THE "CANADA."

(1939) 65 Ll L Rep 1

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Scott, Lord Justice MacKinnon and Lord Justice Finlay, sitting with Rear-Admiral K. D. W. Macpherson and Captain W. E. Whittingham, nautical assessors.

Collisions-Fog-Collision between Norwegian motor vessel Hoegh Hood and Danish motor vessel Canada in English Channel during dense fog-Hoegh Hood on course of 225 deg. true; Canada on course of 84 deg. true- Contact between stem of Canada and starboard bow of Hoegh Hood-"Lying stopped" signals of two prolonged blasts being sounded by Hoegh Hood- Allegation by Canada that the Hoegh Hood was sounding "lying stopped" signals before she was in fact stationary and that she (the Canada) was thereby misled-Evidence that Hoegh Hood, to counteract her falling off to starboard under reversed engines, had put her engines dead slow ahead (giving her a headway of a half to one knot) and her wheel to port in an endeavour to bring her back on her original heading -Whether still entitled to sound "lying stopped" signals-Look-out- Speeds-Collision Regulations, Art. 15.