Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Wednesday, December 8, 1965 @ 0740 		SOUTH AFRICAN SHIPPER (1961-1966 General cargo ship of Springbok Shipping Company / then South African Marine Corporation : 1975 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

SOUTH AFRICAN SHIPPER shifts downriver to Elderslie Wall, Glasgow
Sailing forElderslie Wall, River ClydePort of RegistryKaapstad (Pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
Sailed from berth21/23 South Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage4,111
Outward cargoLightGross Tonnage7,898
Draught forward on sailing9' 11"
Draught aft on sailing18' 2"