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Gorch Fock.

  • 15-08-2011 4:19pm
    #1
    UrbanFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 472 ✭✭


    Does anyone know what the story is now with the German Navy's Gorch Fock after last years big fuss about alleged "mutiny" by cadets and her being ordered home to Kiel ?


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  • #2
    whydave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭whydave


    On 7 November 2010, a female officer-candidate died as a consequence of falling from the rigging. The accident happened during an exercise while the ship was moored in the port of Salvador da Bahia (Brasil).[3] In the aftermath of the latest accident, naval cadets refused to climb the 40-meters mast, and four of them were subsequently accused of "inciting rebellion".[4] This was described as a mutiny in some accounts. Officers' training on board the Gorch Fock was suspended pending a thorough review of training protocols and indeed the entire training program. According to a 19 November 2010 statement by Fleet Command, the officer candidates then on board were to be flown back to Germany to continue their training[3] while the ship was docked in Ushuaia, Argentina.[4] The captain was suspended, and a commission was appointed to investigate claims of sexual harassment and improper conduct.[5] On 13 March 2011, all charges against the captain were dismissed.
    here


  • #3
    Angry Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 224 ✭✭Angry Troll


    i think it all was exaggerated by the media…accidents will always happen…seems to be business as usual here www2.gorchfock.de/ (couldn’t find an english option there)


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