THE "DUX."

(1938) 62 Ll L Rep 231

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Scott, Lord Justice MacKinnon and Lord Justice du Parcq, sitting with Captain Hugh T. Pritchard and Captain W. P. Townshend, Nautical Assessors.

Negligent navigation-Grounding of plaintiffs' lighter Seabird in River Trent-Seabird, in tow of tug Ferryman, bound upriver-Defendant' keel Dux working her way up river along the east bank by means of boathooks-Dux blown away from bank, drifting across course of tow-Grounding of Seabird in consequence of helm action taken to avoid Dux - Total loss of Seabird and cargo-Duty of Dux under Humber Rules-"21. No vessel shall be allowed to drift otherwise than under control or to drift athwart or abreast"-Whether Dux acted in breach of Rule 21.