# The Captain — The Coral Island character guide

> The Captain in The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** captain, our captain

**First appearance:** 0018-xvii

## Who they are

Captain of the pirate schooner who captures the boys.

## Relationships

### [Bloody Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/bloody_bill)

_professional_

Bloody Bill serves under The Captain as a pirate crew member, with a dynamic of authority and obedience.

### [Missionary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/missionary)

_professional_

The Missionary and The Captain interact as a spiritual guide and a seafaring leader, often in tense negotiation.

### [Peterkin Gay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/peterkin_gay)

_rivalry_

Peterkin and The Captain are at odds, with Peterkin opposing the Captain's cruel and tyrannical behavior.

### [Romata](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/romata)

_rivalry_

Romata and The Captain are hostile rivals, clashing over power and control in the island conflicts.

### [Ralph Rover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/ralph_rover)

_rivalry_

Ralph and The Captain are antagonists, with Ralph resisting the Captain's cruelty and piracy.

### [Jack Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/jack_martin)

_rivalry_

Jack and The Captain are direct enemies, with Jack leading efforts to thwart the Captain's violent schemes.

### [Bloody Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/bloody_bill)

_professional_

Bloody Bill serves under The Captain as a pirate crew member, with a dynamic of authority and obedience.

### [Peterkin Gay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/peterkin_gay)

_rivalry_

Peterkin and The Captain are at odds, with Peterkin opposing the Captain's cruel and tyrannical behavior.

### [Ralph Rover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/ralph_rover)

_rivalry_

Ralph and The Captain are antagonists, with Ralph resisting the Captain's cruelty and piracy.

### [Missionary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/missionary)

_professional_

The Missionary and The Captain interact as a spiritual guide and a seafaring leader, often in tense negotiation.

### [Peterkin Gay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/peterkin_gay)

_rivalry_

Peterkin and The Captain are at odds, with Peterkin opposing the Captain's cruel and tyrannical behavior.

### [Romata](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/romata)

_rivalry_

Romata and The Captain are hostile rivals, clashing over power and control in the island conflicts.

## In the story

### [The Departure—The Sea—My Companions—Some Account of the Wonderful Sights We Saw on the Great Deep—A Dreadful Storm and a Frightful Wreck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/chapters/ii)

The ship's captain who declares the situation hopeless and orders the boat to be launched, but is lost when the foremast falls.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/chapters/xxiii)

The captain orders the cannon attack on the natives, commands the chase of the strange vessel, and takes Ralph along when boarding.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/chapters/xxv)

Invited by Romata to watch the surf-swimming event.

## Links

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