THE "SUNTRAP" AND THE "EVELENE BRODSTONE."

(1941) 69 Ll L Rep 90

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain A. H. Riley and Captain C. St. G. Glasson, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision-River-Collision in Lower Pool, River Thames, between barges in tow of tug Evelene Brodstone, bound up, and steamship Suntrap, bound down- Contact between stem of Suntrap and barges on port side in second and third ranks, damaging them and breaking them adrift - Flood tide - Misty weather - Dispute as to place of collision-Whether to north or south of mid-channel-Whether tug and tow proceeding up river at excessive speed -Starboarding by tug to avoid collision -Speed of six knots maintained.