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Coll 28/95 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private claims against H.M.G.: case of the S.S. “Kara Deniz”.’ [231r] (461/691)
The record is made up of 1 file (343 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1927-10 Feb 1938. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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ia 59—8
In the High Court of Judicature at Bombay.
ADMIItALTY AND VICE-ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.
Case No. 3 op 1914.
In Prize.
The S.S. “ KARADENIZ.”
Muead Bey
and
Socrates Atyciiides
... Master
... Claimant.
Coram —MACLEOD, J.
GEORGE Y, by the Grace of God, etc.
10 Upon motion of the Honourable Mr. Strangman Advocate for the Govern
ment of Bombay who this day applies for the following order and upon hearing
Mr. Inverarity Advocate for the aforesaid claimant Socrates Atychides who
consents to the same It is ordered by and with such consent that subject to the
aforesaid steamship “ Karadeniz ” being certified to be in efficient sea-going
15 condition by Government Inspector this day and pending further orders as to
condemnation or release to the said claimant of the said ship the Government
do have the use of the said ship but in any event for three months certain from
the v twenty-fourth day of March one thousand nine hundred and fifteen on
keeping the following accounts (I) The ship to be credited with hire at the
20 rate of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
nine and annas eight per ton per montb^upon a gross tonnage of
five thousand and twelve tons for any period for which the said ship may be
required and used by Government (II) the ship to be debited with all expenses
for (a) taking out ballast (b) dry docking (c) repairs (d) engine-room and deck
stores (e) wages and victualling of officers and crew (III) the ship to be taken
25 to be of the appraised value of Fifteen thousand pounds and no insurance
charges to be brought into the aforesaid account and It is further ordered with
the like consent that in the event of the said claimant Socrates Atychides being
held entitled to the said ship he is to be paid any sum to the credit of the said
account and this Court with the like consent doth declare that this Order is with-
30 out prejudice to any claim in damages by the said claimant Socrates Atychides
that the said ship could have been hired out or used on more advantageous
terms by. the said claimant himself if the said ship had been at his disposal and
It is further ordered with the like consent that the said claimant be at liberty to
insure at his own expenses the said ship for any higher sum he may be advised
35 than Fifteen thousand pounds and It is lastly ordered with the like consent that
the coal now on the said ship be taken over by Government at the market rate
and credit therefor be given in the aforesaid account and that similarly the
market value of coal on board the said ship when the ship is handed back be
debited to the said ship Witness Sir Basil Scott Knight Chief Justice at
40 Bombay aforesaid this twenty-third day of March one thousand nine hundred
and fifteen.
• By the Court.
A. M. KAJIJI,
Admiralty Registrar.
45
P. B. MALABARL
The 26th day of June 1915.
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Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the case of the SS Kara Deniz , a Turkish-owned steamship that was claimed as prize by the British Government at the moment of the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the First World War, while the vessel was moored at Bombay [Mumbai]. The papers focus on a financial claim made against the British Government by the vessel’s Greek owners, Socrates Atychides and Theodore Vahratoglou, based on the argument that the vessel had been sold to Persian owners before it was claimed as prize.
The file includes: correspondence beginning in 1927 and exchanged between the Foreign Office, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and Government of India, responding to the Government of Persia’s desire to conclude the claim being pursued by Atychides against the British Government; discussion of whether the Kara Deniz was detained prior to or after the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the War; accounts detailing the seizure of the Kara Deniz , including a 1928 note entitled ‘A brief account of the circumstances attending the alleged detention at Bombay of the S. S. “Kara Deniz” prior to her capture as a prize vessel in 1914’ (ff 323-330), and another note entitled ‘Diary of certain events relating to the detention of the S. S. “Kara Deniz” at Bombay in 1914” (ff 151-152); copies of correspondence (some in French) from Atychides; a printed copy of the court proceedings at the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Admiralty and Vice-Admiralty Jurisdiction, entitled ‘Case No. 3 of 1914. In Prize. Steamship “Kara Deniz.”’ (ff 189-246); discussion of the claim in relation to other outstanding claims and disputes to be settled between the British and Persian Governments; a report prepared by HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare, dated 1935, entitled ‘British claims against Persia’ (ff 84-109).
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 345; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 28/95 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private claims against H.M.G.: case of the S.S. “Kara Deniz”.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:109v, 114r:117v, 121r:134v, 136r:137v, 141r:166v, 169r:170v, 173r:184v, 186r:192v, 209r:209v, 211r:211v, 213r, 214r:215v, 223r:229v, 230v:233v, 243v:267v, 280r:287v, 291r:302v, 304r:323v, 325r:325v, 327r:327v, 330r:341v, 345r:345v, back
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