NAVAL INQUIRY.
DISCIPLINE ON BATTLESHIP. I mtcci Press Assn.—By Electric Teiegraj*b- < i»vrit»ht RUGBY, August 20. It. is understood th.it the ship Warspite will sail lor tlie AI literrnnean on September 2. subject to carrying out satisfactory trials « f new mac hinery. J lie report qi the Court of Inquiry into the misunderstanding wh-.h arose in June last with reference to week-end leave in tho Warspite h s now been received, and, from ib. t finding, it is evident that the di<viplnto ol certain ratings on that oo* casion was unsatisfactory. It ako shows that the handling of the situation was not entirely satisfactory. The Admiralty lias thought t desirable and wise to issue orders for the removal of a number of ratings, to the number of not more tlum nine or TO. Irom tin* ship to other ships. Jt has also given instructions for two * u men to be discharged irem the Navy, their services being no longer required. Fuither, it has decided that it is necessary to re!iv\e irom their appointments three ot the officers of the ship. Discipline a board the Warspite is now entirely satisfactory. Ihe Court or Inquiry consisted cf three senior naval offi< , ers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PAHH19370827.2.41
Bibliographic details
Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13641, 27 August 1937, Page 5
Word Count
199NAVAL INQUIRY. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13641, 27 August 1937, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Pahiatua Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in