ABSTRACT
Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, KCB. He is primarily known as the admiral who caused the collision between his flagship, the Victoria, and the Camperdown, in 1893, which resulted in great loss of life (see JELLICOE). But he was also a tactical innovator and thinker, at a time of great developments, and it has been cogently argued that his death set back British battlefleet tactics by years, and indirectly led to the tactical draw at Jutland twentythree years later. Up to his death, his career had been marked by rapid promotion, through a series of successful appointments, and he must have been a potential 1SL.
