Mystery AtlasJoyita Mutiny Theory
Robin Maugham's proposal that Captain Miller was injured in a struggle with crew who wanted to turn back given the ship's mechanical state, after which the Joyita was abandoned by crew who no longer trusted his judgement; rests on circumstantial evidence and was never confirmed.
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Theories & Explanations
Joyita Mutiny Theory is frequently compared to Carroll A. Deering Mutiny Theory — Both cases have a minority mutiny theory resting on circumstantial evidence, bloodstained bandages for the Joyita, characterisations of the crew's tempers for the Deering, that a formal inquiry could neither confirm nor dismiss.
People
Joyita Mutiny Theory had as a victim Thomas Henry Miller — The theory holds Miller was injured in a struggle with crew demanding to turn back given the ship's condition; disputed and never confirmed.
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Joyita Mutiny Theory attempts to explain MV Joyita — Proposed by journalist Robin Maugham after interviewing surviving witnesses and investigators; the 1956 Apia inquiry itself reached no conclusion on why the ship was abandoned.