Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "RICHMOND CASTLE."

(1942) 74 Ll.L.Rep. 207

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain P. N. Layton and Captain W. R. Chaplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - Opposite courses - Unlighted vessel fine on bow - Helm action - Collision in South Atlantic Ocean between steamship Bangalore and motor vessel Richmond Castle - Bangalore on course of S. 60 E.; Richmond Castle on course of N. 55 W. - Both going at full speed of about 15 knots - Dispute as to respective bearings of vessels when first sighted - Lights of each vessel switched on on sighting - Hard-a-starboarding by Richmond Castle - Serious damage to Bangalore - Ineffective attempts at salvage - Bangalore subsequently sunk by gunfire from Richmond Castle - Whether sinking a consequence of collision.

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