THE "EDINBURGH."

(1939) 63 Ll L Rep 308

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton.

Rivers-Duties of conservancy authority- Obstruction in fairway - Bottom damage sustained by plaintiffs' sailing barge Edinburgh in Ray Gut, off Leigh, in Sea Reach, River Thames-Claim against Port of London Authority as conservancy authority - Alternative theories put forward by parties as to cause of damage-Plaintiffs' contention that damage was due to striking the stock of a submerged anchor, part of an unmarked and unbuoyed mooring consisting of two anchors and a chain bridle - Defendants' suggestion that vessel was holed by sitting upon her own anchor-Inference to be drawn from depth of water and from fact that mooring was resting in sand.