THE "DERFFLINGER."

(1932) 43 Ll L Rep 324

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain Owen Jones and Captain W. E. Crumplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision between steamships Vimeira and Derfflinger in Whangpoo River, during fog-Vimeira at anchor; Derfflinger preparing to anchor - Subsequent dragging by Vimeira into steamships Wai-Shing and Ning Shao-Serious damage suffered by contact with Ning Shao-Whether dragging due to fouling of anchor chain by chain of Derfflinger - Whether Derfflinger should have anchored sooner - Held, that the Derfflinger had plenty of opportunities of anchoring sooner and that she was negligent in being under way in such weather; that she anchored in such a position as seriously to embarrass the Vimeira, in that their anchor cables were at some time foul of each other and in some way the Vimeira's anchor was broken out of the ground; and that the subsequent collisions, which followed immediately on the dragging of the Vimeira, were directly caused by the improper berth given by the Derfflinger-Derfflinger found alone to blame.