Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Wednesday, July 4, 1962 @ 2248
IXION (1951-1972 Passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped in Barcelona) Own Page

Tug FLYING DIPPER escorts Blue Funnel's IXION downriver to sea

Ship's locationPassing Bowling Watch House, River Clyde : sailing = outbound = heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage10,125

Tug FLYING DIPPER in attendance on, and slightly astern of IXION as she makes her way downriver,