Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Sunday, December 22, 1963 @ 1600
JASON (1950 - 1972 General cargo/passenger liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

JASON arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Melbourne and Adelaide via Liverpool

Arrived fromElderslie Drydock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage10,160
Sailing forMelbourne and Adelaide via Liverpool
Sailed from berth2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival15' 03"
Draught aft on arrival21' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 23rd December
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 4,700 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Heavy lifts loadedOn 30 December loaded 116 tons of heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1930 on 6th January 1964
Draught forward on sailing24' 06"
Draught aft on sailing26' 00"
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.