[30] Ibid., Mr. Roch’s Minute, par. 11. The reference is to the brief bombardment of November 3.
[31] Ibid., pars. 7–12.
[32] Dardanelles Commission; First Report, par. 56.
[33] Ibid., Majority Report, par. 57; Mr. Roch’s Minute, par. 14. Admiral Jackson’s view as to the unenviable position of a fleet bottled up off Constantinople without commanding the line of retreat was probably influenced by the record of Admiral Duckworth’s risk when in a similar position (1807), and Admiral Hornby’s hesitation about entering the Straits in 1877.—See Nelson’s History of the War, by John Buchan, vol. vi. pp. 130–36.
[34] Dardanelles Commission; First Report, par. 43.
[35] Speech in House of Commons, March 20, 1917 (Hansard, 1780).
[36] Dardanelles Commission; Mr. Roch’s Minute, par. 16.
[37] Ibid., par. 20; Majority Report, pars. 60–62.
[38] Lord Fisher had himself suggested the use of the Queen Elizabeth to Admiral Oliver the day before. Mr. Roch’s Minute, par. 17.
[39] Majority Report, par. 69. Mr. Roch’s Minute, par. 18.