 Having arrived back in England, Dewar and Daniel gave their version of events at the Admiralty, and put in writing requests for reinstatement in their positions in Royal Oak, or trial by Court-martial. Having received Keyes'full dispatch on 16 March, the Board of Admiralty resolved that Dewar and Daniel should undergo trial by Court-martial as soon as possible at Gibraltar, where Royal Oak was due to be berthed. Consequently Dewar and Commander Daniel departed Southampton in the P & O liner Malwa with their counsel, Mr. Day Kimball, and their wives, on the 24th and reached Gibraltar in the evening of the 27th. The two officers were immediately attached to the Gibraltar base ship, HMS Cormorant in accordance with naval custom. It was arranged that Daniel would face Court-martial first, on 30 March, and Dewar's would follow at its conclusion.
