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Friday, October 13, 1961 @ 1400 		PRINS FREDERIK WILLEM -- pronounced Villem (1951-1967 General / refrigerated cargo ship 258 feet overall of Oranje Lijn (Maats Zeetransport) N.V., Rotterdam : 1977 wrecked and broken up)) Own Page

Oranje Line's PRINS FREDERIK WILLEM arrives in Glasgow from Canada via London
Arrived fromThree Rivers (Quebec region, Canada) via LondonPort of RegistryRotterdan (Netherlands)
Arrived in berth19 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head West with bow 1 blind in)Net Tonnage839
Sailing forGreat Lakes (North America)Gross Tonnage1,598
Sailed from berth83 Plantation Quay, GlasgowDeadweght Tonnage2,658
Draught forward on arrival7 feet
Draught aft on arrival12' 2"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral 63 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo14th October at 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClutha Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo17th October at 1115
Commened loading outward cargo14th October at 0800
Outward cargoGeneral 1,588 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoClutha Stevedores
Completed loading outward cargo20th October at 1530
Draught forward on sailing14 feet
Draught aft on sailing17' 5"
Ships agentJ C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C 1 Telephone DOUglas 7101 'Grams "Peacock"

Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour. The ship arrived in Glasgow at 1400 on 13th October. At 0600 on 19th October, PRINS FREDERIK WILLEM shifted from berth from 19 Prince's Dock to berth 83 Plantation Quay. She sailed from Glasgow on 20th October at 1835 for Great Lakes