THE "NORDEN."
[1951] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 420
ADMIRALTY DIVISION.
Before Mr. Justice Pilcher, sitting with Commodore R. L. F. Hubbard, Elder Brother of Trinity House.
Collision - Canal - Ship moored at berth - Ranging - Moorings - Collision between plaintiffs' steamship Fort Vermillion and defendants' motor vessel Norden in Manchester Ship Canal - Fort Vermillion moored at berth; Norden bound up canal, having just left lock - Impact between starboard side of Norden and port side of Fort Vermillion - Damage to Fort Vermillion - Whether due to Norden being angled to starboard of her up-canal course or to ranging outwards by Fort Vermillion - Onus of proof - Evidence as to moorings of Fort Vermillion.