Talk:Spithead and Nore mutinies

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I took out the stuff about "officers of the Navy, gentleman of the army and air force" because there is no citation and I cannot find any reference to this at all. It's also simply untrue that naval officers "carry their swords" instead of wearing them. This sounds like an urban legend or just vandalism. 94.195.193.108 (talk) 15:00, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

This article says that Parker wanted the fleet to sail for France; his own article, however, says that he ordered the fleet to sail for Texel (a Dutch island); which is it? 68.42.243.198 (talk) 14:57, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Neither, as far as I can tell. Both sailing for Texel and sailing for France were proposed to the committee. However, Parker did not want to do either, and claimed at his trial that he had been the person preventing such action. Groups from another ship made it to France, and to other unknown places, but Parker's ship was not the most rebellious one. Sansculotte93 (talk) 16:20, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Violent insurrections?

What is the basis for saying these are not violent insurrections? At Spithead there was one incidence of violence resulting in death. At the Nore there were several instances, including mutinous ships firing on ships sent in by the officers, and attempted destruction of ships that had defected from the mutiny. Sansculotte93 (talk) 16:23, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

50% mutinees?

This sentence seems strange to me:

In the years following Spithead and the Nore, there was a significant increase in mutinies among European navies and merchant companies, approximately 50%.

Does this mean that 50% of all ships mutinied in the years following? or that 50% of all countries experienced mutinies in their navies in the years following? Or that there was a 50% rise in mutinies over the previous year, decade, century? It is very ambiguous.StarHOG (talk) 18:01, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Map

I'd like a map of the Nore. --Error (talk) 15:36, 21 April 2020 (UTC)