TRYON (Sir George, 1832-1893, Vice-Admiral, Lost in the 'Victoria' in collision with the 'Camperdown' off Tripoli)

Fine Signature on a piece of paper with 'Vice-Admiral' printed on it, 3½" x 2½", no place, no date

On 22nd June 1893, the fleet was on exercises when Tryon's flagship, HMS Victoria, sank following a bizarre order from him which brought it in collision with the flagship of his second-in-command, Rear Admiral Sir Albert Markham. Tryon went down with his ship, his last reported words being "It is all my fault". Tryon was considered by many of his contemporaries to be a supremely competent yet radical officer but with a strong and sometimes overbearing personality

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Stock No:  41440      £125

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