HMS Wager (1739)
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HMS Wager was a square-rigged sixth-rate Royal Navy ship of 28 guns. It was built as an East Indiaman in about 1734 and made two voyages to India for the East India Company before the Royal Navy purch
"The Wreck of the Wager", the frontispiece from John Byron's account
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder is the fifth nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann. The book describes the Wager Mutiny. It was published on April 18, 2023, by Doubleday
HMS Wager (1739)
…British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6. Grann, David (2023). The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder. Doubleday. Puppet History, season 7, episode 6: The Wager Mutiny…
First edition cover design