> .. he made what must have been the worst mistake in judgment of his naval career.. approached by a #sailor, a member of the..crew.. claimed to have kept his own reckoning of the fleet’s location.. subversive navigation by an inferior was forbidden in the #RoyalNavy.. However, the danger..[was] so enormous..that he risked his neck .. #AdmiralShovell had the man hanged for #mutiny on the spot.. No one was around to spit “I told you so!” into #SirClowdisley’s face..
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