NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA v. CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

(1934) 50 Ll L Rep 155

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OFTHE PRIVY COUNCIL.

Before Lord Atkin, Lord Macmillan and Lord Wright, sitting with Captain A. H. Ryley and Captain W. E. Crumplin, Nautical Assessors.

Collision between Japanese steamship Toyooka Maru and British steamship Kiangsu in Hongkong Harbour in fog -Toyooka Maru outward bound; Kiangsu inward bound-Weather becoming foggy-Decision by Toyooka Maru to cross fairway and to anchor in nearest available anchorage-Fog signals exchanged-Toyooka Maru's engines immediately stopped-Collision six minutes afterwards-Kiangsu's allegations against Toyooka Maru: (1) that she adopted a negligent and dangerous course in crossing the fairway in fog; (2) that she failed, on hearing the Kiangsu's first fog signal, to port her helm