Invergordon mutiny

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Invergordon mutiny. Severe pay cuts imposed by the National Government in 1931 led sailors of the British Atlantic fleet at the naval port of Cromarty Firth, Scotland, to refuse to go on duty. The cuts were revised slightly, but this led to financial difficulties for the government. The mutiny ringleaders were discharged from the navy.

Richard A. Smith

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