BULK OIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. v. TEES CONSERVANCY COMMISSIONERS. (THE "PASS OF MELFORT.")

(1947) 81 Ll L Rep 479

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Willmer, sitting with Commodore R. L. F. Hubbard, Elder Brother of Trinity House.

Docks, Harbours, etc. - Unsafe berth-Liability of river commissioners-Negligence -Damage sustained by plaintiffs' ship at moorings provided by Tees Conservancy Commissioners-Propeller fouled by wires and chain-Ship moored to buoys-Line of dolphins inshore of buoys - Wires and chain affixed to certain dolphins and lying on river bed for use of craft belonging to Commissioners - Whether plaintiffs' ship in moving from her moorings was navigated so close to the dolphins that she picked up the wires and chain off the mud -Consideration of obligation of Commissioners towards ships navigating in river.