Hello
Recommissionning ? That means a commanding officer have to be nammed for her ?
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Here in France, as there are fewer and fewer vessels in service - officers are ready to kill rivals to get a place to command a ship. You're lucky with your Victory, then the warrior would be a second nice place for commanding officer, then the Warrior is even better : she's afloat.
Here in France a "friend of me", was commanding a ship for two years ... without going at sea as 6 months with engine failure, then one year for maintenance and drydocking, then 6 months to re-equip the ship . Then he left the command
for a office work in Paris. Nice isn't it ?
I heard that around 1900 a French navy officer received the command of a grounding colonial ship on the Yangtze river, then he stay 3 years in that position with the whole crew ... Then some months after he left his command (after three years !) then the river had a flood and the ship was free to sail again !
Poor people, staying 3 year on a grounding ship so far away !
Xtian