THE "EDAM" AND THE "TARANGER."

(1942) 73 Ll L Rep 241

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Scott, Lord Justice MacKinnon and Lord Justice Goddard, sitting with Captain H. T. Pritchard, R.N., and Captain W. P. Townshend, R.N.R., Nautical Assessors.

Collision - Dragging collision - Look-out- Motor vessels Korshamn and Taranger and steamship Edam at anchor in River Mersey, heading to ebb tide-Edam off starboard quarter of Taranger, Korshamn astern of both vessels-Collision between Edam and Taranger, Taranger subsequently colliding with Korshamn-Action brought by Korshamn against Edam and Taranger-Dispute as to distances between vessels-Possibility of contact by sheering -Responsibility for first collision- Whether second collision inevitable result of first collision-Taranger's engines not immediately available.