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Mutiny. The mutiny on the Bounty was one of the most famous instances of mutiny which took place at sea. Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people (typically of a military, of a crew, or of a crew of pirates) to oppose, change, or remove superiors or their orders. The term is commonly used for insubordination by members of the military against ...
Herman Wouk (/ woʊk / WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. Other well-known works included The Winds of War and War and Remembrance (historical novels about World War II), the ...
The Wreck of the Wager, the frontispiece from John Byron 's account. The Wager Mutiny took place in 1741, after the British warship HMS Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the south coast of present-day Chile. Wager was part of a naval squadron bound to attack Spanish interests in the Pacific. She lost contact with the squadron while ...
HMS. Wager. (1739) HMS Wager was a square-rigged sixth-rate Royal Navy ship of 28 guns. It was built as an East Indiaman in about 1734 and made two voyages to India for the East India Company before the Royal Navy purchased her in 1739. It formed part of a squadron under Commodore George Anson and was wrecked on the south coast of Chile on 14 ...
Russian battleship. Potemkin. The Russian battleship Potemkin (‹See Tfd› Russian: Князь Потёмкин Таврический, romanized: Kniaz Potyomkin Tavricheskiy, "Prince Potemkin of Taurida ") was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy 's Black Sea Fleet. She became famous during the Revolution of 1905 ...
Wagner Group rebellion. Part of the Wagner Group–MoD conflict during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Map of the Wagner Group's advances into Rostov-on-Don and towards Moscow after emerging from Russian-occupied Ukraine. Date. 23–24 June 2023 (2023-06-23– 2023-06-24) (1 day) Location. Russia.
Alma mater. Marischal College, University of Aberdeen. Other work. Resident Minister of Lucknow. Chief Commissioner of Oudh. Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet GCB, KCSI (29 January 1803 – 11 March 1863) was a British general who fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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