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:The system in the War Room at the start was very inadequate. None of the Commanders on duty there was able to take action without the approval of a Post-Captain. This was quite ridiculous, and I said so! My suggestion for more delegation of authority was not approved. | :The system in the War Room at the start was very inadequate. None of the Commanders on duty there was able to take action without the approval of a Post-Captain. This was quite ridiculous, and I said so! My suggestion for more delegation of authority was not approved. | ||
| − | :But when I worked as a Duty Commander - 24 hours on, 48 hours off - there was no question of referring everything to senior officers. The messages that came in had to be acted upon - and of course that suited me much better.<ref>Baker. ''The Terror of Tobermory''. p. 27.</ref> | + | :But when I worked as a Duty Commander - 24 hours on, 48 hours off - there was no question of referring everything to senior officers. The messages that came in had to be acted upon - and of course that suited me much better.<ref>Baker. ''The Terror of Tobermory''. p. 27.</ref> |
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| + | According to Dr. Nicholas Black, 206 Royal Navy officers served in the division during the war.<ref>Black. ''British Naval Staff''. p. 21.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 08:33, 4 June 2010
Commander Gilbert Stephenson, an officer in the Intelligence Division, later commented:
- The system in the War Room at the start was very inadequate. None of the Commanders on duty there was able to take action without the approval of a Post-Captain. This was quite ridiculous, and I said so! My suggestion for more delegation of authority was not approved.
- But when I worked as a Duty Commander - 24 hours on, 48 hours off - there was no question of referring everything to senior officers. The messages that came in had to be acted upon - and of course that suited me much better.[1]
According to Dr. Nicholas Black, 206 Royal Navy officers served in the division during the war.[2]
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