Mutiny On The....Vanguard?

[MikeKozlowski]

...Ran across this on TwiX today and it definitely got my attention. Short summary - during the 1947 Royal Cruise, HMS Vanguard may have come within an ace of a flat-out mutiny due to conditions on board. Based on the documents that are included in the post, I think the report is accurate. Interested in hearing thoughts.

https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2010401133106245649

Mike

[Micael]

Saw that as well, interesting both in how the new cafeteria style messing and lacking amount of hygiene spaces seems to have been key issues, and also how the King intervened personally and granted extra leave days.

[Rocket J Squrriel]

Saw that as well, interesting both in how the new cafeteria style messing and lacking amount of hygiene spaces seems to have been key issues, and also how the King intervened personally and granted extra leave days.

The King served in the RN during World War One and was at Jutland on the HMS Collinwood as the operator of the trainer's telescope on A turret. He certainly had sympathy for the men.

According to part of letter he wrote after Jutland he started out the battle sitting on top of the turret.

I was in A turret and watched most of the action through one of the trainers telescopes, as we were firing by Director, when the turret is trained in the working chamber and not in the gun house. At the commencement I was sitting on the top of A turret and had a very good view of the proceedings. I was up there during a lull, when a German ship started firing at us, and one salvo “straddled” us. We at once returned the fire. I was distinctly startled and jumped down the hole in the top of the turret like a shot rabbit!! I didn’t try the experience again