THE "TARANGER" AND THE "EDAM."

(1941) 71 Ll.L.Rep. 238

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain P. N. Layton and Captain C. St. G. Glasson, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision-Dragging collision-Look-out- Motor vessels Korshamn and Taranger and steamship Edam at anchor in River Mersey, heading to ebb tide - Edam off starboard quarter of Taranger, Korshamn astern of both vessels-Collision between Edam and Taranger, Taranger subsequently colliding with Korshamn - Action brought by Korshamn against Edam and Taranger-Dispute as to distances between vessels-Possibility of contact by sheering-Responsibility for first collision - Whether second collision inevitable result of first collision.