THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP "DA QING 236" v THE OWNERS OF THE SHIPS OR VESSELS "GUNUNG KLABAT", "GUNUNG KUMAWA" "GUNUNG LOKON" and "GUNUNG SOUTAN"

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1. At about 10:20 a.m. on the 11th October 1983 a collision Occurred between a vessel called "Da Qing 236", owned by the plaintiffs, and the "Gunung Klabat", owned by the defendants, in the South China Sea. It appears that the wireless operator of the "Gunung Klabat", having given his position sent out a signal at or about the time of the collision in these terms: