By June the Nore mutineers allowed merchant ships through while continuing to detain naval victualling vessels. Enforcing the wider blockade had consumed resources and alienated potential supporters in London and at court. The Admiralty then cut off food and water to a movement it regarded as revolutionary. Crews refused the signal to sail to France. Captain Charles Cunningham persuaded HMS Clyde's crew to resume duty and took the ship to Sheerness, where other ships followed. Some departing ships came under fire from fellow mutineers as the movement lost its cohesion.
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How the Nore's blockade and supply crisis hastened its collapse
An unpopular blockade, an Admiralty supply cutoff, and ships returning to duty undermined the Nore movement.