Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

News Event

Saturday, August 26, 1967 @ 1610
CLAN ALPINE (1967-1981 General cargo ship 508 feet long of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, London) Own Page

CLAN ALPINE arrives at 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow from Beira (Mozambique) via Manchester

Arrived fromBeira via ManchesterPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage8,713
Sailing forMombasa (Kenya) via Birkenhead
Sailed from berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival15 01"
Draught aft on arrival17' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 2,407 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 28th August
Stevedore discharging inward cargoStrathclyde Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo1630 on 1st September
Outward cargoGeneral cargo and 1 X 40-ton Locomotive
Heavy lifts loaded1 X 40-ton Locomotive loaded by ship's Jumbo Derrick (Locomotive delivered by road transport)
Engine trials12th September from 1700 to 1720 (with rope across the dock)
Vessel drydocked2 September @ 0742 left King George V Dock for Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050