Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "CIRCE II."

(1942) 74 Ll L Rep 214

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Lord Merriman (President), sitting with Captain W. R. Chaplin and Captain R. L. F. Hubbard, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - River - Crossing vessels - Collision between steamships Helmwood and Circe II in Thames Estuary in daylight - Weather foggy in patches - Helmwood bound up, leaving convoy and crossing river to proceed up Medway; Circe II bound down - Duty of Helmwood to give way and of Circe II to stand on - Starboarding by Circe II; porting by Helmwood - Contact between stem of Helmwood and port side of Circe II.

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