Corbett supported Fisher while disagreeing with parts of his policy. He shared Slade's preference for a staff and recognized that Fisher's vindictive methods were dividing the service. Lambert presents Corbett as seeing no convincing immediate alternative to Fisher. Promising younger officers offered a longer prospect of change, but support for the current reform programme did not erase disagreement over its methods.
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Corbett's support for Fisher had limits
Corbett could support Fisher's reforms while favouring a staff and objecting to methods that divided the Navy.