THE "PRINSES JULIANA."

(1936) 54 Ll.L.Rep. 234

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain A. S. Mackay and Captain C. E. Homan, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision between Danish motor vessel Esbjerg and Dutch steamship Prinses Juliana off entrance to Harwich Harbour -Esbjerg outward bound; Prinses Juliana inward bound - Prinses Juliana, in charge of pilot, navigating under hard-a-starboard helm to enter harbour-Pilot's manoeuvres countermanded by master-Order given by master to hard-a-port-Whether risk of collision if Prinses Juliana had kept her course and speed under hard-a-starboard helm-Harwich Harbour Conservancy Board By-laws, 1929, Art. 8: "A steam vessel navigating against the tide shall, on approaching points or sharp bends in the fairway, ease her speed and if necessary stop and wait before rounding so as to allow any vessel navigating with the tide to round and pass clear of her"- Flood tide-Duty of Esbjerg-Collision Regulations, Art. 25. Evidence-Report of pilot of defendants' vessel to Trinity House in compliance with their rules and by-laws-Pilot not called by defendants, but subpoenaed to attend by plaintiffs-Whether report admissible-Admissibility of declaration of agents against their principals.