THE "AMERICAN TRADER."

(1932) 43 Ll L Rep 54

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain Owen Jones and Captain C. E. Homan, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision between tug Royalist and steamship American Trader in Gallions Reach, River Thames - Royalist in process of turning; American Trader bound up-Royalist sunk and all her navigating crew drowned - Duty of Royalist to give fullest possible warning of her manoeuvres-Finding that American Trader was proceeding up at a fast, though not a negligent, speed- No evidence of bad look-out-Inexplicable manoeuvres of Royalist - Held, that the collision was due to the Royalist crossing the bows of the American Trader from port to starboard and recrossing from starboard to port without giving warning of her intended manoeuvres; and that therefore, there being no evidence of negligence on the part of the American Trader, the Royalist was alone to blame.