Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Friday, March 16, 1962 @ 1000 		SHONGA ( 1947 - 1965 General cargo liner 408 feet long of Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool) Own Page

SHONGA loads 5 heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOT
Arrived in berth22 Prince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Heavy lifts loadedSee note below

SHONGA arrived in Glasgow at 0450 on 15th March from Swansea to load for West African ports.

On 16th March at 1000 the floating crane NEWSHOT came alongside and loaded 5 heavy lifts totalling 22 tons onto SHONGA.

Having completed loading, SHONGA cast-off her ropes at 1915 on 19th March and departed her Glasgow berth for Dublin and Freetown (West Africa)