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The Cutting Out of HMS 'Hermione', 24 October 1799

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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A scene involving the ex-British frigate ‘Hermione’ which, two years earlier, was the scene of a terrible mutiny. This took place on the night of 22 September 1799 off Puerto Rico, when part of the crew rose and murdered their captain, Hugh Pigot. They then murdered two lieutenants, the purser, surgeon, captain’s clerk, a midshipman, a lieutenant of marines and the boatswain. After this they surrendered the ship to the Spaniards at La Guayra, Venezuela. She was then commissioned into Spanish service and became the most sought after prize for the British in the West Indies. By October she was at Puerto Cabello in Venezuela when British Captain Edward Hamilton in the ‘Surprise’ found her. She was not an easy target because she was anchored under a battery of 200-guns.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

The Cutting Out of HMS 'Hermione', 24 October 1799

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 45.5 x W 61 cm

Accession number

BHC0519

Acquisition method

National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection)

Work type

Painting

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