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There's a short biography of the officer Colpoys intervened to protect here, and a more detailed discussion of the incident, which might be of some interest to refer to. Not sure how best to work it in, though. Shimgray | talk | 17:26, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That biography rather bizarely claims that London was involved in the Nore Mutiny, a simultaneous and sympathetic event but quite different in tone to the Spithead Mutiny in which it was actually involved.--Jackyd101 (talk) 17:30, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I'm a little bemused by that - I'll dig out the Dobree book and see if I really managed to make quite such a stupid mistake. Shimgray | talk | 18:01, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
...and corrected. Thanks for spotting that; I have absolutely no idea how I screwed that one up. Shimgray | talk | 21:55, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I should have looked at the article history before accusing you of acting bizarrely - how rude of me. I didn't realise that you had written it yourself. Other than the error that has now been corrected it is a nice article, well done. On my long list of articles to do are the Spithead and Nore mutinies (which really deserve seperate articles), but it will be some time before I get around to them.--Jackyd101 (talk) 00:15, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's quite all right - as you say, it was a bizarre claim! On a more practical note, I've got the book out now, so if you think a more detailed discussion of Colpoy's role in the mutiny is warranted, I'll knock one together. Shimgray | talk | 00:34, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well it would certainly be interesting! On a related note, I recently put together an article on Colpoys' nephew, Edward Griffith Colpoys, who was captain of London at the time (then known only as Edward Griffith). If there is anything you can add to or take from that article please feel free.--Jackyd101 (talk) 01:39, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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