For the fearless readers in this forum there is a lot more at the URL and an audio file and stuff:
Official apology for HMAS Melbourne captain 06 Dec 2012
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-...bourne/4413638
"...In June 1969, 74 American navy personnel died when the USS Frank E Evans collided with the Australian aircraft carrier during exercises off the coast of the Philippines. Although blameless, the commander of HMAS Melbourne, John Stevenson, was made the
scapegoat for the accident. Mr Stevenson, 91, has just received a letter from the Defence Minister finally acknowledging he was "not treated fairly" by the government of the day and the Australian Navy...."