On this day in 1945, mass disobedience broke out in destroyer HMS Javelin at anchor off Rhodes. 8 Petty Officers and 18 Junior Rates were court-martialled but the sentences were eventually quashed or reduced. Lt Henry Leach (later 1st Sea Lord) said the men were driven too hard, without need.
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Stores Basin, Sembawang Dockyard, Singapore, 1974. RFA TIDESURGE and RFA TIDESPRING visiting with HMS LONDONDERRY, HMS SYCLLA, HMS DANAE, HMS CHICHESTER, HMAS VENDETTA, HMS HYDRA, HMS ARIADNE, HMS WASPERTON, HMS YARNTON, HMNZS OTAGO,
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