Worst crew stories

[Poignard]

Maybe Eric Hiscock was right when he wrote that the best way to get a good crew is to marry one.

 

[Lady Campanula]

Yeah, we all now how good RN navigators are ...

Sure, there have been a few with remarkable skills, and others with remarkable luck.

However, it is to the US Navy we must turn for, as we all know, they do things bigger and better than everyone else...

and

That's NINE destroyers run aground at one go. Do we even have nine destroyers left?

 

[Poignard]

Sure, there have been a few with remarkable skills, and others with remarkable luck.

However, it is to the US Navy we must turn for, as we all know, they do things bigger and better than everyone else...

I'vw never heard of that incident before. have you any more information about it?

 

[stephenh]

Parsifal try :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Point_Disaster

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Maybe Eric Hiscock was right when he wrote that the best way to get a good crew is to marry one.

I'm sure he was right!

 

[Poignard]

Parsifal try :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Point_Disaster

Thanks for that -fascinating stuff.

I wasn't there but it reminds me of the collision between HMS Camperdown and HMS Victoria. People who should have known better blindly following orders.

http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/pages/battleships/hms_camperdown.htm