THE "QUEEN ADELAIDE."

(1940) 67 Ll.L.Rep. 293

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain W. R. Chaplin and Captain R. L. F. Hubbard, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - Convoy - Lights - Collision between steamship Leonard Pearce and motor vessel Queen Adelaide in Bristol Channel-Queen Adelaide proceeding up Channel in convoy-Leonard Pearce, bound down Channel, crossing convoy's course from convoy's port hand- Contact between stem of Queen Adelaide and starboard side of Leonard Pearce- Leonard Pearce sunk-Whether navigation lights of Queen Adelaide were exhibited in time to give due warning to the Leonard Pearce - Duty of Leonard Pearce-Look-out-Whether Queen Adelaide negligent in starboarding and in not immediately putting her engines astern when it became apparent that the Leonard Pearce, which was the give-way vessel, was not giving way- Collision Regulations, Art. 21.