THE "STEINGRIM."

(1930) 37 Ll L Rep 284

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bateson, sitting with Captain A. R. H. Morrell and Captain W. E. Crumplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision between ketch Mazeppa and steamship Steingrim off Harwich during dense fog - Subsequent sinking of Mazeppa - Admission by Steingrim that she was to blame for collision - Whether the subsequent sinking was a proximate result of the collision - Held, on the facts, that the master of the Mazeppa exercised seamanlike care of his vessel after collision and that the vessel was not improperly abandoned - Judgment for ketch.