HUDDART PARKER LTD. V. THE SHIP MILL HILL & HER CARGO; THE MASTER AND CREW OF THE STEAM TUG FOREMOST V. THE SHIP MILL HILL & HER CARGO

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Award the plaintiffs in the consolidated actions £10,000 for the salvage services rendered by them to the ship "Mill Hill*® and her cargo together with costs and condemn the defendants in the said sum and costs. Decree that of 'the said sum of £10,000 the sum of £7000 be awarded to the plaintiffs the owners of the tug "Foremost" and the sum of £3000 be awarded to the plaintiffs the master and crew of the said tug "Foremost",

Decree that the said sum of £3000 be apportioned among

the master and crew of the said tug "Foremost" as follows:=

To the master (Captain Angelin) £450 fo the mate (S.G. Bonney) £375 To the chief engineer (D. McColl) £325 To the leading hand - G.L. McCulloch A.B, £300 To Roberts A.B. £250 To Pritchard A.B. £225 To the second engineer £200 , To the wireless operator £200 To the greaser and the three firemen each £1395 To the cook £135

Reserve liberty to apply for further relief or otherwise consis-

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JUDGMENT.

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These are consolidated salvage suits brought in rem which went to a hearing without pleadings. One suit was instituted by the owners and the other by the Master and Crew of the Steam Tug "Foremost" in respect of salvage services rendered by the tug to the Ship "Mill Hill" in August 1950.

The "Foremost" is a steam tug built in 1926 with a length of 105 feet, a beam of 27 feet and a draft of 13 feet. Her gross tonnage is 244 tons and her indicated horsepower 850. She has a towing pull of 12.9 tons and her cruising speed is about 9 knots. Her value last year was estimated at £70,000. While performing the services in question she carried a master, a mate, three deck hands a first and second engineer, a greaser, three firemen, a wireless operator and a cook, thirteen in all. Adelaide is her port. The "Mill Hill" is a Liberty Ship built in the Bethelem Fairfield Shipyard at Baltimore in 1944. Her length is a4t feet, her beam 56 feet, her draft 27 feet 9 inches, Her gross registered tonnage is 7020. She has five holds with tween decks. Her value is agreed at £150,000 after the deduction of £10,000 for repairs and the replacement of an anchor and chain about the loss of which it will be necessary to speak. She is a British ship owned by the County Ship