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Re: The Shovell disaster
From: Nicol�s de Hilster
Date: 2007 Nov 12, 10:55 +0100
From: Nicol�s de Hilster
Date: 2007 Nov 12, 10:55 +0100
In NavList 3740 Ted Gerrard wrote in a comment on Frank Reed's comments on the UK Times article "Sir Cloudesley: a tribute": > * > > What was surprising was that the spread across the fleet's 7 backstaff > noon sights was biased entirely to the south of the fleet's true > position, the best of the bunch being some 12 miles in error. Had the > spread straddled the true latitude the disaster just might have been > averted. > > * Where did that number of "7 backstaff noon sights" originate from? It is not based on the article in the UK Times, neither did it come from May's work 'The Last Voyage of Sir Clowdisley Shovel'. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
