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HMS Victoria sank after colliding with HMS Camperdown, off Lebanon 1893. On Victoria, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon was reported to have said, "it was my fault...". If he survives, for example is pulled from the water, what happens? Would he be beached, imprisoned, transferred to the Falklands base, etc? Would be recant his reported statement and blame his captains?

The RN's Mediterranean Fleet was the RN's top fighting force of the time, where polish and maneuver was more important than gunnery. Losing one the RN's battleships and risking another would not be easily forgiven, though Tryon was very politically connected.





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