September, 1736. After six weeks sitting idle in the harbour of Livorno, the British merchant ship the Dove Brigantine is finally loaded with her cargo of tobacco and sugar. The crew, led by the ambitious first mate Nicholas Williams, spent those long weeks mutinously plotting how to overthrow the captain and steal the ship and its valuable cargo for themselves. With the ship now ready to set sail, the mutineers put their bloodthirsty plans into action. This is episode two of 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 accessed on the British Newspaper Archive.
Music includes:
Waltz of Treachery by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4606-waltz-of-treachery
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license