THE "MINCING LANE."

(1935) 52 Ll L Rep 269

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain A. H. Ryley, an Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Collision between sailing barge Coombdale and dumb barge Buckhound, in tow of tug Mincing Lane, in Blackwall Reach, River Thames-Coombdale sunk- Coombdale, bound up river, crossing river on the port tack ahead of tug Regent, also bound up-Mincing Lane overtaking Regent on her port side- Mincing Lane's engines put full speed ahead-Sudden winding of Coombdale on to starboard tack-Contention by Coombdale that she was unable to sail out her port tack owing to the failure of the Regent to give way and that the Mincing Lane should have observed the position and taken action to avoid the Coombdale-Whether Coombdale's alteration of tack due to the presence of a dumb barge driving up to the northward -Look-out.