LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


  1

A sudden squall: the Hermione’s men hurriedly reef and furl

 

(From a specially-commissioned copyright painting by Lt Col Harold Wyllie, OBE, in the author’s collection)

  2

Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Pigot’s Commander-in-Chief

 

(Photo: National Maritime Museum)

  3

Captain Sir Edward Hamilton

 

(From a contemporary print in the author’s collection)

  4

Cape Nicolas Mole, the Hermione’s base

 

(From a contemporary print in the author’s collection)

  5

A cat-o’-nine-tails used in the Navy in 1867

 

(From a photograph in the author’s collection)

  6

Pigot’s letter of complaint to the Admiralty

 

(Photo: Public Record Office)

  7

Parker’s journal recording news of the mutiny

 

(Photo: Public Record Office)

  8

An eye-witness description of the mutiny

 

(Photo: Public Record Office)

  9

A Royal Navy poster warning of the mutiny

 

(Photo: Public Record Office)

10

Men of the Surprise cheer Captain Hamilton

 

(From a specially-commissioned copyright painting by Lt Col Harold Wyllie, OBE, in the author’s collection)

11

The Surprise’s men recapture the Hermione

 

(Engraved by T. Sutherland from painting by T. Whitcombe)

 

Map of the West Indies with insets showing the Santo Domingo-Jamaica-Cuba, and the Cape Nicolas Mole areas

 

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