Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Monday, August 8, 1960 @ 1250 		SOUTH AFRICAN PIONEER (1957-1966 General cargo ship 490 feet overall of South African Marine Corporation, Cape Town : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

SOUTH AFRICAN PIONEER arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow from Durban via Belfast
Arrived fromDurban via BelfastPort of RegistryKaapstad (Pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
Arrived in berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)Net Tonnage5,785
Sailing forPort Arthur (Texas, USA)Gross Tonnage9,684
Sailed from berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head west)
Draught forward on arrival11' 03"
Draught aft on arrival24' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 1,897 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1300 on 8th August
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233
Completed discharge of inward cargo1830 on 11th August
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing12' 00"
Draught aft on sailing20' 06"
Ships agentF W Allan & Ker Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Telephone CENtral 0925-8

At 0140 on 11th August SOUTH AFRICAN PIONEER left

berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head

east = towards the city) and moved upriver to the

entrance to Prince’s Dock where she canted (turned)

and returned downriver to the same berth 1 Meadowside

Quay, but this time with her head west (= facing downriver

= towards Greenock) and arriving at 0310 hours.