THE "BENRINNES."

(1940) 68 Ll L Rep 91

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain W. E. Crumplin and Captain A. S. Mackay, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - River - Vessel leaving dock entrance - Collision in Blackwall Reach, River Thames, between steamship Benrinnes and barge Cecil (in tow of tug Toro)-Toro, with six barges in tow, bound up river, with tide- Another tug, with three barges in tow, bound up on starboard side of Toro; large tanker bound up on port side of Toro-Steamship Dundee lying at anchor off dock entrance-Benrinnes, having emerged from dock, moving slowly ahead round Dundee down and across river - Port helm action (two short blasts being sounded) by Toro immediately she became aware of the Benrinnes - Contact between stem of Benrinnes and starboard side of Cecil (on starboard side in third rank)- Cecil sunk - Duty of vessel crossing river-Whether tug negligent-Port of London River By-Laws, 1938, Rule 39.