THE "SUNTRAP" AND THE "EVELENE BRODSTONE."

(1941) 69 Ll.L.Rep. 90

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain A. H. Riley and Captain C. St. G. Glasson, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision-River-Collision in Lower Pool, River Thames, between barges in tow of tug Evelene Brodstone, bound up, and steamship Suntrap, bound down- Contact between stem of Suntrap and barges on port side in second and third ranks, damaging them and breaking them adrift - Flood tide - Misty weather - Dispute as to place of collision-Whether to north or south of mid-channel-Whether tug and tow proceeding up river at excessive speed -Starboarding by tug to avoid collision -Speed of six knots maintained.