Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Tuesday, December 28, 1965 @ 1630
SAINT BLANE (1955- 1971 general cargo coaster 199 feet long of J & A Gardner, Glasgow : 1979 scrapped at Suez) Own Page

Gardner's coaster SAINT BLANE leaves Glasgow for Birkenhead with a 147-ton lift

Sailing forBirkenheadPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth52 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage650
Outward cargo1 lift of 147 tons
Draught forward on sailing6' 6"
Draught aft on sailing12' 3"

The lift would have been lifted from the quayside onto the ship by the massive Clyde Navigation Trust heavy hammerhead crane at berth 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow