in the early hours of 8 june, "glorious" requested permission to proceed independently, and at a faster speed. according to alan beith, this was because d'oyly-hughes was impatient to hold courts-martial of his commander, flying, j. b. heath, and lieutenant commander evelyn slessor; heath had refused an order to attack certain shore targets on the grounds that his aircraft were unsuited to the task, and had therefore been left behind in scapa to await trial.