The Nancy Moller is a vessel of 666 tons: she was on her way to Tientsin and had arrived off the bar that morning: she too anchored and proceeded to lighter deck cargo, but she was some considerable distance further out than the Cheng Lee. She was in charge of British officers, and took on that night a licensed Taku__ pilot, to take her up to Tientsin. She was drawing 122." She got under way from her first anchorage about 11.30 p.m. intending to try to get over the bar, but in any event to come in nearer the bar, where she could see the signals better: she passed the Cheng Lee and noticed her anchor and steaming lights burning: then seeing insufficient water signalled, rounded under the Cheng 's stern and anchored some 300 to 400 yards astern of her, having her slightly on her port bow. She had 15 fathom of chain out. Shortly after she saw the Cheng Lee coming broadside down on her: and, though she opened out her windlass and went full speed astern, she was unable to avoid the blow and was struck on the stem by the starboard quarter of the Cheng Lee thus sustaining considerable damage.
Then she got her anchor up and came up on the starboard side of the Cheng Lee and having ascertained that the damage was not serious went on over the bar: and proceeded the next morning up to Tientsin. One item of damage of which a good deal was heard in the course of the case, was an injury to a link of the Nancy Mbller's anchor chain some 12 fathoms from the anchor: and it is not disputed that this was caused by the collision.
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