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MARINE COURT OF ENQUIRY.

MASTER'S ERROR OF JUDGMENT.

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A Marine Court of Enquiry assembled at the Harbour Office yesterday morning. to enquire into the circumstances attend ing the stranding of the as Tean on Ching Mai Point in the Hainan Straits

on the afternoon of December 19th, 1995, while proceeding from Haiphong to Hoihow.

The Court comprised Lieut.-Commander" G. F. Hale, R.N., Harbour Master (President), Lieut.-Commander C. R. H. Harvey, R.N.. Superintendent of the Chart Depot, H.M. Dockyard, Hong- Kong: Capt. S. Robinson, Master of the R.M.S. Empress of Canada; "Mr. H,`W, Chandler, Master of the a. Kum Song; and Mr. J. Thompson, Master of the 8.3. Haiyung

Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones, solicitor (of Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist), instructed by the Imperial Merchant Service Guild, appeared for Captain Histed (Master of the Teri), and Mr. G. E. Hall Brutton, instructed by the China Coast. Officers' Guild, held a watching brief on behalf of the Captain and Cicers.

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Capt. E. H. Histed (Master of the Tenn), said that the Tran lets Haiphong for Hoihow at 1p.m. on December 18th. On December 10th at 1.35 p.m. a bearing of Lamkao was taken S. 4 E, true, four miles, steering . 88 E. true. This course was carried on until 4.30 at a speed of 9.7 knots. Not having seen anything, be altered the course to N. 7 E. true., About 4.30 land was raised two points on the starboard beam At 4.41 the Tean grounded in 2 fathoms, Witness tried to twist the vessel off with the engines and managed to swing her head around and it held at N.N.E. Being unable to feat the Tenn off, the engines were stopped. He let go the port anchor and veered: 15 fathom of chain. The vessel floated off at 8.20 p... without having sustained any damage. A survey and since been made and no damage was discovered.

Examined by Mr. Hugh-Jones, witness identified the ship's chart and said he was on the bridge at the time of the occurrence, A double fix was taken of Lamkno and tallied, the last of the two being taken at 2.10. The beam position was taken from the fix and gave a dis tance of three miles or more from tac. light. At p.m., soundings had given a depth of 25, fathoms, which showed by the chart that the vessel could not possibly have been within three railes. There was a fresh wind from E.N.E. to N.N.E., with a force of four to five. The weather was thick with driving rain and the esti

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AN UNKNOWN SET OF THE TIDE.

Asked how he accounted for his posi tion, witness put the cause down to an unknown set. He added that after he took a bearing from the position whers the vessel struck, Mandarin Cap bore S. E. true, à distance of two miles twą cables away.

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Sidelights of singular interest were cast on the Locarno Conference by the Right Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain, M.P., in an address to the League of Nations Parliamentary Committee at the House of Commons, Bir Ellis Hame-Williams,

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be approximately four miles. Instruc tions were given by witness to the Second Officer to give the ship nothing East. Witness was off the bridge for a short time, going down about 2.15 p.m. and returning to the bridge just about 3 p.m. At that time they would have been about in the middle of the bay they were cross- ing, and the course they were on should have taken them off two miles North of Ching Mai Point. He preferred this course for making Hoihow to an alter native one bearing on Mandarin Cap. It was essential for him to pick up Ching Mai Point in order to make Holbow, By his dead reckoning he should have been just abaft the beam of Ching Mai Point with Mandarin Cap just before her team, the former being 2 miles.. 14.30 there was no land visible and witness altered the course to 77 E. true, in order to allow for any lee-way the Ten might have made.." He had no reason to suspect that he was not in or near to his dend At this point the Court adjourned to reckoning. The alteration of course was made as an additional precautionary incasure. Ho sighted land for the first time about two minutes before the vessel strack. The island bors about two points before the starboard beam. At that time, desuming that ho was approximately right in his reckoning, the land sighted, in his opinion, would be Mandarin Cap. He could not distinguish it as it was too indistinct to be certain. About twenty minutes after the vessel strack, the weather cleared considerably and á

THE FINDING position was established. He had been Returning, the President announced through these Straits as master about that the finding of the Court was that fifteen or sixteen times, and bad also the Tean (Captain E. H. Histed) engaged in the study of ichthyology; made the passage through them as mate grounded 2.1-5 miles West of Mandarin They had found some little fishes and and second mate. He had frequently Cap at 447 p.m. on December 19th the been on a similar course coming from" Haiphong and making Lamino and then grounding being caused by Capt. Histed underestimating the visibility, this being steering across the bay to Ching Mai an error of judgment which did not During these experiences he had never known of any peculiar set. Normally it amount to culpability toge

The President then handed back Capt. would be approximately East and West."

Histed his master's certificato sad the (Continued on nezt eclumn-)

Court was closed.

Cross-examined by the President of the Court, witness said that he did not see any fishing stakes until after the ship grounded. Between the last fix and grounding, soundings were not taken.C. (chairman of the Committee), pre owing to the irregularity of the bottom giving unreliable data. The visibility be tween 4 pm and 4.30 p.m. was from two three miles. During this time both hand the Chief Officer were looking out for land, the Second Officer having had the watch from 12 to 4 p.m.

Court, witness spoke of a compass error Questioned by other members of the and said that on previous occasions be had not found as much as one mile leeway being made in twenty hours steaming over the same courses.

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