Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Monday, January 31, 1955 @ 1830
BELJEANNE (1947-1974 Heavy Lift cargo ship 470 feet 143.21 m long of Belships, Oslo : 1969 Scrapped in Japan) Own Page

Belships BELJEANNE arrives at Glasgow and loads 8 Railway Locomotives and Tenders

Arrived fromZeebrugge (Belgium) via Dunkirk (France)Port of RegistryOslo (Norway)
Arrived in berthStobcross Crane, Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with her head west)Net Tonnage4,472
Sailing forMadras (India) via Alexandria (Egypt) and Port Sudan (Sudan)Gross Tonnage7,843
Sailed from berthStobcross Crane, Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with her head west)Deadweght Tonnage10,330
Draught forward on arrival12' 06"
Draught aft on arrival22' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalRailway Locomotives and their Tenders (outwards)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 1 February
Stevedore loading outward cargoClutha Stevedores
Heavy lifts loaded8 Railway Locomotives each 76 tons 3 cwts and 8 Tenders each 25 tons 16cwts : total 815 tons 12 cwts
Completed loading outward cargo1530 on 4 February
Draught forward on sailing19' 06"
Draught aft on sailing22' 06"