By the Editor – Juxtaposed with the memories of the previous article, written by a then junior bridge watchkeeper in HMS Antelope, is this appreciation by her last Captain. Together I hope they proffer a fuller first-hand perspective on events from both authors – one who ended up on the flight deck of the ship separated, by an inferno, from another on the bridge as the order to abandon ship was given. As this author states his offering is but a “glimpse into a tiny bit of naval history.” But that is the tradition that builds the moral component upon which eventual success, despite loss and set…
