Tuesday, 15 August 2017

Who can argue against Captain Tickell.

Bendigo Advertiser 8th November 1909.

                                                                  A LOT OF NONSENE.

Captain Tickell Naval Commandant, when interviewed by a Herald representative (Melbourne Paper)
today, said in his opinion there was nothing to connect the burnt wreckage found at Port Alfred, Cape Colony, with the Waratah. It is simply a lot of nonsense to suppose that the wreckage is from the Waratah, "remarked Captain Tickell. If a ship were blown up in a bay, close to a lighthouse and signal station, and fell to pieces in 20 fathoms of water, plenty of wreckage would have been found long ago.  
I am inclined to agree with him 100% for logical reasons and from a nautical perspective.

                                                                          Captain Tickell.