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Spithead Mutiny 1797

1797
England
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Admiralty and government negotiators; loyal officers
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Channel Fleet sailors
Outcome
Mutiny settled through negotiation; naval pay increased for first time in a century; conditions improved; Channel Fleet returned to sea in time for subsequent operations
The Battle

History & Significance

Channel Fleet sailors mutinied at Spithead demanding better pay, food, and conditions; the mutiny was the first of two great naval mutinies of 1797; unlike the Nore mutiny it was settled through negotiation with genuine concessions on pay and conditions

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Scheduled Monuments near Spithead Mutiny 1797

No Man's Land Fort
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Horse Sand Fort
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Spitbank Fort
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Puckpool mortar battery
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
Southsea Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
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