Neglect of the Admiralty regulations as to placing light at masthead, will not prevent a vessel from recovering, unless it appears that the collision was occasioned by such a neglect.
It is no excuse for a vessel steaming at the rate of 12 knots on a dark night through a fairway where vessels are accustomed to anchor that she was under contract to carry government mails at the rate of 13 knots.
[1856] EngR 752, (1856) 10 Moo PC 472, (1856) 14 ER 570, [1856] UKPC 26
Commonlii, Bailii
Commonwealth
Updated: 29 September 2021; Ref: scu.424577