According to the practice which has hitherto been quite general, whenever a vessel either by need of repairs,[788] stress of weather,[789] want of water[790] or provisions, or upon any other ground was absolutely obliged to enter a blockaded port, such ingress did not constitute a breach of blockade. On the other hand, according to the British practice at any rate, ingress did not cease to be breach of blockade if caused by intoxication of the master,[791] ignorance[792] of the coast, loss of compass,[793] endeavour to get a pilot,[794] and the like, or an attempt to ascertain[795] whether the blockade was raised.[796]
[788] The Charlotta (1810), Edwards, 252.
[789] The Fortuna (1803), 5 C. Rob. 27.
[790] The Hurtige Hanne (1799), 2 C. Rob. 124.
[791] The Shepherdess (1804), 5 C. Rob. 262.
[792] The Adonis (1804), 5 C. Rob. 256.
[793] The Elizabeth (1810), Edwards, 198.
[794] The Neutralitet (1805), 6 C. Rob. 30.
[795] The Spes and Irene (1804), 5 C. Rob. 76.