Deeply mortified, Admiral Sir Hubert George Brand, Commander-in-Chief of the Plymouth Naval Base, canceled invitations for his daughter's dance last week. A thing had happened which caused the awful word MUTINY to fly from lip to lip throughout England. The incident:
The H. M. S. Lucia, a submarine tender arrived in Devonport (within Sir Hubert's command), 24 hours late, on New Year's day, giving her a very short period in which to coal, ammunition, clean and paint ship before sailing for the Caribbean. No week-end leave was given. Sailors feared that their...
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