Cyprus mutiny Cyprus mutiny The "Cyprus" mutiny took place in 1829 off the British penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). Convicts seized the brig and sailed her to Canton, China, where they scuttled her and claimed to be castaways from another vessel. On the way, "Cyprus" visited Japan during the height of the period of severe Japanese restrictions on the entry of foreigners, the first Australian ship to do so. The mutineers were eventually captured. Two of them, George James Davis and William Watts, were hanged at Execution Dock, London on 16 December 1830, the last men hanged for
William Watts Hart Davis Captain Crowningshield's Company on December 1, 1846. He was mustered out on July 24, 1848, when the war ended. Davis later served in the Civil War, raising his own regiment, the 104th Pennsylvania Regiment, after being given the authority to do so on August 21, 1861. Davis, an avid historian, founded the Bucks County Historical Society. He wrote several books on topics ranging from local genealogy to military and political history. William Watts Hart Davis William Watts Hart Davis (July 27, 1820 – December 26, 1910) was a brevetted Brigadier General of the United States Volunteers during the American Civil