The Melderskin
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. . Suit by the British & South American Navigation Company, Limited, owner of the steamship Hesperides, against the steamship Melderskin.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
On September 9, 1915, the Norwegian steamer Melderskin, 360 feet long and 3,961 tons gross, while on a voyage from Santos to New York, broke her tail shaft and totally lost her propeller in latitude 24° 20' N., longitude 65° 26' W. She was fully laden with a very valuable cargo of coffee, which there was great unwillingness to jettison. She had a spare propeller on board, and endeavors were made both to navigate under sail and to ship the extra propeller; the vessel, except for this failure of motive power, being tight and in excellent condition. Her log shows that the…
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