Cleugh v. The Britannia
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Cross-libels for damages. Cross-suits by the respective owners of the steam-sbips Britannia and Beaeonsiield to recover damages occasioned to the vessels by reason of collision.
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In Admiralty. Cross-libels for damages. Cross-suits by the respective owners of the steam-sbips Britannia and Beaeonsiield to recover damages occasioned to the vessels by reason of collision. The third suit, that of Cotton, was brought by the owner of the cargo on board of the Beaconsñeld, which vessel was sunk by the collision, against the Britannia, alone, the Beaeonsiield being made a party defendant by petition of the Britannia, under the fifty-ninth admiralty rule of the supreme court.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
On the 19th of November, 1886, between 9 and 10 o’clock in the forenoon, as the English steam-ship Beaeonsiield, outward bound from Dow’s Stores, Brooklyn, was going out of the East river, she came in collision off pier 1, with the French steam-ship Britannia, bound up the East river. The Beaeonsiield was 270 feet long, her gross tonnage 1,736 tons, and draft 211 feet. The Britannia was 837 feet long, her gross tonnage 2,442 tons, and draft 17 feet. The collision was at an angle of from five to seven points. The stem of the Britannia struck the port side of the Beaeonsiield, a little aft of…
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