The Ansaldo Savoia
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. libel by. one Revello, master of the steamship Ansaldo Savoia, against the steamship Ripogenus, with cross-bill by the master of the steamship Ripogenus against the steamship Ansaldo Savoia. Decree finding both vessels at fault. Hughes, Little & Seawell and Henry H. Little, all of Norfolk, Va., for the Savoia.
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In Admiralty. libel by. one Revello, master of the steamship Ansaldo Savoia, against the steamship Ripogenus, with cross-bill by the master of the steamship Ripogenus against the steamship Ansaldo Savoia. Decree finding both vessels at fault. Hughes, Little & Seawell and Henry H. Little, all of Norfolk, Va., for the Savoia. Hughes, Vandeventer & Eggleston and Braden Vandeventer, all of Norfolk, Va., and Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham and E. E. Blodgett, all of Boston, Mass., for the Ripogenus.
1Opinion of the Court
GRONER, District Judge.
Cross-libels were filed by the respective vessels, each claiming fault against the other causing the collision.
The Savoia, a steel vessel of 5,228 gross tons, light, was on a voyage from Genoa to Galveston, via Hampton Roads. The Ripogenus, a wooden steamer, 2,278 gross tons, was on a voyage from Norfolk to Searsport, Me., with a cargo of 2,513 tons of coal. The vessels collided in a dense fog in the immediate neighborhood of No. 2 Buoy, located about 4% to 5 miles nearly due east from Cape Henry Right. The moment of impact is stated by the crew of the Ripogenus to have…
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