Re[2]: Scapa Flow Scuttle (was: Warships sunk during Guadalc
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>From: Marc James Small
>Subject: Re: Re[2]: Scapa Flow Scuttle (was: Warships sunk during
> Guadalc
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>At 03:19 PM 11/20/97 GMT, Bill Riddle wrote:
> > As lopng as we are addressing “fine points of law,” a friend just
> > pointed out to me that the crews, at that point, were no longer
> > “crews.” Rather, they were mutineers. Would admiralty law justify
> > blowing away mutineers?
>
>
>How were they mutineers? They were obeying the orders of their superior
>officers who were, in turn, obeying the orders sent them from Kiel. A copy
>of the radio message ordering this can be found in Roskill’s NAVAL POLICY
>BETWEEN THE WARS, Vol I.
>
>Marc
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