Commanding officer of the British river gunboat HMS Tern dismissed according to the Dutch newspaper Het Nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 14 December 1935

An item dated Shanghai, China 12th reported that lieutenant E.G. Welchmann commanding officer of the river gunboat Term part of the British China squadron was dismissed from his command. This was a result of an investigation executed by the court martial after he was accused that his crew lacked discipline. According to the rumours were some crewmembers replaced and prosecuted by the court martial.

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1. Building ordered on 14 January 1926, launched by Yarrow Shipbuilder Limited, Scotstoun, Scotland on 29 August 1927, commissioned in November 1927 and scuttled at Hong Kong to prevent that she was captured by the Japanese on 19 December 1941