THE "QUEEN ADELAIDE."

(1940) 67 Ll L Rep 293

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain W. R. Chaplin and Captain R. L. F. Hubbard, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - Convoy - Lights - Collision between steamship Leonard Pearce and motor vessel Queen Adelaide in Bristol Channel-Queen Adelaide proceeding up Channel in convoy-Leonard Pearce, bound down Channel, crossing convoy's course from convoy's port hand- Contact between stem of Queen Adelaide and starboard side of Leonard Pearce- Leonard Pearce sunk-Whether navigation lights of Queen Adelaide were exhibited in time to give due warning to the Leonard Pearce - Duty of Leonard Pearce-Look-out-Whether Queen Adelaide negligent in starboarding and in not immediately putting her engines astern when it became apparent that the Leonard Pearce, which was the give-way vessel, was not giving way- Collision Regulations, Art. 21.