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The Mutiny Aboard the Lennie and the Belgian Hero
The Lennie sailed Antwerp with a multinational crew after mutinying officers were murdered. Constant Van Hoydonck, Belgian steward with navigator skills, defied the rebels. He kept the ship on course to safety, thwarted the mutineers, and the voyage ended with capture by a French warship two days after the mutiny.
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Aptain Stanley Hatfield
Lennie
London
Antwerp
Lambeth
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
New Orleans
Hatfield
Ratcliffe
Joseph Wortley
Robert McDonald
Green
Henri Trougselot
van Hoydonck
Oleron
Bay of Biscay
Wortley
Cascaris
McDonald
Bostswain Green
von Hoydonck
Henri
Cargalis
Kaida
van Heydonck
Greece
Zacynthus
Ionian Sea
England
Kalida
von Hoydenck
Falmouth
Morocco
Gibraltar
Bay of
Brest
France
Spain
Cadiz
Mediterranean
Brittany
Strait of Gibraltar
Rock of Gibraltar
Bay of Brest
Pointe de L’aiguille
Vendee
Englshman
la Flotte
Isle de Re
Travailleur
Sables d’Olonne
Europe