Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Friday, November 6, 1964 @ 1245 		IXION (1951-1972 Passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped in Barcelona) Own Page

Alfred Holt's IXION arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Fremantle via Liverpool
Arrived fromElderslie Drydock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head east)Gross Tonnage10,125
Sailing forFremantle via Liverpool
Sailed from berth1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival15 06"
Draught aft on arrival20' 11"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 9th November
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 200 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Completed loading outward cargo1100 on 13th November
Draught forward on sailing16' 01"
Draught aft on sailing20' 06"
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.