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AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT.
STRANDING OF THE S.S. KAIAPOI.
INQUIRY HELD.
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Marine-Court-of-Inquiry was held-yesterday morning to Inverti gate the circumstances which led to the grounding of the Kainpai on the South Reef, Sitan. kal, Philippine Islands, on Septem- ber 3, while she was on a voyage from Samarinda to Hongkong.
of the The Court was composed following members: President, Hon. Comdr. Hole; Lt. Comdr. G. E. R. Rudyer-Kelpman, R.N., IL.M. Dockyard: Captain H. E. Benic, Master of the a.. Glaucus; Cap- tain J. Middemway, Master of the and Captain A. Master of the 6.5.
8.8.
Sumang.
Kiangan.
Mr. G. K. Hall-Brutton was in- structed by the Chinese Coast Officers" Guld to appear for the Captain of the Kaiapoi, Mr. James Baldwin, white Mr. R. A. Weileson represented the owners, the Kin Hong 9.5. Com- pany, Ltd.
Mr. James Baldwin, master of the Kaiapul, giving evidence, sald that held in certificate of competency for a Master. He was the Master of the 8.5. Kalapol, which left Samarinda at 6.10 p.m. au September 1. the pilot being discharged at 11.10 p.m: He proceeded on a north-east
Course.
more to the north, and at a speed of 10 knots an hour. Everything went well unill September 3, when at noon they were in Lat, 3 deg. 38 N. Long. 119 deg. 38 E. This position was fix. ed by observation of the sun.
(le altered the course of the vessel to north by west at 1 p.m. unit pro- ceded it right knots an hour. The Chlef meer was in charge of the bridge from noon until 4 p.m. Wit- About ness was on the bridice i
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when he went down. 1pm, the Second Mate relieved the Chief Ofleer. Witness went to the bridge at few minutes after 4 p.m. The weather was cloudy, inclined to There was no sun, and he could not take their position. He asked the Second Mate to keep a lonk-out for lund and report immediately. At 5.45 p.m. the Second Mate reparted land to the north. Withers went on the bridge and saw land-to the north. He took the bearing and noted the position on the chart. He came to the conclusion that it was Sibute.
Jain.
The Stranding.
He then altered his course north by east by the compass, which gave him a clear course to pass Salunt light house by two and a half miles. This tonk him into Sibutu passage. He continued on that course, expecting to Hee the light from the light-house. The sun set at 5.10 p.m. He con- tinued on that course for about s!x miles, and at 0.30 p.m. the vessel stranded on a rect He did not koow what reef it was. There were DO breakers und the ROCK wos quito smooth, so no warning of breakers ahead was evident. At 6.45 p.m. he nighted the Salunt light just faintly visible to the north-east. He did not see the red sector of the light.
When the vessel stranded he pat the engines full astern, and enlled for the Chief Officer and asked him to sound the ship. The Chief Officer re- ported that the ཡ5F; WIln riuktvg water in the forepenk and in the No. 1 tank. At the time of strande ing the tide was a quarter ebb-spring lide. He tried the engines to test it the vessel was hard Cast or not.
The following morning, he found out the exnet position by finds an the adjacent reef to the west of Silmu. The position was Lat. 4'dex, 29 N. Long, 110 deg. 22 E. He also found that he had mistaken the islands on the west of Sibutu for Sibatu. The vessel had drifted twelve miles to the west in the same intitude. The Salunt Light-house,
He und been on this route for about a month, and had the opportunity of observing the light. He found that it was very poor light, as on some necasions it was put visible at all. It was very seldom that he anw the red meetion of the light.
had drawn the attention of the master of the 8. Kaltuna, which came to their assistance, to that fact. The sup posed radius of the light wan IG miles, and trom the bridge of a ship 17 pilles. The Deputy Governor of Sitankai hud infarmed him that he And interviewed his Government with a view to having the light on the south-west end of the reef, as thera had been a number of wrecks recent- ly. The Governor also informed him that masters of stranded ships had informed him that the light was a very poor one. When, his vessel struaded there was no loss of life.
Mr. Wadeson.You actually altri. bute the wreck to the fact that you did not see the light?
Captain Baldwin.-Yes. With a westerly couran set I should have seen the light before the vessel stranded.
The President!--When you sighted what you thought was Sibutu Peak did you look out to the westward to scot anything was visible?
Captain Baldwin. I looked all round, but more particularly to the estat.
The President-You could sco nothing?
Captain Baldwin-Yes, nothing. Visibility.
The President-Why did you look particularly to the onst?
Captain Baldwin-To see if I was in the passage.
The Prealdent-What did pect to see towards the castou ex- Captain did not expect to acc anything at all.
The President.Did you realiz
the visibility was equal alt
that
round you should have seen the light- house before you saw Sibutu Poak?
Captain Baldwin-No, I thought I had seen Sibutu Pask.
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Captain Baldwin.-It was fairly good, and I could set about 16 to 20
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Wuoded Island, but I was more sure it was Sibutu Peak.
The President.-Now, did it occur Wootled you that it might be Islandz
to
Captain Baldwin.-No.
Captain Baldwin. Yes. I only saw the fight after the stranding.
Second Officer's Evidener. The Second Omeer, Mr. John Ping- held certificate ting, said that of any kind. He was on the bridge
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The President.Taking the chang- ing of the course of the ship after you had sighted land, did you not think that it was cutting it rather fine The President-I put it to you,nt 5 pm, that day when the Captain if you did so by two and a half miles? that being master of the ship, after frame and told him to report when Previously acknowledged...$8,175
Captain Baldwin-1 wanted to see you had sighted land, which the he, sighted land. He saw land at The Hongkong Sharebrokers the light befora I could ascertain my chart shows to be Wooded Island 1995.44 p.m., and reported immediately. Association position. From noon to 6 p.m. I feet, wou'd you be justified in saying The course of the ship was north by reckoned that the course steered would it war Sibuto T
west. The Captain came on the Royal Navy off the Captulu pass six and a half miles
Baldwin. Yes. I
re-bridge and he left. He knew noth- States Steamship Co. light.
cognized it was Sibutu.
ing of what happened from the time Mrs. P. P. J. Wodehouse The President (after taking men. The President.-What provious ex- he left the bridge until the strand Staff of Mesars. Lane Craw- suremonta from the chart)-Only (perience have you had of this chart?
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Captain Baldwin.-As master of
Mr. A. Christie, Master of the a.. Captain Baldwin (after measuring the sa, Koromiko I have been through Kaltura, then testified to the fact Dra. Black, Baloan, Koch and the chart himself).-Five miles. thfa route on four previous occasions. that the light was a very poor one.
The President. What allowance Once at the same time of the year He went to the assistance of the The Filipino Club did you make for the food tide be-only in 1928. It was then carried by Kalapoi, and weighed anchor about Hannan él Arculli tween p.m. and 5 p.m.?
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the food tide to tho north-east 21 nine miles from the light, but on Captain Baldwin-Only five miles little over 16 miles off my cotuse. some occasions he did not see the I mentioned.
From my experience think it is very ligh The President-When you sighted important to plek ap that light, and section. what you thought to be Sibutu Peak set the course accordingly. For the đặt you sight it through classes or with your naked eye?
Captain Baldwin-Both. The PresidentWhen you sighted
this land and altered your course one point eastward did you not think that if would inve been better to alter it
by more?
A Contradiction. Captain Baldwin.-No. 1 reckoned I was on a safe course. It did occur to me that the land sighted would be
three weeks the Kaiapoi was lying on the reef, I noticed that on several oc
ions the light and the island were buth absolutely obscured.
Mr. Hall-Bratton. Now on this occasion you took this land, which you saw, for Sibutu Poak, whereas it turned out to be really Wooded Is land, was it not?
Captain Baldwin-Yes
Mr. Hall-Brutton-Was the leland and light obscured on that night 7
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WOB that the brought in the following verdict.ex. 29 F. We find that the cause We find that the as. Kaiapoi, official of the grounding number 115602 and of which Mr. Master mistook a point of land night- James Baldwin who held a certificate el at 5.46 p.m. and bearing N. for of competincy No. 989 of Dunedin, Sibuta Penk, whereas it afterwards Master, left Samarinda on proved to be Wooded Island. Wo find September 1, 1931 on a voyage to Mr. J. Baldwin guilty of an error Hongkong. At 6.30 p.m. on Septem-of jadgment due to over-confidence, ber the said vessel stranded on a and we adjudge him to be reprimand- reef in Lat. 4 deg. 20' N. Long. 119 est."
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