270Casting away ships and endangering vessels

270 Casting away ships and endangering vessels

Any person who unlawfully –

(a) casts away or destroys any ship, whether complete or not;

(b) does any act which tends to the immediate loss or destruction of a ship in distress; or

(c) with intent to bring a vessel into danger, interferes with any light, beacon, mark, or signal, used for purposes of navigation, or for the guidance of seamen, or exhibits any false light or signal –

is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  

(a) Casting away [or destroying] a ship.

(b) Endangering a vessel.

(c) Endangering a vessel.