A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea, Vol. 1 of 3: With an Appendix, Containing Extracts From the Merchant Shipping Acts, the International ... and Local Rules for the Same Purpose in Force - Softcover

Marsden, Reginald G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331082722 ISBN 13: 9781331082729

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea, Vol. 1 of 3: With an Appendix, Containing Extracts From the Merchant Shipping Acts, the International Regulation (of 1863 and 1880) For Preventing Collisions at Sea, and Local Rules for the Same Purpose in Force in the Thames, the Mersey, and Elsewhere Statistics issued by Lloyd's show that in the year 1878 there were in collision 1790 sailing-ships and 836 steam-ships. About 15 percent, of the steam-ships and 3.6 percent, of the sailing-ships of the world (estimated as numbering respectively 5462 and 49,524) suffered loss from this one cause. Some idea of the amount of that loss may be formed from the fact that in the Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice in this country there were instituted in the year ending 31st October, 1878, actions in which sums amounting to 985,550 were claimed for damage by collision. In the same year occurred the collision between the Bywell Castle, and the Princess Alice in the River Thames, in which were lost upwards of 600 lives; also that between the Grosser Kurfilrst and the Konig Wilhelm, off Folkestone, where 281 of the crew of the former ship perished. The importance of the subject treated of in the following pages is sufficiently shown by the above facts. To seamen having the charge of ships this treatise is offered in the hope that by setting forth the exact requirements of the law it may enable them to navigate in accordance with the law, and possibly avert collision. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair

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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea, Vol. 1 of 3: With an Appendix, Containing Extracts From the Merchant Shipping Acts, the International Regulation (of 1863 and 1880) For Preventing Collisions at Sea, and Local Rules for the Same Purpose in Force in the Thames, the Mersey, and Elsewhere

And to the legal profession, is is offered as containing a summary of the law and cases relating to collisions between ships. Its publication at the present moment is explained by the recent issue of new International Regulations for preventing collision at sea, which comes into force on the lst of September next.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331082722
• ISBN 13: 9781331082729
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376