Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Monday, July 9, 1962 @ 0448
RIEVAULX (pronounced Ree- voh as in "Oh Dear" 1958-1973 Ore carrier 505 feet 154m long of Bolton Steam Shipping Company, England : 1984 scrapped China) Own Page

Bolton Line's ore carrier RIEVAULX passes Bowling on her way upriver to Glasgow.

Ship's locationPassing Bowling Watch House, River Clyde : arrival = Inbound = heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryMiddlesbrough, England
Gross Tonnage10,974
Deadweght Tonnage15,608

Tug STRONGBOW was standing-by, escorting the ore carrier RIEVAULX upriver to Glasgow. STRONGBOW was just ahead of RIEVAULX in the channel.