Compania Maritima Madrilena, S.A. v. Zim Israel Navigation Company, Ltd. And Northern Assurance Company

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a libel in a case in admiralty which arose as a result of a collision between two ships in Tampa Bay.

The Jarama is a steamship of Spanish registration, weighs 4937 gross tons, is 4131/2 feet in length and 52 in beam, has a home port of Cadiz, Spain, and is owned by the Compañía Marítima Madrileña, S.A., a Spanish corporation with offices in Madrid. The Dagan is a vessel of Israeli registry, weighing 5013 gross tons, is 380 feet in length and 58 in beam, and is owned by Zim Israel Navigation Company, Ltd.

Both ships were anchored off Egmont Key,…