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

John Russell remembers his experiences of the Invergordon Mutiny

Transcript: "I spent 12 months on HMS Hood during which time I was involved in the mutiny at Invergordon in 1931. With our Captain at that time being superseded by another, we clued up with Admiral Tomlinson. We used to call him ‘the old grey mare’. He had grey hairs hanging out of his ears."

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