THE "ACCRUITY."

(1943) 76 Ll L Rep 81

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain P. N. Layton and Captain W. R. Chaplin, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision-Convoy-Fog - Signals - Collision between steamship Kenrix and motor vessel Accruity in English Channel- Kenrix originally astern of Accruity in same column-Descent of thick fog-Fog signals sounded by commodore vessel and by Kenrix-Signal by commodore vessel that fog buoys were to be streamed- Vessels sighted by each other close to, on converging courses, with Accruity on port bow of Kenrix-Fog signals not sounded by Accruity-Duty to sound-Fog buoy not streamed - Merchant Navy Code, Art. 56: "The unrestricted use of whistles or sirens by ships of a convoy in fog is undesirable and is apt to cause confusion"-Discretion of master.