He ordered the maneuver, watched it kill 358 men, and admitted it out loud. ⚓ . . . On June 22, 1893, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon signaled two columns of British warships to turn inward — from just 1,200 yards apart, half the distance needed. HMS Camperdown split HMS Victoria's hull open. 358 sailors drowned. Tryon stayed on the bridge as it went under. His last words: 'It's all my fault.'
Source
Richard Hough, 'Admirals in Collision' (Hamish Hamilton, 1959); Royal Navy court-martial transcripts, July 1893, held at the National Archives, Kew
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