Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Wednesday, February 28, 1962 @ 0900
AVRISTAN (1942 - 1963 general cargo liner 443 feet long of F C Strick Company, London) Own Page

AVRISTAN loads 2 heavy lifts totalling 33 tons 16 cwts from floating crane NEWSHOT

Ship's location6 Prince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon
Heavy lifts loaded2 heavy lifts from NEWSHOT
Ships agentFrank C. Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2 Telephone CITY 6131

Strick's AVRISTAN arrived in Glasgow, from Cardiff, at 0205 on 26th February 1962.

On 28th February the floating crane NEWSHOT came alongside her and loaded 2 heavy lifts totalling 33 tons 16 cwts onto AVRISTAN

At 1605 on 2nd March AVRISTAN departed Glasgow for Persian Gulf ports via Manchester