The annual names Captain Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke in its account of German operations, prompting an aside about his Tribal-class destroyer service. Sherbrooke had commanded HMS Cossack, and Philip Vian later insisted that the exhausted officer rest. Vian took Cossack while Sherbrooke looked after Vian's ship during repairs, which placed Vian aboard Cossack for the Altmark incident. The anecdote exposes the fatigue management and temporary command arrangements behind a famous destroyer episode.
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Why Vian was aboard HMS Cossack for the Altmark incident
A short command anecdote connects Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, Philip Vian, HMS Cossack, fatigue management, and the Altmark incident.