Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "SELENE."

(1942) 74 Ll.L.Rep. 152

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Lord Merriman (President), sitting with Captain R. N. Layton and Captain W. E. Crumplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - Convoy - Look-out - Speeds - Collision between motor vessel Corilla and steamship Selene in North Sea - Vessels in same convoy and originally in same column, with the Selene astern of commodore ship and the Corilla seventh in the column - Contention by Selene that she ported 20 deg. to follow in the wake of the commodore ship and that the Corilla approached her on her port beam - Plea by Corilla that Selene was out of position on the starboard beam of the Corilla and that she (the Selene) ported across the Corilla's bows - Whether Corilla should have immediately gone astern or stopped her engines.

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