Legal Aspects of Radar and Collision—II

Extract

This article may be regarded as a continuation of the previous article in this Journal (18, 203) and it has the same basis and purpose. It deals first with an unusual case of collision, while overtaking in the presence of a second threat, and secondly with an Appeal case.

The lessons of the Nassau–Brott collision relate to the duties of the overtaking and overtaken vessels, poor look-out, and too short a range-scale.

The Crystal Jewel–British Aviator case relates to excesssive speed, failure to stop, failure to avoid close quarters and the cumulative turn.

The Nassau–Brott case was an extremely interesting one in which one ship, Brott, was being overtaken in open waters by another, Nassau, and, at the same time, having a third ship, Haminella, coming down from ahead. The latter presented the more immediate threat.