 The pretext was ostensibly the death by suicide of the commander of the submarine, and the submarine flotilla leader, Lieutenant Commander Bogusław Krawczyk, who opposed the admiral's management priorities.Commander Tadeusz Morgenstern-Podjazd was called in to replace Świrski, but in the event, Świrski remained in post and Morgenstern was confirmed as his deputy.The reason was the British Admiralty could not see anyone competent enough to replace him.