Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "VILLANGER."

(1948) 82 Ll L Rep 585

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Pilcher, sitting with Commodore R. L. F. Hubbard and Captain D. Dunn, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision-Fog-Crossing courses-Look-out -Speeds-Collision between steamship Penstone and motor vessel Villanger in Liverpool Bay-Penstone on course of N.E. by E.; Villanger on course of 263 deg. - Dispute as to visibility - Patchy fog-Whether vessels bound by crossing rule or by fog regulations - Helm action taken by each vessel-Impact between stem of Villanger and starboard side of Penstone at about a right angle-Penstone sunk.

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