[rlmorel]

Court Martialed. Command lost. Desk jockey. Career over.

And rightly so, in my opinion.

[jpsb]

pretty incredible story, every ship captain I've known would defer to those that know and have navigated a channel. At the very least slow down to steerage speed and ask the navigator to double check course. Guess the pressure of a new command, a capital ship at that, was too much for him.