The Professor Koch
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Libel by Edwin M. Richards and others against the barque Professor Koch and cargo. Decree for libelants, which also provided for an award for intervener Barry.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a case of salvage. The Finnish barque Professor Koch, 236 feet long, 1,400 tons, steel construction, stranded on Cox’s Ledge, near Scituate, at about 11 p. m. on April 29, 1919. The weather was fair at the time, with a moderate breeze, and not much sea. Just before the barque struck, her master had become suspicious of his surroundings and taken steps to check her headway. She struck the ledge lightly and slid into a depression on it, *970which held her something like a cradle. There was no immediate danger ; but it was a very bad position, exposed to the full force…
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