Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Thursday, December 5, 1963 @ 1300
ELPENOR (1954-1978 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)) Own Page

Alfred Holt's ELPENOR arrives at Glasgow to load for Singapore and Hong Kong via Birkenhead

Arrived fromGovan Drydock, Govan, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage7,757
Sailing forSingapore and Hong Kong via Birkenhead
Sailed from berth3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo1300 on 5th December
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 700 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Completed loading outward cargo1330 on 9th December
Draught forward on sailing15' 07"
Draught aft on sailing19' 00"