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The Naval Mutinies of 1797 - Unity and Perseverance (Hardcover, New)
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The Naval Mutinies of 1797 - Unity and Perseverance (Hardcover, New)
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A reassessment of the naval mutinies of 1797, arguing that the
mutinies were more industrial dispute than expression of French
revolution inspired political radicalism. The naval mutinies of
1797 were unprecedented in scale and impressive in their level of
organisation. Under threat of French invasion, crews in the Royal
Navy's home fleet, after making clear demands, refused to sail
until their demands were met. Subsequent mutinies affected the
crews of more than one hundred ships in at least five home
anchorages, replicated in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian
Ocean. Channel Fleet seamen pursued their grievances of pay and
conditions by traditional petitions to their commanding officer,
Admiral Richard Howe, but his flawed comprehension and
communications were further exacerbated by the Admiralty. The
Spithead mutiny became the seamen'slast resort. Ironically Howe
acknowledged the justice of their position and was instrumental in
resolving the Spithead mutiny, but this did not prevent occurrences
at the Nore and elsewhere. The most extensive approach sinceConrad
Gill's seminal and eponymous volume of 1913, The Naval Mutinies of
1797 focuses on new research, re-evaluating the causes, events,
interpretations, discipline, relationships between officers and
men, political inputs and affiliations and crucially, the role of
the Irish and quota men. It poses new answers to old questions and
suggests a new synthesis - self-determination - the seamen on their
own terms. ANN VERONICA COATS is senior lecturer in the the School
of Civil Engineering and Surveying at the University of Portsmouth
and is Secretary of the Naval Dockyards Society. PHILIP MACDOUGALL
is a writer and historian, author of seven books, with a
doctorateon naval history from the University of Kent at
Canterbury.
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