THE "TROILUS."

[1951] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 467

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Before Lord Porter, Lord Normand, Lord Oaksey, Lord Reid and Lord Tucker, sitting with Rear-Admiral M. W. S. Boucher, R.N., and Commodore T. L. Owen, R.N.R., as Nautical Assessors.

Salvage - Towage or salvage - Prolonged towage - Alternative arrangements available to owners of salved vessel - Reasonableness - Services rendered by motor vessels Stentor and Glenogle to steamship Troilus - Propeller lost in Indian Ocean while on voyage from Australia to Liverpool - Towage for 1050 miles by Stentor (sister ship) to Aden, where Troilus was only allowed to anchor outside the harbour - Services by Stentor admitted to be salvage services - Troilus subsequently towed by Glenogle 4300 miles to Falmouth (except for towage by canal tug from Suez to Port Said) - Nature of such further services - Whether "from safety to safety" - Aden, Suez and Port Said admittedly safe ports of refuge - Possibility of repairs at Suez, Alexandria or Malta - Availability of ocean-going tug - Risk to cargo - Duty of prudent shipowner - Salved values: Troilus, £193,000; cargo, £888,000; freight, £15,000 - Awards by Lord Merriman, P.: Stentor, £18,000; Glenogle, £22,000 - Appeal by owners of cargo on board Troilus against award made to Glenogle dismissed by C.A. - Further appeal.