THE "TRUMPETER."

(1946) 80 Ll.L.Rep. 263

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Pilcher, sitting with Captain G. Curteis, an Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Salvage - Abandonment - Misconduct by salvors - Refusal to permit crew of salved trawler to regain possession - Loss of fishing time - Damages - Alleged loss by pilferage of equipment and crew's effects - Services rendered by trawler Tanager to trawler Trumpeter in Galway Bay - Trawlers sheltering - Trumpeter and trawler Ilfracombe driven ashore - Distress signal sent out by Ilfracombe - Crews of both Ilfracombe and Trumpeter taken ashore by lifeboat - Loss of boat and Carley float during rescue - Lifeboat requested by Trumpeter to stand by to enable crew to be taken back when weather moderated - Crew taken back to Trumpeter - Trumpeter in meantime refloated by efforts of Tanager, Trumpeter being boarded by members of Tanager's crew - Crew of Trumpeter forcibly restrained from re-boarding her - Action by Tanager at first indorsed by owner (Tanager being directed by owner to tow Trumpeter to Milford Haven), but later rescinded, Tanager being instructed by owner to hand over Trumpeter to her master and crew at nearest port - Trumpeter handed over at Berehaven - Trumpeter directed by Lloyd's Agent at Berehaven to return to Milford Haven, owing to the loss of her boat, etc. - Claim by Tanager to salvage award - Reduction of award by reason of salvors' misconduct - Counterclaim in respect of alleged pilferage and lost fishing time - Salved value: £10,732.