From a court martial there is no appeal. Month ago Captain Henry Richard Sawbridge of H. M. S. Renown marched stiffly into a courtroom in Portsmouth dockyard and saw that his sword lying on the judges' table had its point toward him in token of guilt. He was retired on half pay and dismissed from his ship as responsible for the strange collision in mid-ocean between the huge battle cruisers Hood and Renown. Rear Admiral Sidney Robert Bailey, in command of the maneuvers, and Captain Francis T. B. Tower of the Hood, also court...
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