A. F. HENRY & MACGREGOR, LTD. v. ABERDEEN HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS.

(1943) 76 Ll L Rep 107

COURT OF SESSION.

Before Lord Robertson.

Harbours - Damage to ship - Grounding - Liability of harbour authorities-Pursuers' steamship Barra Head moored at Matthews Quay, Aberdeen, ready to leave port-Instructed to leave by harbour-master -Grounding on her passage out, about 134 hours before low water, ship refloating without assistance about 20 minutes after low water-Dispute as to locus of grounding-Whether within or outside navigable channel- Averment by pursuers that there was insufficient water in the navigable channel at the time when the ship was ordered to leave.