THE "DIMITRIOS CHANDRIS."

(1943) 77 Ll L Rep 489

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill, sitting with Captain W. E. Crumplin and Captain C. St. G. Glasson, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Collision - Convoy - Fog - Whistle signals- "Vessel having way"-Collision between steamships Empire Bunting and Dimitrios Chandris in Atlantic Ocean-Ships in same single column convoy, Dimitrios Chandris originally being astern of Empire Bunting-Empire Bunting lying stopped -Dimitrios Chandris, sounding a series of short blasts, heard on port beam-Engines of Empire Bunting put full ahead when it was realised that the Dimitrios Chandris was approaching-Impact between stem of Dimitrios Chandris and port side of Empire Bunting - Evidence from Dimitrios Chandris that, after being damaged by collision with an iceberg, and lying stopped, she sounded both a distress signal of five short blasts and a signal of two long blasts; but that, unknown to the master, the engineer had worked the engines from time to time to maintain a vacuum-Headings at time of collision- Whether Empire Bunting to blame for putting her engines ahead before sighting the Dimitrios Chandris and for not sounding one long blast immediately she gathered headway.