THE "SAINT BARCHAN."

(1932) 43 Ll L Rep 336

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bateson, sitting with Captain A. H. Ryley and Captain W. R. Chaplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision between motor-vessel Morgenen and steamship Saint Barchan in Manchester Ship Canal-Morgenen, bound up, in charge of a tug fore and aft, bringing up to permit the Saint Barchan, bound down, to pass - Whether Morgenen or her head tug embarrassed the Saint Barchan - Held, that the Morgenen and her tugs were being properly navigated on their own side of the canal; that even if her head tug was negligent in being slightly on the wrong side, the Saint Barchan could have avoided the trouble by the exercise of reasonable care and skill; that the Saint Barchan was being navigated at excessive speed; and that the collision was due to over-porting by the Saint Barchan, causing her to smell the ground.