The City of Norfolk
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Suit in admiralty for collision by Frank Hand, master of the British Steamship Hawkhead, against the Chesapeake Steamship Company of Baltimore City, owner, and John Thomas, master, of the steamer City of Norfolk. Decree against the City of Norfolk, and her claimants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal brings under review the decree of the District Court holding the Chesapeake Fine freight steamer, City of Norfolk, solely at fault for collision with the British tramp steamer Hawkhead, at anchor in the channel of Elizabeth river about 7 o’clock in the. evening of October 6, 1916.
The Hawkhead is 385 feet long, 5é feet 6 inches beam, 26 feet 5 inches deep. She left Lamberts Point pier, going to sea, about 5:30 in the afternoon, in charge of a Virginia pilot. Seeing a dense fog approaching, the pilot first attempted to turn the vessel, with the intention of…
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