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TARANTULA'S COMMANDER

REPRIMANDED

THAT HE, BEING THE OFFICER COMMANDING. H.M.S. TARANTULA DID NEGLIGENTLY PERFORM THE DUTY IMPOSED UPON HIM, IN. THAT HE OMITTED TO BE ON THE BRIDGE DURING A PERIOD WHEN, TO HIS KNOW- LEDGE, H.M.S. TARANTULA WAS PASSING CLOSE TO A KNOWN AND HIDDEN DANGER, WAS THE CHARGE PRE- FERRED AGAINST CAPTAIN FRANCIS CYRIL FLYNN, R.N.. AT A COURT MARTIAL HELD ON HM.S. TAMAR THIS MORNING PRESIDED OVER BY CAPTAIN C. MOODY OF H.M.S. MEDWAY.

The prosecution was conducted sage or an intricate part of by Captain A. Bridge, of H.M.S. Road. Eagle, while accused was defended' and by Lieut. Commander Lees Pay Cdr. Hickman.

The circumstantial letter was read to the court by Pay. Lt. Comdr. A. Lade, Deputy Judge ad- vocate.

it

In the circumstantial letter was stated:-Between Bocca Tigris, and Hong Kong the worst danger to be avoided in clear weather is the rock off Tap Siak Kok. In spite of this, however, and the small clear- ance being given to this danger, the accused failed to be on the bridge while passing it.

the

He had never formed the opinion cut of accused as one who would corners.

When the captain came on the round, bridge at 13.12 he looked examined the land on the port side, and looked ahead.

The ship was then on a course which would bring it 2 to 3 cables clear of Tap Siak-kok.

Asked why he had changed course, witness said that perhaps he was The least a little too confident. distance, accused would pass that point was 1% to 2 cables.

&

was

could

He had never been in the cap- I consider that, as Captain of the tain's cabin, when the ship ship, the accused should have re under way, and, therefore, mained on the bridge after pass-not say whether any alterations to ing Black Point with the ship course were noticable from it. He heading so close inshore. Had he thought that small alteration done so he would have observed would not be noticeable. that the ship was getting too close to the land, and would have been in

CAPTAIN'S EVIDENCE. a position to take steps to avoid it.

Captain Flynn elected to give His failure in the above respect evidence on his own behalf and ask- constitutes, I submit, a grave need why he was not on the bridge glect of duty and contributed to said:- wards the grounding,' rendering' "I had the most complete confid- ence in the officer of the watch and

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against him.

The only witness for the

the pro secution was Lieut. H. F. O. Hale officer of the watch at the time of the grounding of H.M.S. Tarantula. STATEMENT BY ACCUSED

A

con-

statement by accused cerning the grounding of the ship was read in court. It stated that when accused last went on the bridge he was satisfied that the course was correct. The ship was being navigated by eye and he left the Officer On Watch on duty who had authority to make alterations to the course. Lieut. Halo had navigated the course 26 times and had taught accused his pilotage knowledge of that part of the river. He never knew Lieut. Hale to take unnecessary risks or to cut corners.. too fine. There was opportunity of fixing bearings. The ship was ashore for three hours 11 minutes, and was taken

no

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the

with WARNER OLAND-Katherine de Mille

STATEMENT MISINTERPRETED

London, To-day.

don will find available accommoda- As reported yesterday, Imperial tion is far less restricted. Airways announced last evening There is also certain amount of that they were "forced to reduce accommodation for passengers who between inter- substantially passenger accom- are travelling modation on the twenty-two thou- mediary stations on the Empire sand miles of their empire route." routes. British Wireless.

The statement has been inter- preted in certain quarters as a re-

fusal to book any more passenger LORD

accommodation on Empire routes for the next few months.

Imperial Airways wish to state that all definite booking are still valid.

LORD HALIFAX'S CALLERS

Londo

ing by H.M.S. Cicala.

still have such confidence.. I want to make it clear that there is no question of my trying to run away from my responsibility as captain. This officer, was, as is customary, in the areas a year before I came, and it is relevant to say that he taught me my pilotage in that area. He has taught me to take my ship clear close to the river bank. to telegraph wires at different cross- ing points. He has shown me the way through 30 yard gaps at strong tide between mud banks and rocks necessitating immediatè change course. We have been through Chinese villages where the houses are on piles on the river banks on each side of the river, leaving only a. 50-yard channel in the centre, or with rapids and rocks on both sides. There are dozen of occasions when he has shown me the course which cannot be found unless the right

of

tree or pagoda is pointed out and

.

places where it is necessary to judge the distance of rocks off banks as no and marks are available."

ONLY REASONABLE "It is only reasonable that I in open should trust him more water between Bocca Tigris and Hong Kong, particularly when that officer has passed that point often."

Cross examined by the defence, Lt. Hale said he had been on the West and Pearl Rivers for two years and two months. He had navigated past that point 26 times. The captain was always on the bridge when he first joined the ship periods. He would always come on

Ten minutes before the ground- and later would go away for short for a difficult part of the course, ing I had observed the ship in its He would come about every quar-normal position and on a normal ter of an hour to see how things course. I know of no occasion where an alteration had been made between Black Point and Tap Siak- kok and had every reason to suppose that I would be two cables off the "point."

were.

"

PAST PRACTICE Certain evidence relative to the methods and habits of accused's predecessor was not admitted, after the court had adjourned, toʻz(con. sider the point.

F

Continuing, accused, said he had no occasion to adjust Lieut. Hale's

"Loraun guxo days said that when he joined | altérations.

the

German Ambassador in

called d on Lord Halifax to pass the point about Yesterday afternoon.

While there, has been a draatio and inevitable curtailment of ac- commodation for bassengers travel-

Lord Halifax alsó Baw Mr. ling from Inndon on Empire routes, the Company intend to Strang, fresh back from Moscow, make the fullest use of the accom- and received a personal report on the progress of the negotiations ́modation still available.

Passengers who are travelling with the Soviet Government, Rou- northwarda or westwards to Lon- ter.

sblee; - Herts had passed various rocks at varying distances from 50 yards to 300. He had a great deal fence na he had constantly

ship by ove. Ain would always.

of

on the bride when:

come

Accused

70-80 yards.

On rasumption, dence of Com Carthy and the charge acoused, to be

after the evi-

W. P. Mac- the Court found

ad and sentenced.

inded.