mutinied at the Nore shortly afterwards. "Latona" then went out to Newfoundland as Waldegrave's flagship after his appointment as Commodore Governor there. Waldegrave shifted his flag to the 50-gun after his arrival at Newfoundland in July, retaining Bligh as his flag captain for the new command. Bligh then took command of Waldegrave's new flagship, the 64-gun , in January 1798 and commanded her until the expiration of Waldegrave's tenure at Newfoundland, in 1800.