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It was one of the most barbarous catastrophes in the Royal Navy's history, but the story of the shipwreck of HMS Wager in 1741 and her crew's mutiny is largely forgotten and far less known about than the mutiny on the Bounty, which occurred almost half a century later. Now the shocking tale is recalled in a previously unpublished letter written by the Wager's captain and included in a new book by Rear Admiral CH Layman, a naval historian.
It was one of the most barbarous catastrophes in the Royal Navy's history, but the story of the shipwreck of HMS Wager in 1741 and her crew's mutiny is largely forgotten and far less known about than the mutiny on the Bounty, which occurred almost half a century later. Now the shocking tale is recalled in a previously unpublished letter written by the Wager's captain and included in a new book by Rear Admiral CH Layman, a naval historian.
