THE "PREMUDA."

(1940) 67 Ll.L.Rep. 9

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

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

Salvage or towage-Services rendered by plaintiffs' tugs Badia and Persia to Italian steamship Premuda-Premuda taken in tow by plaintiff' tugs and another vessel and taken from the Downs to Purfleet-Premuda in leaky condition and without means of steering, having been refloated and twice beached after grounding on the Goodwin Sands-Lloyd's Standard Form of Salvage Agreement entered into between captain of Premuda and Admiralty Salvage Department - Agreement by Admiralty to salve and tow to London -Admiralty tugs not available-Plaintiffs approached by Admiralty to supply tugs-Tugs supplied by plaintiffs- Contention by owners of Premuda that towage by plaintiffs' tugs was carried out in pursuance of towage agreement between Admiralty and plaintiffs- Values-Restrictions upon trading- Nature of towage.