Mutiny does not automatically prove that a ship's company lacked discipline. During major Royal Navy mutinies, some crews demanded overdue pay while continuing daily gunnery drill and maintaining internal order. Their refusal challenged authority, but it did not erase the habits required to fight the ship. The example shows how discipline depends on reliable collective action, beyond passive obedience.
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Why mutiny does not automatically mean indiscipline
Royal Navy mutineers who still maintained daily gunnery drill show the difference between organized refusal over pay and the collapse of professional discipline.