Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Thursday, September 1, 1960 @ 0735
AMERICAN CLIPPER (1946- 1969 cargo ship 458 feet long of United States Line, New York) Own Page

AMERICAN CLIPPER arrives at Merklands Quay, Glasgow with general cargo from New York via Dublin

Arrived fromNew York via DublinPort of RegistryNew York
Arrived in berthMerklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)Net Tonnage4,839
Sailing forWest Basin, Yorkhill, GlasgowGross Tonnage8,228
Sailed from berthMerklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)Deadweght Tonnage9,995
Draught forward on arrival10' 07"
Draught aft on arrival23' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 621 tons inwards and outwards
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 1st September
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo2030 on 1st September
Outward cargoGeneral cargo inwards and outwards
Draught forward on sailing10' 02"
Draught aft on sailing21' 00"
Ships agentW B Woolley & Co. Ltd., 54 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone 041 248 2929 Telex 77219