Note 538 — Chapter II · THE OPEN SEA

Or even in foreign territorial waters. See Williams and Bruce, op. cit., p. 78:—"The Admiralty Court from ancient times exercised jurisdiction in cases of collision between foreign vessels on the High Seas; and since the Admiralty Court Act, 1861, it has entertained suits for collision between ships in foreign waters, and between an English and a foreign ship in foreign waters."