Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Wednesday, February 14, 1962 @ 1950 		SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENTIST (1961-1962 General cargo ship 503 feet overall of South African Marine Shipping Corporation, Cape Town : 1978 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENTIST leaves 17 Queen's Dock, Glasgow for Cape Town (South Africa) via Liverpool
Sailing forCape Town (South Africa) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryKaapstad (pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
Sailed from berth17 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage4,263
Outward cargoGeneral cargo outwards Gross Tonnage7,968
Draught forward on sailing10' 00"Deadweght Tonnage10,075
Draught aft on sailing19' 11"