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Thread #46003   Message #680899
Posted By: Gareth
01-Apr-02 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Great Mutinies 1797/8
Subject: The Great Mutinies 1797/8
A previous thread has mentioned the Mutinies in the Royal Navy at Spithead and The Nore, and individual mutinys aboard the "Hermoine",or "Northumberland".

I've found nothing that I can spot in the DT, and I have my doubts as to wether any contempory fo'castle songs would have survived, as even the most liberal captain RN would have treated the singing of such a song a prelude to mutiny.

Do any catters know better - Do any catters who know thier way through Child and the Bodlien (Sic) collections have any better ideas.

Pure historic research you understand.

Gareth