THE "PORTIA."

(1932) 43 Ll L Rep 416

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bateson, sitting with Captain Owen Jones and Captain A. S. Mackay, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision between steamships Oakford and Portia in Woolwich Reach, River Thames - Oakford emerging from Prince Regent's Dock and turning down river; Portia hound up-Duty of Oakford under by-laws-Port of London River By-laws, 1914-1926, Rule 34-Held, that the Oakford came out carefully and without obstructing the navigable channel; that she gave ample warning of her intended manoeuvres; and that the collision was due to the excessive speed of the Portia and to her failure to take off her way in time.