Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA"; THE "DEBRETT."

(1947) 81 Ll.L.Rep. 24

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Pilcher, sitting with Commodore A. S. Mackay and Captain C. St. G. Glasson, Elder Brethren of Trinity House.

Salvage - River - Anchor chains fouled - Services rendered by tugs Trafalgar, Morpeth, Crosby, Egerton, Nelson, Holm Cock and Storm Cock to steamship Empress of Australia and motor vessel Debrett in River Mersey - Empress of Australia bound up; Debrett at anchor- Failure by Empress of Australia to answer helm-Starboard anchor let go-Slight impact between port bow of Empress of Australia and port quarter of Debrett- Anchors and anchor chains found to be foul of each other, both vessels drifting up river and towards west bank - Vessels pushed and held by tugs until clear of each other and Debrett able to slip her anchor - Whether Empress of Australia was aground aft - Risk of grounding-Danger to other craft.

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