In re Bloomfield Steamship Co.

CROAKE, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM

This motion for discovery, pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, is brought by certain cargo claimants in limitation proceedings instituted by the owners of two ships involved in a collision off the coast of France on October 1, 1963. After the collision, the vessel carrying the cargo owned by the moving parties herein, the “Ronda,” proceeded into the port of Le Havre, France, where it thereafter capsized and sank on October 2, 1963.

It appears, and is not contested, that prior to sinking, and while in port, the “Ronda” was visited by a…