THE "ORTOLAN."

(1942) 74 Ll L Rep 178

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

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

Collision - Anchored vessels - Dragging collision - Anchor chain fouled - Novus actus interveniens - Plaintiffs' steamship Sherwood and defendants' steamship Ortolan at anchor in North Sea - Dragging by Ortolan - Anchor chain of Sherwood fouled - Subsequent dragging by Sherwood, resulting in collision with steamship Corsea half an hour later - Liability for loss of Sherwood's anchor admitted by Ortolan - Whether collision between Sherwood and Corsea was result of Ortolan's negligence.