A SUBMARINE commander has pleaded guilty to hazarding a ship after the nuclear submarine he was in charge of was in collision with a merchant vessel.

Commander Justin Codd , 45, of the UK Maritime Battle Staff , entered his plea at a court martial hearing at Portsmouth Naval Base and will be sentenced later.

The charge relates to an incident in which the Barrow-built submarine, HMS Ambush, which was on a training exercise, suffered damage to its conning tower when it was involved in the collision off the coast of Gibraltar on July 20 2016.

A submarine commander has been sentenced at court martial after pleading guilty to hazarding a ship after the nuclear submarine he was in charge of was in collision with a merchant vessel.

Commander Justin Codd, 45, of UK Maritime Battle Staff, was stripped of a year of seniority by a panel of senior officers at Portsmouth Naval Base.

The charge relates to an incident in which the submarine HMS Ambush, which was on a training exercise, suffered £2.1 million worth of damage when it was involved in the collision with the tanker MV Andreas off the coast of Gibraltar on July 20 2016.

A submarine commander has been sentenced after pleading guilty to hazarding a ship after the nuclear submarine he was in charge of collided with a merchant vessel.

Commander Justin Codd, 45, of UK Maritime Battle Staff, was stripped of a year of seniority by a panel of senior officers at a court martial at Portsmouth Naval Base.

The charge relates to an incident in which the submarine HMS Ambush, which was on a training exercise, suffered damage costing £2.1 million when it was involved in a collision with the tanker MV Andreas off the coast of Gibraltar on July 20, 2016.