La Interamericana, S. A. v. The Narco

WHITEHURST, District Judge.

This action grows out of a collision at sea between the M/V Narco and the M/V Lolita. At about 11:00 o’clock P. M. on July 24, 1953, the M/V Narco, a fishing vessel of American registry out of Tampa, Florida, rammed and sank the M/V Lolita, a fishing vessel of Mexican registry out of Ciudad del Carmen.

The collision occurred in international waters in the Gulf of Campeche, some twenty miles off the mouth of the San Pedro River, and is, therefore, governed by the International Rules for Navigation at Sea, Tit. 33 U.S.C.A. § 61 et seq.

At the time of the collision, the…