Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Thursday, March 16, 1961 @ 1200
LOCHWOOD ( 1949-1963 general cargo ship 287 feet long of Joseph Constantine Company) Own Page
Arrived fromDublinPort of RegistryGlasgow
Master of vessel on arrivalHutchinsonNet Tonnage851.84
Outward cargoGeneral and bonded spiritsGross Tonnage1689.23

Ron Stringer has kindly supplied the following details of LOCHWOOD,s voyages and particulars.

LOCHWOOD

Owner : Joseph Constantine Steamship Line, Middlesbrough
Manager : Joseph Constantine Steamship Line, Middlesbrough
Builder : Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Burntisland
Built : December, 1949
Registered : Glasgow
Length : 287’ 00”
Beam : 41’ 09”
Draught : 17’ 08”
Tonnage : 1,689.23 gross, 851.84 net
Official No. : 182138
Radio Call : GDKC
Engines : 1 x 8-cylinder oil, single screw
H.P. : 129
Speed : 12 knots
Fuel : Oil
Passengers : 12
Sister Ships : Gartwood
Fate : 1963. Sold to Atlantska Plovidba, Yugoslavia & renamed “Lapad”
1970. Transferred to Mediterranska Plovidba, Yugoslavia, same name.
1971. Sold to shipbreakers at Split 27 April 1971.

15-Mar-61 Sailed from Dublin for Glasgow. Master Hutchinson
16-Mar-61 Arrived Glasgow from Dublin to load cargo (general cargo, including bonded spirits).
19-Mar-61 Sailed Glasgow for Port Talbot.
21-Mar-61 Arrived Port Talbot and loaded general cargo, including many ingots of brass and other alloys for Genoa.
21-Mar-61 Sailed from Port Talbot for Newport.
22-Mar-61 Arrived Newport to load more cargo, including more ingots.
22-Mar-61 Sailed from Newport for Mediterranean (Marseilles, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Salerno, Palermo, Messina, Tunis) with mixed cargo and 12 passengers.