SENTENCE REVIEWED
STRANDING OF SUBMARINE REINSTATEMENT OF COMMANDER (United Press Association—By Electric - Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON. 19th December. The Admiralty Board, reviewing the sentence on Lieutenant-Commander Lewes, acquitted him of responsibility for the explosion, reprimanded him tor navigational faults, and reinstated him in command of L 26.
[lncut.-Commander John Hugh Lewes who commanded L 26, was eourt-mar-tiallcd in October, charged with stranding the. submarine, and neglecting after grounding to ensure a sufficient examination of the batteries before charging. Expert evidence was given that there was nothing to explain the explosion which occurred on the vessel. The Court found the charges proved and dismissed Lewes from the ship and severely reprimanded him.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19331221.2.79
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 December 1933, Page 7
Word Count
109SENTENCE REVIEWED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 December 1933, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in