Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Wednesday, August 28, 1963 @ 1910
CHRISTEN SMITH (1947-1968 Heavy lift cargo ship 418 feet long of Christen Smith Shipping Co. Oslo (Belships Company Ltd. Skibs A/S : 1979 scrapped at Santander, Spain) Own Page

Heavy lift ship CHRISTEN SMITH arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with Pyrites from Italy

Arrived fromSavona (Italy)Port of RegistryOslo (Norway)
Arrived in berth12 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east and 13 pawls left in berth 11)Gross Tonnage6,125
Sailing forPrince's Dock (Glasgow)Deadweght Tonnage9,880
Sailed from berth12 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east and 13 pawls left in berth 11)
Draught forward on arrival24' 09"
Draught aft on arrival25' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalPyrites
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 29th August
Stevedore discharging inward cargoHoneyman & Company, 12 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 6922
Completed discharge of inward cargo1130 on 2nd September
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing9' 00"
Draught aft on sailing19' 00"
Ships agentCargo Agents - Gillespie Nicol : Ship's Agents - Hugh Hogarth