American Petroleum Co. v. The Veendam

The above libel was filed to obtain compensation for salvage services rendered by the libelant’s steam-ship La Flandre, a three-masted tank steam-ship of about 1,509 tons net register, valued at $200,-000, to the respondent’s mail and passenger steam-ship Veendam, on a voyage from Rotterdam to New York in May, 1891. The Veendam is a large steamer, 432 feet long by 40 feet beam, and of 2,209 tons net register. Her value, with cargo, freight, and passenger money, was $375,000. On this voyage she had 600 passengers, besides officers and crew about 100. At about 2:30 p. m. of May 15th her shaft…