THE "BOLTENHOF."

(1938) 62 Ll L Rep 235

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain P. N. Layton and Captain W. E. Crumplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - Dragging collision - Collision between plaintiffs' steamship Marklyn and defendants' steamship Boltenhof off Melilla - Both vessels originally anchored about two miles from each other - Contact between starboard quarter of Marklyn and port bow of Boltenhof, both vessels afterwards driving ashore and coming into further contact with each other-Cause of collision - Whether Marklyn dragged down upon Boltenhof or whether Boltenhof steamed up to Marklyn-Very severe weather-Dragging into collision as prima facie evidence of negligence.