Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Clyde Puffer fleet of Ross & Marshall, Greenock on 30 May 1955

 MOONLIGHT discharging Coal at Portree (Isle of Skye).

   On completing discharge she would make for Kingston

Dock, Glasgow to load Animal Feeding Stuffs for

Belfast (account of R Cameron & Company)

 SEALIGHT at Greenock and moved to Queen’s Dock,

Glasgow and loaded 93 tons 14 cwts of Coal for Dunoon,

for account of the Engineer Manager of the Gas Works

 WARLIGHT at King George V Dock, Glasgow loading Bagged

Barley for Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay, for account of

Bruichladdich Distillery Company.

 RAYLIGHT finished discharging at Carbost, Loch Harport,

Bracadale (Isle of Skye) .and left for the Crinan Canal

  and for Bowling (River Clyde) where she would load

165 tons of Tar in drums for Sconser, Loch Sligachan

(Isle of Skye) for account of Scottish Tar Company.

POLARLIGHT on hire to the Northern Lighthouse Board,

Edinburgh.

LIMELIGHT at Custom House Quay, Glasgow discharging

Limestone from Glenarm, Northern Ireland, then shifted

to Queen’s Dock, Glasgow and loaded 90 tons 18 cwts

of Coal for Dunoon, for the account of J Lamont &

Company.

 STARLIGHT at Dalmuir, Clydebank, Glasgow awaiting

hire by Cable Ship IRIS, but the hire was later cancelled.

   STARLIGHT then went to Greenock and made repairs

while waiting for orders.

SKYLIGHT finished discharging Coal at Campbeltown

and waited there for orders until 1^st June when she was

ordered to Furnace (Loch Fyne) to load 110 tons of

Crushed Granite for Custom House Quay, Glasgow, for

account of William Sim & Company.