Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "SOUTHERN PRINCESS."

(1944) 78 Ll.L.Rep. 26

COURT OF SESSION.

Before Lord Patrick, sitting with Captain A. H. Ryley, Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Collision-River-Sheer-Speeds - Inevitable accident - Collision between steamships Almanzora and Southern Princess in River Clyde-Almanzora bound down with two tugs at bow; Southern Princess bound up with tug at bow and stern-Vessels in position to pass port to port - Sudden sheer to port by Southern Princess, causing imminent risk of collision-Whether Almanzora took seamanlike steps to avoid collision-Position of Almanzora in river- Engine action-Possibility of anchoring.

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