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1. The plaintiffs Mitsubishi Electric Corporation of Japan (hereinafter referred to as "the shippers"), brought an admiralty action in rem for damage to their cargo against the defendant/owners (hereinafter referred to as "the owners") of the ship "Dong Do". The action arose out of the shipment in early May of 1987 of three parcels of electrical machinery loaded onto the vessel "Dong Do" at Kobe in Japan for carriage to Hong Kong. The consignee was China Light and Power Company Limited. The good