#44262 Elder Dempster's DARU arrives in King George V Dock, Glasgow from Dakar (Senegal, West Africa)

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Sunday, January 21, 1968 @ 1700

Arrived from	Dakar (Senegal, West Africa)	Port of Registry	Liverpool
Arrived in berth	9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)	Gross Tonnage	6,340
Sailing for	Liverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berth	9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival	26' 04"
Draught aft on arrival	26' 09"
Cargo carried on arrival	6,709 tons of Logs and General Cargo
Commenced discharge of inward cargo	0800 on 23rd January
Stevedore discharging inward cargo	Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2.
Completed discharge of inward cargo	1000 on 7th February
Outward cargo	Part oil 950 tons
Draught forward on sailing	11' 11"
Draught aft on sailing	16' 06"
Ships agent	Roxburgh, Henderson & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.(from October 1967) 0141 221 9891

On 29^th January, during discharge operations, one

of DARU’s ventilators was knocked over the side and

fell into the water at King George V Dock.

DARU left for Liverpool on 7^th February, and on

13^th February a Clyde Port Authority diver recovered

the ventilator from the freezing water.