"There's something wrong with our bloody ships today, Chatfield"
The words of Admiral David Beatty to his flag captain after HMS Queen Mary blew up.
16:00 hrs-16:05 hrs, Indefatigable explodes leaving two survivors.
16:25 hrs, Queen Mary vaporizes, nine survive.
2200 of his sailors disintegrate.
Idiot.
He was, of course, promoted, appointed First Sea Lord and granted an Earldom.
DJIA down 77, S&P down 5.
Not quite the tragedy it might appear.
