TYNE TUGS LTD. AND OTHERS v. "ALDORA" (OWNERS) (THE "ALDORA")

[1975] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 617

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Brandon(assisted by Captain M. B. Wingate,Elder Brother, as nautical assessor)

Salvage - Claim for salvage - Vessel running aground outside dredged channel leading to Blyth Harbour - Before salvage services required tugs and pilots already engaged to escort ship into harbour - Whether salvage claim restricted to getting ship off sandbank or extended to getting ship into harbour. Salvage - Salvage remuneration - Interest - Whether interest permissible on salvage award - Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934, s. 3 (1).