Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, April 25, 1967 @ 0030
HECTOR (1950 - 1972 passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Alfred Holt's HECTOR arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Melbourne via Liverpool

Arrived fromMelbourne via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)Net Tonnage5,922
Sailing forMelbourne via LiverpoolGross Tonnage10,125
Sailed from berth2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)
Draught forward on arrival19' 03"
Draught aft on arrival22' 10"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 2,319 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 25th April
Stevedore discharging inward cargoStrathclyde Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo1200 on 1st May
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 1st May
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,690 tons and 4 heavy lifts
Stevedore loading outward cargoStrathclyde Stevedores
Heavy lifts loaded3rd May loaded 4 heavy lifts total 98 tons
Completed loading outward cargo1430 on 4th May
Draught forward on sailing18' 02"
Draught aft on sailing23' 03"
Vessel bunkered26th April bunkered 280 tons fuel oil from oiler CLANITY
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.