THE "KITTIWAKE C."

(1939) 63 Ll L Rep 302

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain A. H. Ryley, Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Collision - River - Fog - Starboard-hand rule - Collision between steamship Chas (towing keels) and motor barge Kittiwake C. (towing barges) in River Trent near Gainsborough Railway Bridge - Chas bound down; Kittiwake C. bound up-Fog signals exchanged when each flotilla was approaching bridge-No reduction of speed by either-Both flotillas navigated to pass through northern arch- Room for both with careful navigation -Collision resulting in keels striking abutment of bridge, one being sunk.