The " Victoria " CourtMartial.
At the court- martial, the Hon f aptain Bourke admitted that the accounts published giving particulars of the collision between the Victoria and Camperdown were correct. Under pressure he admitted that he reminded Admit al Tryon that the Victoria's turning circle was 800 yards, but tha Admiral adhered to the order to perform the manoeuvre whon tho vessels were six cables' lengths (1440 yards) apart. The captain of H.M.S. Camperdown stated that, when the danger of a collision with H.M.S. Victoria was first observed, Bear- Admiral Markham gave the order ' Full speed astern.' The order was, however, only partially obeyed, owing to a defect iv the telegraph register in the engine-room. Captain Bonrke stated that the diameter of the Victoria's turning circle was just under GOO yards with an extreme helm, but she required 800 yards with an ordinary helm. Captain Bourke, yielding to pressure from Bear-Admiral Seymour, ad^ mitted that he twice advised Admiral Tryon, but without success, to increase the distance between- the two lines of ships, also that afterwards when the turning signals were hauled down, and the Victoria had swung two points with an extreme helm; he repeatedly told the Admiral that they were too "close, and begged him to do something. Thrice he asked leave of the Admiral to reverse the port screw, and before consent wi&s given the Victoria had turned' eight points, ('aptain Bourke added that, without further orders, he reversed both screws, but the collision took place before the speed of the warship wns materially checked. Only four minutes, he states, intervened between the hauling down of the turning signal and the collision, and when the collision was impending, Admiral Tryon hailed the Camperdown to go astern He declared it was Lieutenant Heath, and not Admiral Tryon, who gave orders to the men to save themselves. In concluding his evidence Captain Bourke justified the reticience he had observed out of loyalty to his dead chief, i
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Manawatu Herald, 20 July 1893, Page 2
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327The " Victoria " Court-Martial. Manawatu Herald, 20 July 1893, Page 2
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