Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Thursday, November 15, 1962 @ 1415
KYLIX (1955-1984 Oil tanker 556 feet long of Shell Tankers B V, Netherlands) Own Page

Shell Tanker's KYLIX departs Ardrossan light-ship for Curacao in the Caribbean Sea

Sailing forCuracao (Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea)Port of Registrys'Gravenhage (Hague, Netherlands) (Dutch flag)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Reg Tonnage6,920
Outward cargoLightGross Tonnage12,119
Draught aft on sailing19 feetDeadweght Tonnage18,140
Ships agentT L Duff, Ardrossan

Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY (as stern tug) and Steel & Bennie's tug STRONGBOW (at the bow) assist the Shell tanker KYLIX from the tanker berth at Montgomerie Pier, Ardrossan Harbour stern-first to the roadstead off Ardrossan Harbour
KYLIX then departed on passage light-ship to Curacao in the Caribbean Sea