FISHERMEN IN WAR TIME 



think that does not prevent their being salvors of 

 the ship. They have in fact saved the ship to the 

 Swedish owners. Whatever was their duty to their 

 own country or to France, they were under no duty 

 to the Swedish owners to save the Swedish ship. 

 They are therefore entitled to claim as salvors in 

 respect of the ship, and I have not to consider 

 whether they are entitled to claim as salvors in 

 respect of the cargo. The saving of the Swedish 

 ship being by the plaintiffs a salvage service, I see 

 no reason in principle why the whole risks of the 

 salved property, war risks as well as maritime, are 

 not to be taken into account in estimating the value 

 of the service to the salved property. In this case 

 I shall take the whole risks into account. . . . 



"The award which I think ought to be made is an 

 award of ^750. If it is desired that I should appor- 

 tion that sum, then I give ^375 to the officers and 

 crews of each of the plaintiffs' ships." 



The circumstances which were made known in 

 the judgment showed that the salvage of the Swedish 

 ship was an undertaking of great danger and that 

 the crews of the armed trawlers followed a fine and 

 courageous lead. They added to the high character 

 of their achievement the glory of sending a German 

 submarine back to the depths, and they showed 

 how very greatly armed trawlers were helping the 

 bigger vessels of the Navy in keeping the command 

 of the sea. The award was small, but it was an 

 acknowledgment of the dangerous duty which these 

 two little steamboats had performed. 



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