The Alabama

KING, Circuit Judge.

The steamship Brandywine, owned by the United States of America, on April 1, 1920, stranded on the southeast portion of Medio Shoal, situated about three miles northeast of Lobos Island, off the east coast of Mexico. The reef was about 200 yards long. At its highest point it is about 4 feet under water and at its edge about 19 feet. The rise and fall of the tide is about two feet. The vessel was firmly on the reef; her bow being in about 4 feet of water and there being 19 feet at her stern. The reef edge goes off abruptly, there being a good depth of water near the reef.…