What would happen to mutineers who were unsuccessful?

Question

Are there many historical examples of this? (I'm mainly wondering about the "navy" type of mutiny)

Answer 1

They were usually shot or hung. In naval mutiny, the perpetrators were either forced to walk the plank and drown, or were set adrift in a small boat and left to fend for themselves.

Answer 2

hanged or killed

Answer 3

Mutineers could count on some form of death penalty if captured. The British navy is the best example of how mutineers were treated. If convicted, they could look forward to death by hanging. Or if there were other charges associated with the mutiny, they could have a slower death, such as "whipping round the fleet". In this case all ships available would anchor near each other. The condemned would be given a certain number of whip lashes with a cat of nine tails, then moved onto the next ship. This would be repeated until the punishment had been administered on all such ships. Needless to say, it was rare for someone to survive this.

   There was a massive mutiny in the late 18th century, around 1792 or 1794  I think. This was brought on by absolutely abysmal conditions in the fleet. The ringleaders were ultimately punished, though they were successful in getting some changes passed. And you can look to the Bounty mutiny as an example of how seriously the British navy took mutiny. They did not give up searching for the Bounty until long after all the mutineers had died.

Answer 4

They were hanged.

My favorite part of the Mutiny on the Bounty, from 1934, was Charles Laughton's speech:

"Think you're sending me to my doom eh, well you're wrong Mr. Christian! I'll sail this boat as she floats to England if I must, and I'll see you, all of you, hanging from the highest yardarm of the British Fleet".

Answer 5

Lets not forget the ever popular Keel Hauling

1 answer ?? Killed OR Hanged???

Answer 6

They were hung. The prefect example was the sailors of the Bounty. After Christian and crew committed mutiny on the Bounty, Some of the sailors had some second thoughts. They waited on the island of Tahiti for the British Royal Navy to come and risked their justice. Out of 16 mutineers, 2 died when the ship carrying them sank, 2 died in Tahiti, 4 were procalim innocent by Bligh himself and found not guilty, 2 were found guilty but were pardoned, 1 got off by technicality, and 3 were found guilty and hung on the HMS Brunswick on Oct 29,1792. Christian and the rest of his crew sailed to the island of Pitcairn Island.