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An act of Congress for preventing collisions at sea* — the act being essentially the same as one† enacted by the British Parliament — lays down these Rules governing Fog Signals. Whenever there is a fog, whether by day or night, the fog signals described below shall be carried and used: Steamships under way shall use a steam whistle. Sailing skips under way shall use a foghorn.
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An act of Congress for preventing collisions at sea* — the act being essentially the same as one† enacted by the British Parliament — lays down these Rules governing Fog Signals. Whenever there is a fog, whether by day or night, the fog signals described below shall be carried and used: Steamships under way shall use a steam whistle. Sailing skips under way shall use a foghorn. Steamships and sailing ships when not under way shall use a bell. • This statute being in force, the Mary Troop, a British bark, was bound from Audrossan, in Scotland, to New York, with a cargo of iron, and at ten…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
It may be that when the bark was discovered by those on board the steamer it was too late to avoid a collision. The two vessels were then not more than three or four hundred feet apart, and the steamer had the bark almost across her bow. Yet it is possible that if her helm had been put to starboard instead of to port when the lookout announced, “Bell on the starboard bow,” and had been kept starboarded, the collision might either have been avoided or have been much less disastrous. By porting her helm she was turned toward the point where the bell indicated the bark was, and this apparently…
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