Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Saturday, March 17, 1962 @ 1220 		JASON (1950 - 1972 General cargo/passenger liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Blue Funnel's JASON moves downriver to Meadowside Quay, Glasgow to discharge her cargo of grain
Arrived fromSydney (Australia) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth12 Prince's Dock,Glasgow, head East, 2 blinds from topGross Tonnage10,160
Sailing forMeadowside Quay, Glasgow
Sailed from berth12 Prince's Dock,Glasgow, head East, 2 blinds from top
Draught forward on arrival23' 10"
Draught aft on arrival26' 6"
Cargo carried on arrival3126 tons of general and 1649 tons of grain
Commenced discharge of inward cargo13th March at 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo17th March at 1100
Outward cargoPart same cargo (grain)
Draught forward on sailing20' 2"
Draught aft on sailing20' 10"
Ships agentAlfred Holt

At 0555 on 13th March 1962 Blue Funnel's JASON tied-up in Prince's Dock from Sydney via Liverpool.

She was on the ground (sitting on the river-bed at her berth) on the first low water after her arrival, being 3 feet off the quay and draught forward 23' 12 and aft 25' 5"

At 1220 on 17th March JASON cast off from Prince's Dock and shifted downriver for Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (Glasgow's grain berth) to unload her 1649 tons of grain cargo.