NAPIER ROADSTEAD COLLISION
■+. CAPTAIN OF KOUTUNUI FOUND NEGLIGENT . NAPIER, April 19. Negligence on the part of the master, of the Koutunui, Captain A. McNab, was foun- by the Marine Court of Inquiry to have been the cause of the collision in the Napier roadstead on the night of January 31 between the Koutunui and the .Miro. The Court, comprising Mr J. Millar. S.M., and Captains H. Worrall and George Williamson, delivered the finding to-day. The Court held that the anchorage occupied by the master of the Miro (Captain M. Monaghan) was justified, and also held that the master of the Koutunui was negligent in failing to remember that he had passed the Miro on the way out to the roadstead. The Court held that the cause of the casualty was that in view of the presence of the Miro the master of the Koutunui was negligent in failing to keep a proper look-out, namely an extra hand at the bow. and that he himself failed to keep a proper look-out. To the question, whether the mishap was caused or contributed to by -the wrongful act or default of the master of the Koutunui or of the master of the Miro, the Court answered; “By the wrongful act and default of the master of the Koutunui.” ■. ■ „ No order was made regarding the master’s certificate or costs.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23001, 22 April 1940, Page 11
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