Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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H.M.S. "FOLKESTONE."

(1942) 72 Ll.L.Rep. 240

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain P. N. Layton and Captain C. St. G. Glasson, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision- Meeting convoy- Seamanship- Collision between steamship River Humber and H.M.S. Folkestone- River Humber on course of E.N.E. (mag.)- Convoy on course of 270 deg. true- Folkestone escorting convoy, zig-zagging ahead on course of 230 deg.- Green of River Humber opened on starboard bow of Folkestone- "U" signal ("You are standing into danger") flashed by Folkestone to River Humber - Navigation lights of Folkestone switched on- Green of River Humber subsequently shut in and red opened- Astern action taken by Folkestone- Contact between stem of Folkestone and port side of River Humber- River Humber sunk - Whether Folkestone should have taken earlier action- Applicability of Navigation Order (concerning lights) to H.M. ships- Collision Regulations, Arts. 19, 27, 29.

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