Other Mutinies and Discontent in 1797
In September 1797, the crew of the Hermione mutinied in the West Indies, killing almost all the officers in revenge for a number of grievances including the throwing into the sea of the bodies of three men who had been killed in falling from the rigging in a desperate scramble to avoid flogging for being last man down on deck.
On 27 December, the crew of Marie Antoinette murdered their officers and took their ship into a French port in the West Indies.
Other mutinies took place off the coast of Ireland and at the Cape of Good Hope and spread to the fleet under Admiral Jervis off the coast of Spain.
Read more about this topic: Spithead And Nore Mutinies
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