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body suggested the "Iskra" had alter- ed under port helm.

Ported into Collision

At the least. it seemed to his Lord- ship, to be clear that the "Grey County" did port into the collision, and it seemed clear also that there would have been no collision if she had not hard-aported. He would assume that the green fight was seen only when they SKW it. Having regard to the angle of the blow, was pretty certain there would have been no col- Mr. E. Ayimer Digby, K.C., and M. thereafter hard-aported.

ision if the "Grey County" had not The "Grey RF., Hayward appeared for the County had time to alter two points "Takrn," instructed by Messrs. Wm afterwards. She had time to alter sub- Crump and Son, and Mr. C. Robertson, stantially under her port helm after Dunlop, K.C., and Mr. Alfred that, and to strike the starboard side Bucknil for the "Grey County," in of the other ship 37 fect from its structed by Messrs. Thomas Cooper and stern, so that if the "Grey County Co

had not altered under the port helm- taken after the green was seen, there Mr. Just Hill, giving judgment, would have been collision. Had she said no doubt the primary cause of merely kept her previous port helm, the collision was that the plaintiff's then it was doubtful whether there ship was being navigated, and purpose would have been a collision. ly so, in flagrant disregard of the re-

Her marigating officer did the right culations, but at the same time, Mr. Digby for the plaintiffs, said that, while thing, it was true, in going full aatorn, he admitted this, it was not the cause but he accompanied it with hard aport To a large extent, helm, and that was so clearly a contri- of the collision. in the view of the Court, it was the buting cause of the collision the hard cause of the collision. While, how-aporting when he saw the green light ever, it was one of the primary causes decide precisely whether what he had that it really became unnecessary to of the collision, it was not possible to

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BAD LOOKOUT

Navigational complications of the motor secupy the Admiralty Court from: time to time, and Mr. Justice Hill, in the ente of the "Grey County, em- phasised the fact that the primary cause of her collision was that the Polish auxiliary training schooner "Iskra."

" near the Goodwin Lightship, while under the duties of a steamship. was assuming the privileges of a sail- ing ship. She was making way with the motor, but had no masthead light. The action was brought by the Polish naval authoritica, as owners of the "Iskra," against the owners of the "Grey County," who counterclaimed.say that the navigation of the "Grey seen, before he saw the green,

green The collision was in the early morning County" was not a serious and contri- really a white or was really the

His Lordship was hours of October 14 last. The "Iskra," butlag cause, and he saw in the result light, mis-seen. a three-masted schooner of 301 tons, was coming from Cherbourg, to Gdynia,

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no reason to draw a distinction be- rather inclined to think there was some tween the blame of the two ships. The port-hole light showing, and that for a time it may have made it more dif- ficult to pick up the green light, but he was not determining that the green light was not one that could be seen at that distance, He did not deter- mine this matter about the port hole or the green light finally, for he did not think it was necessary, for it was svident that, having seen the green light when she did, the "Grey County's" hard-aporting was the cause, or one of the causes of the coll- sion, He would not say, on this side of the сазе that it was the sole immediate cause, for it might well be that if the "Iskra" had not starboarded and thrown her quarter towards the "Grey County," the "Grey County" would have scraped past, but he did not know.

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His Lordship went on, that from what he had said about the green light, and his inability to find it was not shown, and the fact that it was not seen at a greater distance, it followed that he inclined to think there was not that good lookout on the Grey County"

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the officer was engaged on his cross-DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 2.00 p.m. bearing. As to the "Iskra," he was quite satisfied that at the critical time, when the "Grey County" began to port her helm, there was no officer in a posi- tion on the "Iskra" to give an order either to the helm or to the engineer The "Iskra" was clearly to blame for not carrying a masthead light, and it was impossible to say that that could be put aside as something which no Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Ac doubt was a fault, but did not tribu|commodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State- to the collision. It must have con-rooms and Saloon. The s.s. "Tai Hing" is fitted with Wireless. tributed to the collision almost to the

These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wuchow (via Samshui, Shinhing, very end. First, if there had been a masthead light it might have attracted Takking & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Ports) every five the attention of the "Grey County's! earlier in point of time. Seeing a masthead light those on the "Grey County would have been acute to look out for the side-light. Seeing none they were put off. There was nothing to call their attention to a side-light until the side-light in fact became visible.

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to know whether the "Iskra was pro-was the "Iskra" choosing to navigate ceeding only as a sailing ship, with such the seas with a total disregard to the speed aa light breeze from the N.W. sea regulations, but he had to find out would give her, or was proceeding at the actual causes of the collision, and such speed as her motors gave her. he thought there were equal faults on Therefore, in that respect the "Iskra" both sides as far a that was concern. fault, and if it was true, as ed. The judgment of the court would her chief officer said, that he saw the be that they were equally to blame. red light of the "Grey County" open- ed on his starboard bow at a quarter as she said, ander sail, her motor

fault of the "Iskra" was that, in the of a mile, if the chief officer had been assisting, and saw at six miles, on the first place, she was under motor power on the poop and ready to give the starboard bow, the masthead light of and making way with her motor, but order, and if he had not been, under ti# "Grey County. 5,203 tons gross had no masthead light. In the second the instrretions of the master, conduct and 400 feet long, proceeding from Rot-place, although she was under waying her on the principle that she was a terdam to Montreal. For a time they under the duties of

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vileges of a sailing "ship. Then, at &o take action himself, not by hard-1929, amounted to £132,364, against on at high speed, the "Grey County" critical time, there was no one to give lastarboarding, as the master directed,/2121,779 in June last year, an increase opened her red. Almost immediately an order to the helmsman.

but by hard-aporting and stopping his of £10,585. before the colliston the "Iakra" put her It was suggested that what the motors to take off his way.

The traffic receipts for the half-year helm hard-a-starboard, and when the "Grey County first took for a stern Both were to blame for a bad look- ended June 30, 1929, amounted to "Grey County" struck her on the star- light, was a port hole light. The helm out, and when they took helm action £745,168, as compared with £729,025 for board she had to take salvage aid. was ported to give the supposed stern neither did the right thing. Both were the corresponding period of last year,

At 41⁄2 miles S.W. of the East Good-light more room, and when the vessel so much to blame that the court did an increase of £16,144. win light-vessel the "Grey County" said had altered me to two points on that not think it ought to say that one was The net revenue of the whole of the she was going 10 knots when she pickport helm-the low-lying white light more to blame than the other. Ho undertaking for the half-year (after ed up a low-lying white light, haif-a-having been seen a point on the port rather sympathised with the

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bision, it was said, the "Grey County" had altered altogether four points.

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moment had blown his whistle to the man with the log, and it was suggested the officer was other- vise engaged than on lookout, and, in- deed, said was when he came. from the compass to the front of the bridge that he saw the white light. There was, therefore, some reason for Eaying the officer of the "Grey County" could not have had his attention direct ed the whole time to looking to port. If the. Court accepted the "Grey County's evidence, it was clear that, when coupled with the agreed fact that the digle of the blow was 80 degrees, leading aft, on "Iskra the stem of the Grey County being in collision with the a starboard side of the "Iskra at a point of 37 feet from the stern--the Grey County," as he was advised, be fore portia had come to a position! of starboard to starboard with the "Iskra," and it was not possible that the situation should have been, as the Chief officer of the "Grey County" said, that he should have had the light a little on the port bow, then parted, then got the green, and than ported another two points, making four points, and then been in collision with the starboard side of the "Iskra” at on angle of 80 degrees, unless which no

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