THE "HARDWICKE GRANGE."

(1940) 67 Ll L Rep 355

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain A. H. Ryley and Captain W. E. Crumplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - Convoy - Collision between Spanish steamship Escolano and British steamship Hardwicke Grange in the Atlantic - Escolano meeting convoy on approximately opposite courses-Convoy unlighted-Lights of commodore ship switched on-Lights of certain other ships in convoy also switched on-Red of Escolano opened on starboard bow of Hardwicke Grange -Allegations by Hardwicke Grange that she switched on her green light; that the Escolano ported to a position of green to green; and that the Escolano then starboarded into the Hardwicke Grange - Porting by Hardwicke Grange just before collision -Dispute as to whether Hardwicke Grange switched on her green light.