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.

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Waltz of Treachery by Kevin MacLeod

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

Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod

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