Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Sunday, January 8, 1961 @ 1450
KUMBA (1958-1964 General cargo ship 455 feet long of British & Burmese Steam Navigation / Patrick Henderson, Glasgow , 1964-1973 transferred to Elder Dempster, Liverpool : Scrapped in 1980) Own Page

Patrick Henderson's KUMBA loads at Glasgow for Freetown and West African Ports

Arrived fromLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Arrived in berth29/31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (head east)Gross Tonnage5,349
Sailing forFreetown (Sierra Leone) via LiverpoolDeadweght Tonnage9,400
Sailed from berth29/31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (head east)
Draught forward on arrival8' 10"
Draught aft on arrival16' 02"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship - no cargo on board
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 9th January
Outward cargo1,628 tons of general cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, Stevedores
Completed loading outward cargo1400 on 16th January
Draught forward on sailing11' 09"
Draught aft on sailing16' 05"
Engine trials2045 on 16th January slow turn of engines each way