Loss of H.M.S. Victoria
Tryon had written to Hornby on 23 December, 1891, "Equal speed is in my opinion absolutely called for in manœuvres unless you want to have a ramming match."[1]
Captain Brackenbury wrote to Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby on 23 June that he believed Markham to be "absolutely blameless".[2] He later wrote to his wife that "the fault was entirely the commander-in-chief's as we were all obeying his orders."[3]
Court-Martial
Markham later wrote to Noel, "I cannot permit your sneer at the ability of Captain Johnstone to pass unchallenged … I have the greatest confidence in his skill and ability to handle his ship and the utmost faith in his prudence and loyalty."[4]
On 13 August Custance wrote to Noel, "Colomb's letter was most unfortunate and I am extremely sorry that it should have been written. The view which he wished to put forward might very well have been stated without making it appear as a personal attack on Sir G Tryon … It will make no end of bad blood."[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Quoted in Gordon. Rules of the Game. p. 652.
- ↑ Letter of 23 June, 1893. National Maritime Museum. Hornby Papers. PHI/120D.Quoted in Gordon. Rules of the Game. p. 653.
- ↑ National Maritime Museum. Brackenbury Papers. BCK/13/15B. Quoted in Gordon. Rules of the Game. p. 653.
- ↑ National Maritime Museum. Noel Papers. NOE/1A. Quoted in Gordon. Rules of the Game. p. 654.
- ↑ Letter of 13 August, 1893. Quoted in Gordon. Rules of the Game. p. 655.
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