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Catching up with some quiz programmes on TV and there was mention of "the Spithead mutiny" which I'd not heard of before, but which I wondered if it might be connected to #Portsmouth given that we have a Spithead near us. It was.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spithead_and_Nore_mutinies

A mostly peaceful 18th century protest in the Royal Navy seeking better pay, the ousting of unpopular officers, and removal of some perks for the pursers.

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Spithead and Nore mutinies - Wikipedia

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An Account of the Mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797 by G.E. Manwaring (Author), Bonamy Dobree (Author). First published in 1935 and re-published by Pen & Sword Military Classics in 2004. 300 pages in paperback. Synopsis The naval mutiny of 1797 is the most astonishing recorded in British history; astonishing by its management rather than by its results, for other mutinies had been successful. Though it shook the country from end to end, it was largely ordered with rigid discipline, a respect for officers and an unswerving loyalty to the King. Moreover, it was so rationally grounded that it not only achieved its immediate end, the betterment of the sailor’s lot, but also began a new and lasting epoch in naval administration. Here are familiar names: the aged hero Lord Howe, the indecisive Lord Bridport, the giant Admiral Duncan who held a mutineer over the side of his ship […]

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