FISHERMEN IN WAR TIME 



their medium that for the first time the public be- 

 came acquainted with the details of numerous gal- 

 lant acts at sea. 



Amongst these instances was that of a Swedish 

 steamer which was attacked by a German submarine, 

 and a trawler's claim for salvage arose. The action 

 was heard in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty 

 Division, before Mr. Justice Hill and the Elder 

 Brethren of the Trinity House, and a report of the 

 case appeared in The Times on August i, 191 7. 



The circumstances of the case were these : — On 

 January 1, 1917, the Carrie, a Swedish steamship, 

 was attacked by a German submarine when she was 

 about 20 miles to the south of the Wolf Rock light- 

 house. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to 

 Nantes with a cargo of munitions for the French 

 Government. In obedience to the orders of the Ger- 

 man officer the crew of the Carrie took to the boats. 

 A little later H.M. armed trawlers Fusilier and Kin- 

 aldie arrived and picked up the crew. In the mean- 

 time the submarine had disappeared without sink- 

 ing the Carrie. As her crew refused to return to 

 her, she was towed by the trawlers into Falmouth. 

 The action was brought b}^ the commanders, offi- 

 cers and crews of the Fusilier and Kinaldie against 

 the owners of the Carrie. The defendants denied 

 that salvage was due, contending that the vessel 

 was merely saved from war risks, and that there 

 was a duty on his Majesty's ships to save the cargo, 

 which was the property of an Allied Government ; 

 and the saving of the ship was a mere incident in 

 the saving of the cargo. 



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