The Lennie was a Canadian-built barque whose crew mutinied in 1875, en route to New York for orders.

[citation needed] At that point, Caladis stabbed the captain in the face and slashed his belly.

They both fired a total of five times, causing Wortley to fall to the deck, where Cargalis nearly severed his head.

Then Van Hoydonck was called back on the evening of the 6th, but under condition that they would anchor at the next port he found.

This was the Roads of La Flotte, where they anchored on the evening of November 7, telling the Greeks they were at Cádiz.

[citation needed] A Frenchman, Réde, who had earlier steered the ship in, noticed the flag and came close to inquire.

[citation needed] On November 9, they asked Van Hoydonck what country it was and he told them it was a free republic with no police.

[citation needed] On the morning of November 10, a gunboat came alongside and told Van Hoydonck to send off his boat.

After hearing Van Hoydonck's story, he sent him ashore to talk with the police and later gave him 10 armed sailors to arrest the remaining mutineers.

[citation needed] After 6 weeks deliberations, the French courts surrendered jurisdiction and the crew was returned to London for trial at the Old Bailey.

[citation needed] Cargalis, Caladis, Cacaris, and Kaida were found guilty and hanged at Newgate on May 23, 1876.

The Aristocratic Order of St. John of Jerusalem awarded him a silver medal and Trousselot a bronze one.

[citation needed] Trousselot received the Legion of Honour from France[6] and later moved to New Zealand, where he and others are remembered for aiding a double shipwreck in Timaru in May 1882.