Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Thursday, April 27, 1967 @ 0350 		WELSH HERALD (1963-1976 Ore / Bulk carrier 615 feet long of Gibbs & Co, Cardiff / Welsh Ore Carriers Ltd, Cardiff : Scrapped in 1993) Own Page

Outbound ore carrier WELSH HERALD makes an emergency tie-up at Riverside Quay, Shieldhall
Arrived fromGeneral Terminus Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryCardiff (Wales, U.K.)
Arrived in berth2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head west)Gross Tonnage19,543
Sailing forElderslie River Wall, Elderslie, GlasgowDeadweght Tonnage28,768
Sailed from berth2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head west)
Draught forward on arrival13' 07"
Draught aft on arrival23' 07"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Ships agentBISCO (British Iron & Steel Corporation)

   About 0400 on 27th April 1967 the outbound ore carrier

WELSH  HERALD sustained damage to her stern post in

the River Clyde and made an emergency tie-up at

Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow.

 

   Later that day she was shifted to the nearby Elderslie

River Wall for repairs.