THE "KIRSTEN SKOU."

(1949) 83 Ll.L.Rep. 279

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Lord Merriman (President), sitting with Captain W. R. Chaplin and Captain G. C. H. Noakes, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - Narrow channel - Gateway between buoys in North Sea-Crossing courses - Crossing rule - Collision between steamships Kaupo and Kirsten Skou near Humber Light-vessel - Kaupo, outward bound from Humber, on course of 83 deg. (mag.); Kirsten Skou, inward bound to Humber, on course of 310 deg. (mag.)-Vessels approaching each other, with Kirsten Skou three points on starboard bow of Kaupo and Kaupo three points on port bow of Kirsten Skou-Strong north-easterly breeze with tide setting to southward at approximately two knots -Kaupo's case that she was following recommended route for vessels leaving Humber and was making for gateway between two buoys (four cables apart); and that she was put in such difficulty by Kirsten Skou (which failed to comply with the narrow channel rule between the buoys) that collision with the southerly buoy or between the two vessels was inevitable-Plea by Kirsten Skou that navigation was not limited to a course between the buoys, and that Kaupo was to blame for her breach of the crossing rule in failing to give way -Whether narrow channel rule or crossing rule applied-Duty of Kirsten Skou as stand-on vessel - Collision Regulations, Arts. 21, 25.