The Powhatan
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Libel and cross-libel for collision between the steamships Powhatan and Telena, and petition for limitation of liability by the owners of the Powhatan. Decree in favor of the Telena.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
This proceeding involves a collision that occurred about 8:24 p. m. on December 15, 1916, in the lower waters of Chesapeake Bay, a short distance southeast of Thimble Light.
The ships were large, ocean-going vessels — the Powhatan 310 feet long, 38 feet beam, one of the fleet of the Merchants’ & Miners’ Transportation Company, sailing between Norfolk, Va., and Boston, Mass., outward bound; and the Telena, a British tramp steamship, 375 feet 6 inches long, 48 feet beam, inward bound. The collision occurred in the deep water channel that extends from a point two miles…
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