SUBMARINE DISASTER
OFFICER FOUND GUILTY,
(Austrplian and N.Z. Cable Assocfation.)
LONDON, Sept. 14.
A Courtmartial found Lieutenant Wevell, second in command of H 29, guilty of negligence. He was dismissed from,his ship. The Court found that Wevell should have given individual orders regarding the closing of the hatches, and taken immediate steps to. rectify the mistake when a petty officer, named Aske, who was in charge of the tanks during the trimming, flooded them. The disaster was the direct result of this negligence. Aske gave evidence that Wevell told him to put some water in No. 2 and 3 main tanks. The hatches were then open. Foreseeing the danger he was already closing a tank when Wevell gave tiie order to stop flooding. LieutCommander Barry gave evidence that there were no definite written orders flooding the main tanks with the hatches open, but it was not safe.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 September 1926, Page 5
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