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Saw some previews on Richard and Judy - does indeed look good - they had a couple of old hands from Ark Royal who were actually on board when it was torpedoed.l
In the good ole days all Captains were court martialled over the loss of their ship for any reason, even if they were not at fault and were honourably acquitted
One reason, I suspect, was that it was a formal way of establishing what had happened
I don't know when this practice stopped - perhaps it still happened in WW2
I thought it still happened, can any of the Falklands Vets. update, I read the story of the Ardent? a while ago and my failing memory tells me that the Captain was subject to a Court Martial.
Because there is one body down there, it's classed as a war grave, so they can't just take souvenirs.
Also, teaching the old buggers to use deep-diving equipment may not have been a good move, unless you wanted more bodies down there! I think they were just chuffed to be able to see the ship.
I thought it still happened, can any of the Falklands Vets. update, I read the story of the Ardent? a while ago and my failing memory tells me that the Captain was subject to a Court Martial.
And when JPA comes in, they won't even need your approval to take it out of your wages. Why do you think they have increased the debt recover time to 12 months.....