Talk:Invergordon Mutiny

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This incident is usually (or universally?) referred to as a mutiny, but is that wholly fair? True, the lower ranks disobeyed orders for a while, but only for a day or so while the sailors were making their point about the pay cuts. They kept the ships functioning and secure and only refused to do anything which would allow the ships to move.

The officers were not threatened.

Compare that with the experience of Captain Bligh on the Bounty.

I have a particular interest in this event, because in 1970 I actually met Len Wincott, who was an Able Seaman aboard HMS Norfolk. In the books about the event, he is described as a ringleader, but perhaps "spokesman" would be fairer.