hms hms gun fifth rate frigate royal_navy notorious having mutiny british naval history saw captain officers killed handed ship spanish remained years cut returned royal_navy service names retaliation later retribution early years hms lead ship ship class frigates designed termed class launched september bristol having cost build spent dockyard expenses fitting commissioned initially captain commanded paid april recommissioned month captain sailed nova scotia october paid recommissioned captain spanish armament uncertain undergo repair october june followed period spent chatham dockyard january recommissioned december captain sailed jamaica march served west_indies early years french revolutionary wars june hills participated british attack port prince led small squadron accompanied troop transports men killed wounded attack british captured town defences taking port captured large number merchant vessels vessels shared capture july lady hills died yellow fever fatal black port royal jamaica september captain replaced hills replaced february year captain cruel officer severe arbitrary punishment crew month period captain previous command ordered equivalent half crew men died injuries sent patrol passage dominican_republic puerto_rico destroyed puerto_rico march april lead ship squadron formed gun frigates gun brig cutter squadron cut ships battle jean suffering casualties september company hms captured spanish gun ship troops board mutiny experienced junior officer distinguished captain previous months primary mutiny week mutiny station main captain noticed ties held sail tied sailors supervision brought captain apologised oversight took responsibility captain demanded knees completely unacceptable demand gentleman refused way offered opportunity refused captain ordered receive commonly sailor punishment junior officer effectively end career naval officer popular officer crew felt punished began plot mutiny developed practice frequently sailor working aloft september ordered struck ship dissatisfied speed operation yard arm men gave order men yard policy particularly men spaced yard stations young sailors fell deaths deck sailors hit injured master ordered bodies thrown sea words throw overboard particularly offensive insult vocabulary instructed mates rest complained morning combination humiliation deaths severe punishment rest sailors appears driven crew mutiny factors arguably final events series harsh brutal captain book black ship argues cruelty drove men mutiny general injustice showed overly harsh punishment remained handed leadership mutiny avoided evening september number crew drunk stolen rushed cabin forced way marine stationed outside knives throwing overboard probably led core group men went murder officers lieutenant second lieutenant lieutenant marine commander stephen turner surgeon captain clerk killed bodies thrown overboard warrant officers survived gunner carpenter spared considered useful ship master spared navigate lived key witness spared eyewitness accounts testimony key trials petty officers joined mutiny surgeon mate master mate turner fearing retribution actions decided navigate ship spanish waters reason master life spared turner navigate ship properly help sailed handed ship spanish authorities claimed set officers small boat happened mutiny bounty years earlier spanish gave dollars return presented options joining spanish army heavy labour ship took service crew included crew remained spanish guard recapture renaming news fate reached admiral sir captured spanish schooner parker wrote governor demanding return ship surrender hms captain commence negotiations set system posted rewards eventually led capture tried aboard aboard hanged transported acquitted pardoned parker fury admiral issued acting regulations parker forced resign command return britain summer command captain sat captain aboard cut harbour october hamilton led boarding party retake exceptionally bloody action sailed danger spanish gunfire spanish casualties included dead british took prisoner jumped fell overboard hamilton men injured seriously killed hamilton severely wounded daring exploit hamilton knight letters patent knight commander january eventually october awarded sword worth awarded freedom city public dinner october admiralty awarded hamilton gold medal recapture surprise seven surviving action return british service parker renamed retaliation late early retaliation captured vessels american sailing trinidad bound baltimore cargo sugar honey hides sailing new_york cargo sugar coffee cotton hides danish sloop sisters sailing jamaica baltimore cargo sugar left admiralty renamed retribution january recommissioned september jamaica captain apparently detained american schooner sailing cargo coffee early retribution detained spanish schooner sailing havana american schooner sailing new_york retribution sent jamaica october retribution company captured fate retribution arrived portsmouth week january subsequently fitted october service cost equal today broken june popular culture captain commander ship line hms renown novel based captain sharing mannerisms portrayed actor miniseries episodes mutiny retribution
HMS Hermione (1782)