THE "DAGMAR."
(1929) 33 Ll.L.Rep. 108
ADMIRALTY DIVISION.
Before Mr. Justice Hill, sitting with Captain A. R. H. Morrell and Captain A. H. Ryley, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.
Collision between dumb hopper (in attendance upon dredger) and steamship in Blackwall Reach, River Thames-Allegation that hopper carried misleading lights and failed to warn approaching vessels of her intended manoeuvres- Hopper swinging with tide after casting off aft moorings-Proper lights to be exhibited-Whether hopper negligent in failing to employ tug - Duty of vessels to exercise care in passing dredger - Thames By-laws, 1914-1926, Nos. 10 and 11 (Nos. 5 and 6 of the rules of 1922) and 14-Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920, Sect. 278- Judgment for hopper.