Talk:HMS Pegasus (1897)

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[edit] Striking Colors

As of today, the following passage exists on the HMS Pegasus page: “the Captain, Commander Ingles, struck the colours to avoid further bloodshed.”

Consider to read on:

(1) “On the afterdeck some sailor began waving a white flag, but when Gunnery Officer Apel called it to Captain Looff’s attention he knew it was but the work of some single sailor, that British captains did not raise white flags no matter what their fate, and he gave the orders to continue firing.” Edwin Palmer Hoyt, The Germans who never lost, p. 65.

(2) “At one point an officer shouted to Looff that Pegasus had surrendered, and pointed to a white flag in the inferno. Looff ignored it, assuming correctly that some British sailor had panicked and that Ingles would never strike his colors.” Charles Miller, Battle for the Bundu, p. 50.

Perhaps someone with knowledge of Royal Navy protocol could look into all this.--Gamahler (talk) 18:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)