Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, March 17, 1964 @ 1710
HECTOR (1950 - 1972 passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Alfred Holt's HECTOR arrives at Glasgow to unload, then drydock and then load for Australia

Arrived fromMelbourne and Adelaide via CardiffPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Net Tonnage5,922
Sailing forBrisbane and Melbourne via LiverpoolGross Tonnage10,125
Sailed from berth2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival21' 03"
Draught aft on arrival23' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 3,232 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 18th March
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Completed discharge of inward cargo1700 on 23rd March
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 21st March
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 2,200 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Heavy lifts loaded4 lifts totalling 63 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT (the date and time are unknown)
Completed loading outward cargo1445 on 31st March
Draught forward on sailing20' 06"
Draught aft on sailing22' 07"
Vessel bunkered300 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY (the date and time are unknown)
Vessel drydocked23rd March at 1720 to Elderslie : 25th March at 0012 berthed at no. 2 KGV from Elderslie
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.