THE "WOODLARK" AND THE "WEST HYDE."

(1938) 61 Ll.L.Rep. 89

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain H. C. Birnie and Captain C. St. G. Glasson, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision-Turning in river-Collision between plaintiffs' barge Stour (in tow of tug Abbotsbury, which was also towing five other barges) and first defendants' steamship Woodlark, in Limehouse Reach, River Thames-Plaintiff flotilla, having rounded under port helm, bound up river-Woodlark bound down river -Second defendant's tug West Hyde (towing two lighters), having rounded under port helm, bound down river just ahead of Woodlark-Porting by Woodlark-Place of collision-Look-out -Speed-Duty of vessel turning in river-Port of London River By-laws, 1914-1934, Rule 23.