THE "RAMSDEN."

(1943) 75 Ll.L.Rep. 86

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill.

Collision-Tug and tow-Towage conditions- Defendants' tug Ramsden engaged to tow plaintiffs' steamship Elmdale into Barrow Dock-Collision between tug and tow off Barrow Dock owing to negligence of tug- Terms of towage contract that defendants would not be responsible for the negligence of the tug, nor for damage to the vessel towed-"These conditions of towage shall apply to any damages . . . from whatsoever cause arising that may occur to the vessel or vessels requiring the tug . . . while the tug . . . is in attendance upon, or engaged in any manoeuvre for the purpose of making fast to . . . the vessel or vessels requiring the tug" - Consideration of statement of facts leading up to the collision.