THE "LAIRDSBURN."

(1942) 74 Ll L Rep 219

COURT OF SESSION.

Before Lord Stevenson, sitting with Captain J. T. Baker, as Nautical Assessor.

Collision - River - Vessel leaving pier - Duty to vessels proceeding up or down river - Collision between steamships King Edward and Lairdsburn in Firth of Clyde - King Edward leaving Gourock Pier, Lairdsburn bound up - Speeds - Look-out - Whether King Edward should have seen the Lairdsburn's lights sooner - Dispute as to place of collision - Whether King Edward obstructed the passage of the Lairdsburn - Short blast sounded by King Edward indicating that she intended to pass the Lairdsburn port to port - Clyde Navigation By-laws, Rule 15.