On the other hand the Yingchow's story is that she was proceeding up river at some eight knots to nine knots when she saw at the wharf the regulation signal that a vessel was about to cross the river and then she saw the Arratoon Apcar lying at the wharf with the tug alongside her: that the vessels were then about one mile apart. The Yingchow was in the middle of the channel and had a three-knot tide under her. This was at 7.4! and it never occurred to her that the Apcar would try to come across then ahead of the Yingchow, as each vessel must have seen the other. So she kept her course and speed: her engines at that time going half speed ahead. She next saw the Apcar being towed out from the wharf when the vessels were half to three-quarters of a mile apart, so speed was reduced (7.45) and course altered to port, as there seemed to be no chance of passing with safety between the the Apear and the wharf. At that time she gave the necessary two-blast signal, but got no reply. The Apcar continued to go across, so after the tug had cast off she gave another two-blast signal, which was. answered with one blast. She then put her helm hard aport, gave 2 one-blast signal and got a three-blast in reply: to which she replied with three-blasts, went full speed astern and let go the starboard anchor. But it was impossible to do more and the Yingchow's bow struck the port bow of the Apcar: she also_ received considerable damage. The force of the blow was severe enough to drive the Yingchow's port anchor into the port Low of the Apear and there it had to be left with some 30 ft. of chain.
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