The Roanoke

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date06 April 1909
Date06 April 1909
CourtCourt of Appeal
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14 cases
  • Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd v Nautical Challenge Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 July 2018
    ... ... 63 In this regard: i) It is to be acknowledged, as Mr Jacobs contended, that keeping “course and speed” within rule 17 is not to be interpreted literally (and, it might be said, unthinkingly). Thus, as explained by Lord Alverstone CJ in The Roanoke [1908] P 231 , at p. 239: “… ‘course and speed’ ….mean course and speed in following the nautical manoeuvre in which, to the knowledge of the other vessel, the vessel is at the time engaged. ……. The ‘course’ certainly does not mean the actual compass direction ... ...
  • Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd v Nautical Challenge Ltd (THE 'ALEXANDRA 1' and 'EVER SMART')
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 February 2021
    ...353. Otranto, The [1930] P 110 (CA); [1931] AC 194 (HL). Pekin, The [1897] AC 532. Queen Mary, The (1949) 82 Ll L Rep 303. Roanoke, The [1908] P 231. Savina, The [1976] 2 Ll Rep 123. Selat Arjuna v Contship Success [1998] CLC 1495. Sestriere, The [1976] 1 Ll Rep 125. Stag Line Ltd v Foscolo......
  • Fisher v the 'Oceanic Grandeur'
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Nowy Sacz, The (Olympian)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 1 April 1977
    ...course or speed. It was contended by Mr. fifteen that this would cause no real difficulty to the overtaken ship because, as was held in The Roanoke (1908) P. 231 (C.A,), a ship carrying out a proper manoeuvre the nature of which was known to the other ship, could continue the manoeuvre notw......
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  • Maritime Collisions
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Maritime Law. Second Edition Part VI
    • 21 June 2016
    ...21. 32 This Rule has given rise to the “four stages of collision” analysis, culminating in the “agony of collision.” See Roanoke (The) , [1908] P 231 at 239; Echo (The) , [1917] P 132; Dona Myrto (The) , above note 30; The Telendos , above note 20; Iran Torah (The) , above note 28; Lok Vive......

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