William Pitt the Younger intelligence network of spies and informers to crush the United Irishmen. In April 1797, the Pitt government was badly shaken by the mutiny of the entire fleet at Spithead with the sailors demanding a pay increase to match inflation. The Spithead mutiny occurred at exactly the same moment that the French and their Dutch allies were preparing for an invasion of Great Britain which threw the government into a state of panic. To regain control of the fleet, Pitt agreed to sailors' demands for pay increases and to have George III pardon the mutineers. By contrast, the more political "floating
William Pitt (1805 EIC ship) William Pitt (1805 EIC ship) William Pitt was launched in 1805 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1819. In 1810 and 1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. She was sold for breaking up in 1820. EIC voyage #1 (1805-1807): Captain William Edmeades acquired a letter of marque on 6 July 1805. He sailed from Falmouth on 10 August 1805, bound for the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, and Bengal. "William Pitt" was at Cork on 31 August, Madeira on 29 September, and San