Admiral Jervis pressed the report in his hand onto the table and looked up at the head of the Navy Board's investigation team:
"Are you sure this is not a joke?"
After nearly ten days of detailed investigation, the Navy Board concluded that the cause of the incident with the "Avenger" that day was that the officer in charge of logistics supplies, due to drunkenness, mistakenly loaded coal soaked in seawater onto the ship, causing the boiler to go out. The warship had no serious technical problems.
Hmm, yesterday a poor young officer was already sent to military court and will probably be sentenced to 5 to 8 years. However, his wife's account at the Bank of England had an extra 2,000 British Pounds, which made him confess quite readily.
The head of the investigation team nodded guiltily and looked at Sir Middleton, the Navy Board's paymaster, who had come with him. This investigation result was personally handed to him.
