Nore

Nore is a sandbank in the estuary of the Thames, 3 miles NE. of Sheerness and 47 from London. Off its east end is the floating light, which revolves 50 feet above high-water. The name is commonly applied to the portion of the estuary in the vicinity of the Nore light and sandbank. It was here that the outbreak of the fleet, known as the 'mutiny at the Nore,' broke out on 20th May and lasted until 13th June 1797. The ringleader, Richard Parker, who had styled himself President of the 'Floating Republic,' was hanged on the 30th from the yardarm of his ship; and a few other men soon afterwards executed or flogged through the fleet. The King's Own, by Marryat, gives a sketch of the mutiny.