THE "HOPEMOUNT."

(1943) 75 Ll L Rep 94

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill,* sitting with Captain P. N. Layton and Captain W. R. Chaplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision-Convoy-Vessel out of position- Collision in fog between steamship Trekieve and motor vessel Hopemount in St. George's Channel - Hopemount originally astern of Trekieve - Hopemount's case that she dropped astern and lost touch with Trekieve in fog; that she caught up with the Trekieve when the weather cleared; that she again lost sight of the Trekieve when fog again descended; that she subsequently sighted a vessel ahead in the next starboard column and angling towards her; that she then ported; and that her stem collided with the starboard side of the Trekieve-Whether Trekieve kept her position - Lights - Inevitable accident.