Mutiny and Murder on the Dove Brigantine

September, 1736. The crew of an Italian ship anchored one dark quiet night in Livorno Harbour are startled awake by the frantic cries for help from a man swimming towards them in the water. The man, a cabin boy from a nearby British merchant ship, is being pursued through the darkness by his own, bloodthirsty shipmates. The pursuing men have already killed the cabin boy’s captain, and now they are hell-bent on killing him. This is the grisly true story of mutiny and murder aboard the Dove Brigantine.

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Resources:

A transcript of the proceedings of the Old Bailey, 24th February 1737, is available to read on the Old Bailey Online. Trial reference: t17370224-2.

Articles on the Dove mutiny from 1736 and 1737 from the Newcastle Courant, Caledonian Mercury, Stamford Mercury and Derby Mercury availble on the British Newspaper Archive.

Music includes:

Waltz of Treachery by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4606-waltz-of-treachery

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Passage Of Arms by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor

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