In re Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Nav. Co.

GODDARD, District Judge.

This proceeding was brought under the provisions of sections 4283 to 4285 of tha *108Revised Statutes (46 USCA §§ 183-185), by the Liverpool, Brazal & River Plate Steam navigation Company, Limited, as owner of the steamship Swinburne, in which it prays for exoneration from or limitation of liability, arising out of the collision which occurred around 4 a. m. on May 7, 1928, between the United States Army dredge Navesink and the steamship Swinburne in the vicinity of quarantine anchorage, New York Harbor. The Navesink sank shortly after the contact and nineteen of her crew…