Duncan Stevens Explained

Captain Duncan Herbert Stevens (23 March 1921 – 10 February 1964) was a Royal Australian Navy officer, best remembered for being in command of HMAS Voyager when she collided with HMAS Sydney in 1964, leading to his death. After former Voyager executive officer Peter Cabban alleged that Stevens had been unfit for command, a royal commission was convened in 1967: it found that Stevens was unfit to command for medical reasons, though it only sustained some of Cabban's allegations.

References

• https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stevens-duncan-herbert-11761
• Book: Frame, Tom . Where Fate Calls: the HMAS Voyager tragedy . Hodder & Stoughton . 1992 . 0-340-54968-8 . Rydalmere, NSW . 26806228 . CITEREFFrame, Where Fate Calls . Tom Frame (bishop).
• Book: Frame, Tom . The Cruel Legacy: the HMAS Voyager tragedy . Allen & Unwin . 2005 . 1-74115-254-2 . Crows Nest, NSW . 61213421 . CITEREFFrame, The Cruel Legacy . Tom Frame (bishop).
• Ferry . D. . 2004 . What caused the Voyager collision? Where did the investigation fail? . Journal of the Australian Naval Institute . 111 . 5–16 . CITEREFFerry, What caused the Voyager collision?.