Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Sunday, July 26, 1959 @ 0715
ROMNEY (1952-1978 General cargo ship 472 feet long of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool :1978 Scrapped) Own Page

Lamport & Holt's ROMNEY arrives in Glasgow with general cargo from Santos (Brasil) via Liverpool

Arrived fromSantos via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Arrived in berth21 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east and bow 8 blinds from top of dock)Gross Tonnage8,237
Sailing forBuenos Aires (Argentina) via Liverpool
Sailed from berth20 / 21 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east and stem 3 1/2 blinds into 21)
Draught forward on arrival19' 10"
Draught aft on arrival23' 11"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 3,131 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 26th July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1900 on 29th July
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 29th July
Outward cargoGeneral cargo outwards and part of the same inward general cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed loading outward cargo1915 on 29th July
Draught forward on sailing12' 06"
Draught aft on sailing19' 05"
Ships agentPatrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467