Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "MARIA CRISTINA."

(1940) 66 Ll.L.Rep. 256

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain P. N. Layton, Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Collision-Fog-Vessel coming to anchor- Collision between Greek steamship Chryssi and Portuguese steamship Maria Cristina in River Maas - Chryssi, outward bound, athwart the river in the course of coming to anchor owing to dense fog - Maria Cristina also outward bound, following Chryssi - Contact between stem of Maria Cristina and starboard side of Chryssi-Chryssi sunk-Onus of proof -Lights - Speeds - Visibility - Local by-law enjoining vessel turning in river to sound certain signal-Whether that signal should be sounded in fog.

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