Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Nore

​NORE, a sandbank in the estuary of the Thames; 47 miles from London. Off its E. end is a floating light which revolves 50 feet above high water. The name is commonly applied to the portion of the estuary in the vicinity of the Nore light and sandbank. It was here that the outbreak of the fleet, the “mutiny at the Nore,” broke out on May 20 till June 13, 1797. The ringleader, Richard Parker, styled president of the “Floating Republic,” was hanged June 30 from the yardarm of his ship.

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