Themes

The Navy's People

• Naval Lives

• In Focus: Women in the Navy

• In Focus: Recreation and Time off

• In Focus: Discipline and Punishment

  • Regulating Branch History

  • Lower Deck Reforms 1900-1919

  • The 'On the Knee' Mutiny, 1906

  • Newport Mutiny 1921

  • The Invergordon Mutiny, 1931

Learning

• How To: Understand Naval Medals

Invergordon Mutiny Oral History Transcripts

Commander Edgar Warren recalls the reduction in sailors' pay before the Invergordon Mutiny

Transcript "I think the obvious cause was the Government’s decision to reduce the pay of all sailing personnel by a shilling a day and that to an Able Seaman on 4 shillings a day resulted in a 25% reduction in their pay."

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