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THE HANS MAERSK

No. 4097.

87 F.2d 193 (1937)

THE HANS MAERSK. THE IDA HAY ATWATER. HANSEN v. GODFREY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 5, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon T. Seawell, of Norfolk, Va. (Hughes, Little & Seawell, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Braden Vandeventer, of Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer & Black, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

On the morning of May 3, 1934, a collision occurred in a dense fog in the Thimble Shoal Channel approaching the port of Norfolk, Va., between the American steamship Ida Hay Atwater and the Danish steamship Hans Maersk. The Atwater is a vessel 253.4 feet long, 43.6 feet; beam, with a draft when loaded of 25.1 feet; but she was light at the time and was drawing only 7 feet forward and 16 feet aft. The Maersk is a vessel 281.3 feet long, 40.2 feet...

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