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Lt. H. F. O. Hale Sentenced

To Be Reprimanded

Providing a sequel to the grounding on July 11 of AMS. Tarsatulą - while on a trip from Canton, Lieut. H.FO, Hale, R.N., was found guilty before a court-martial on board H.M.S. Tamar yesterday of negligently or by default stranding and/or hasard. ing that, ship, and was sentenced to be réprimanded.

The Court comprised Capt. FJ, Wylie, President, Cdr.. H Stewart Murray-Smith, Cdr. Oliver-Bellasis, Cdr. H. T. Rust and Odr. A. M. Knapp, Capt. A. Bridge was the prosecuting officer, and Cdr. Lees and Pay Car. Hickman represented the accused. Presenting the circumstances of est and most dependable officers the case, Capt. Bridge said that I have watched. I have watched H.MS. Tarantula grounded on him continuously over the West rock off Tap Stak Kok the and Pearl River, and after the Urmston Road of the Canton time of his joining, the ship was River, on July 11. The gunboat often, to all intents and purposes, was in the way from Canton to in his hands, and often in intri- Hongkong, and Lt. Hale was the cate places where local knowledge officer on watch at the time.. was essential,

PILOTED BY EYE

"I consider him a spare Captain The ship was being piloted by and would appoint him to-morrow In the event of sickness on board, eye and accused had the Captain's with complete conadence in him authority (Capt. F. C. Flynn) to to take this gunboat anywhere in make alterations to the course as this area." requisite without reference to him.

That unorthodox

practice was

THE DEFENCE followed in the West and Pearl Following further evidence for Rivers and the Delta Channels the prosecution Cdr. Lees opened since normal methods of naviga- the defence, which was that at tion are inapplicable in such most accused had been guilty of waters, and the use of the eye, an error of judgment, which would combined with local knowledge, not be within the meaning of the became a surer gulde,

Act, and involved acquittal.

It could not be contended, how- ever, that that method of naviga- tion was necessary or applicable in the locality where the ship was grounded. The pilotage of a vessei through the Urmston Road was a matter of plain navigation similar to that in any pilotage waters.

By making use of land fres, combined with a clearing bearing on Red Point on Chu Lu Kok -

Accused then testified. "After giving his account of what happened just prior to the grounding of the Tarantula, be stated that he had been on that ship" since July 15, 1937." His predecessor was Captain Graham, whỏ had taught him to navigate by eye, as was his own. custom.

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land, a ship should be more easily times, and had always passed be He had made this passage 26 and more safely navigated through

the Road than by eye. The accus-tween one and two cables length ed, however, had taken no shore of Tap Slak Kok, which was a fixes, nor made use of the bearing the land. At this particular part

mass of boulders standing out of Red Point,

The ship was traveling at 11there were no leading marks. Red. knots, and accused intended to Point was hidden by land." pass about four cables to the south-

He was cross-examined. west of Black Point, That post- tion was reached at 1.12 p.m. and after passing the Point. accused intended the ship to pass not less than a cable's length off Tap Slak "Kok. The magnetic course on passing Black Point was 8.32 E and would have taken the ship only about two cables off the sub- merged rock off Tap Siak Kok.

COURSE ALTERED

NAVIGATE BY EYE Lt.-Cemdr. W. P. McCarthy said he had served on many gunboats, including the Grat and the Sea- méw." The custori in that part was to navigate, by eye. Red Point was indiscernible against va land background.

The officer on the watch on board a gunboat would, if he wanted to take compass bearings. About 1.17 p.m. accused altered | have to leave the bridge and go the course to 8.35 E. magnetic, anaft, which, was not advisable, as alteration towards the land, and in that vicinity there were many which could not be justified injunks and the need for immediate

action might arise. view of the possibility of an in- draught towards the land. More- over, the ship was sufficiently far In already, and if any alteration of course was made at that time it should have been to seaward.

Lt.-Comdr. R. H Forbes gave similar evidence.

Following final addresses. the court deliberated for about 45 min utes before returning its verdict.

Since no shore fixes were taken

EXCELLENT RECORD by accused, the exact track made Accused's recóra described as an by the ship'in passing Black Point excellent one, was then read out, could not be determined, but it after which Capt. Flynn was called was evident that accused was upon to testify as to his opinion of steering too close to the land, accused. He said: "The court has ant, further, failed to observe that already heard my opinion of ac- the ship was getting dangerously cused's skill and reliability as a near to it, for at 1.12 pm, the ship officer. I would like to add to my grounded on a submerged rock general remarks that I have found west of Tap Slak Kok.

him one who possessed initiative and organizing ability beyond his years, and also marked ability, for being able to get on with any job,

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Although it may be held that four cables was a safe distance at which to pass Black Point, Capt. Bridge said that he considered an allowance of not less than one cable off Tap Siak Kok was inade- quate, when it was borne in mind that the submerged rock shown on the chart to be about half a cable of the Foint. The Urmston Road was about a mile and a half long and there was no justification for taking the ship so close to "Tap Slak KoK, OT which lay the only hidden danger in that locality.

FAULTY NAVIGATION The grounding of HMS. Tarmatnia, concluded Capt. Bridge, was, in his opinion, primarily due to faulty and negligent navigation on the part of 'socused in that he steered too

close to the land and failed to employ the safest and most proper methods of navigating the ship through, Urmston Road, and that his failure in that res nect rendered him guilty of the charges preferred against hin

"I have had good reason to discover this quality because, not only have I seen him in the testing job of first Ben- tenant of a gunboat, but I bave had occasion to what might be described as men- tlong him in despatches to the Commander-in-Chiet--for. „the general ability which he showed In hectic cireum- stances during the period of the fall of Canton. My opinion of his reliability as an officer has not been materially shaken,”

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