Reprimands for warship neglect; Officers to blame for grounding.(News)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: September 12, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: BEN MITCHELL

THE captain of the destroyer HMS Nottingham and three of his former officers were yesterday disciplined at a court martial after they pleaded guilty to their parts in causing the warship to run aground on rocks off Australia last year.

Commander Richard Farrington,43, the captain of the type 42 destroyer, pleaded guilty to failing to delegate the responsibility of command of the ship properly.

He was sentenced to a reprimand -one of the lower navy court martial sentences -due to his charge not carrying any responsibility for the actual grounding. ...

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