Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Monday, December 20, 1954 @ 0955
AMERICAN FARMER (1945-1964 General cargo freighter 461 feet long of United States Lines, New York : 1969 scrapped) Own Page

AMERICAN FARMER arrives at Yorkhill, Glasgow to discharge then load for Boston (Massachussets, USA)

Arrived fromU.S.A. via LiverpoolPort of RegistryNew York, USA
Arrived in berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (with her head north)Gross Tonnage8,211
Sailing forBoston (Massachussets, USA)
Sailed from berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (with her head north)
Draught forward on arrival12' 10"
Draught aft on arrival21' 10"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 250 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 22nd December
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo2000 on 23rd December
Commened loading outward cargo1015 on 20th December
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,867 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed loading outward cargo1900 on 28th December
Draught forward on sailing19' 02"
Draught aft on sailing20' 03"
Ships agentW B Woolley & Co. Ltd., 54 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1.