TY - BOOK ID - 85471214 TI - The Naval Mutinies of 1797 : unity and perseverance AU - Coats, Ann Veronica. AU - MacDougall, Philip. PY - 2011 SN - 1283620286 9786613932730 1782040056 1843836696 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Pr, DB - UniCat KW - Hermione Mutiny, 1797. KW - Mutiny KW - Nore Mutiny, 1797. KW - Spithead Mutiny, 1797. KW - Insubordination KW - Military offenses KW - Naval offenses KW - History KW - Great Britain KW - History, Naval KW - Mutinies KW - 1797. KW - British Navy. KW - Irish Sailors. KW - Naval Mutinies. KW - Political Dispute. KW - Richard Howe. KW - Royal Navy. KW - Seamen. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85471214 AB - 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's last 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 since Conrad 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 rò‚le 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 doctorate on naval history from the University of Kent at Canterbury. ER -