31:
224:
229:
219:
209:
204:
87:
194:
249:
244:
234:
30:
120:. Cromwell was feared by the young apprentices who made up the majority of the ship's crew, and was rumored to have served on a
239:
175:
155:'s crew. After a meeting of the officers concluded that a mutinous plot existed, all three men were hanged without a
214:
125:
199:
114:
73:
124:
at one time. These rumors lent credence to the idea that he would have been amenable to
188:
156:
107:
148:
132:, kill the ship's officers and such of the crew as were not wanted and sail the
152:
121:
144:
137:
129:
103:
178:, www.history.navy.mil, 27 April 2001, (accessed February 3, 2007.)
111:
147:, Cromwell was put in irons a few days after Spencer and
225:
People executed by the United States military by hanging
230:
19th-century executions by the United States military
220:
Extrajudicial killings by the United States military
83:
58:
46:
21:
151:, another sailor rumored to have been part of a
8:
210:19th-century executions of American people
18:
205:19th-century American military personnel
168:
88:Boatswain's Mate (United States Navy)
7:
176:"Somers" Deck Log 26 Nov 01 Dec 1842
143:On the homeward leg of a voyage to
14:
29:
110:(boatswain's mate) aboard the
102:(died December 1, 1842) was a
1:
195:1842 crimes in North America
16:American sailor and mutineer
250:Executed military personnel
266:
245:United States Navy sailors
235:People executed for mutiny
93:
28:
41:men hanging from yardarm
240:People who died at sea
140:ship or a slaver.
128:'s alleged plot to
97:
96:
39:, 1842 lithograph
257:
179:
173:
69:December 1, 1842
68:
66:
33:
19:
265:
264:
260:
259:
258:
256:
255:
254:
185:
184:
183:
182:
174:
170:
165:
100:Samuel Cromwell
79:
70:
64:
62:
54:
51:
42:
40:
24:
23:Samuel Cromwell
17:
12:
11:
5:
263:
261:
253:
252:
247:
242:
237:
232:
227:
222:
217:
215:Burials at sea
212:
207:
202:
197:
187:
186:
181:
180:
167:
166:
164:
161:
126:Philip Spencer
95:
94:
91:
90:
85:
81:
80:
71:
60:
56:
55:
52:
48:
44:
43:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
262:
251:
248:
246:
243:
241:
238:
236:
233:
231:
228:
226:
223:
221:
218:
216:
213:
211:
208:
206:
203:
201:
198:
196:
193:
192:
190:
177:
172:
169:
162:
160:
158:
157:court-martial
154:
150:
146:
141:
139:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
118:
113:
109:
108:petty officer
105:
101:
92:
89:
86:
82:
78:
77:
72:asea, aboard
61:
57:
49:
45:
38:
32:
27:
20:
171:
149:Elisha Small
142:
136:either as a
133:
116:
99:
98:
75:
36:
200:1842 deaths
189:Categories
163:References
153:slave ship
84:Occupation
65:1842-12-01
145:Liberia
53:Unknown
50:Unknown
138:pirate
134:Somers
130:mutiny
122:slaver
117:Somers
104:sailor
76:Somers
37:Somers
115:USS
112:brig
106:and
74:USS
59:Died
47:Born
35:USS
191::
159:.
67:)
63:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.