THE "HJORTHOLM."

(1935) 53 Ll L Rep 278

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Greer, Lord Justice Slesser and Lord Justice Scott, sitting with Captain H. T. Prichard and Captain W. E. Whittingham, Nautical Assessors.

Collision between British motor vessel Clan Macdougall and Danish steamship Hjortholm in Swansea entrance channel -Clan Macdougall, having left King's Dock and crossed the channel, proceeding down, with tug assistance, on west side; Hjortholm bound up channel to South Dock-Porting by Hjortholm across course of Clan Macdougall, owing to mistaken impression that vessels leaving King's Dock proceeded down on wrong side- Seamanship-Knowledge of pilot in charge of Clan Macdougall, before leaving dock, that Hjortholm was coming up channel-Whether Clan Macdougall should have waited until Hjortholm had passed all clear before leaving dock-Impracticability of Clan Macdougall stopping after leaving dock owing to state of tide-Collision Regulations, Art. 25.