Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Monday, March 26, 1962 @ 1400
CITY OF DUNDEE ( 1961 - 1978 General cargo liner 434 feet long of Ellerman Line / Ellerman & Bucknall, London) Own Page

CITY OF DUNDEE has engine trial in Prince's Dock, Glasgow

Arrived in berth4 Prince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon
Engine trialsSee below

Ellerman's CITY OF DUNDEE arrived in Glasgow berth at 0130 on 12th March 1962 from Antwerp.

At 1145 on 20th March she shifted along the dock wall in Prince's Dock from berth 2/3 to berth 4, with her bow 1 blind from the East end.

On 23rd March at 1200 the floating crane NEWSHOT came alongside and loaded 4 heavy lifts totalling 64 tons 10 cwts onto CITY OF DUNDEE

On 26th March engine trial was made, from 1400 to 1402 the engine was turned each way for 1 minute, draught forward 10 feet and aft 20' 4"

At 1920 on 26th March CITY OF DUNDEE let go her ropes and left Glasgow for Calcutta via Birkenhead.