Samuel Cromwell
| Samuel Cromwell | |
|---|---|
| 200px
USS Somers, 1842 lithograph
men hanging from yardarm |
|
| Born | Unknown Unknown |
| Died | December 1, 1842 asea, aboard USS Somers |
| Occupation | Boatswain's Mate (United States Navy) |
| Criminal charge | Plan to mutiny |
| Criminal penalty | Death by hanging |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
Samuel Cromwell (died December 1, 1842) was a sailor and petty officer {boatswain's mate} aboard the brig USS Somers. 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 slaver at one time. These rumors lent credence to the idea that he would have been amenable to Philip Spencer's alleged plot to mutiny, kill the ship's officers and such of the crew as were not wanted and sail the Somers either as a pirate ship or a slaver.
On the homeward leg of a voyage to Liberia, Cromwell was put in irons a few days after Spencer and Elisha Small, another sailor rumored to have been part of a slave ship's crew. After a meeting of the officers concluded that a mutinous plot existed, all three men were hanged without a court-martial.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Somers" Deck Log 26 Nov 01 Dec 1842, www.history.navy.mil, 27 April 2001, (accessed February 3, 2007.)
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with hCards
- 1842 crimes
- 1842 deaths
- 19th-century executions by the United States
- 19th-century executions of American people by hanging
- Burials at sea
- Extrajudicial killings
- People executed by the United States military by hanging
- People executed for mutiny
- People who died at sea
- United States Navy personnel
- Year of birth missing
