Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Tuesday, October 29, 1963 @ 1845 		MEMNON (1959-1975 Cargo liner 495 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1988 scrapped) Own Page

Blue Funnel's MEMNON departs King George V Dock, Glasgow for Singapore via Birkenhead
Arrived fromSingapore via Hamburg and LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth2 King George V Dock,Glasgow (head South)Net Tonnage4,873
Sailing forSingapore via BirkenheadGross Tonnage8,540
Sailed from berth2 King George V Dock,Glasgow (head South)Deadweght Tonnage9,770
Draught forward on arrival15 feet
Draught aft on arrival23 feet
Cargo carried on arrival124 tons general; oil 315 tons; total 439 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo25 October @ 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo26th October (General) @1530; complete discharge of oil 26th @ 1630
Commened loading outward cargo25th October at 0800
Outward cargoGeneral 1,000 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Heavy lifts loadedSee note below
Completed loading outward cargo29th October at 1200
Draught forward on sailing15' 2"
Draught aft on sailing20' 10"
Ships agentAlfred Holt

MEMNON arrived in King George V Dock at 0615 on 25th October 1963.

Loaded heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOT
On 25th October loaded 6 lifts total 81 tons,
On 27th October loaded one lift of 20 tons 10 cwt,, then two lifts of 15 tons 10 cwts., then two lifts of 11 tons 5 cwts., being a total lift that day of 74 tons.

MEMNON sailed from Glasgow at 1845 on 29th October for Singapore via Birkenhead