Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Thursday, November 15, 1962 @ 1415 		STRONGBOW (1961-1976 Coastal and Harbour tug 110 feet long of Steel & Bennie / R & J H Rea / Cory Ship Towage, Greenock : 2005 scrapped) Own Page

Tug STRONGBOW assists in sailing the Shell Tanker KYLIX then waits on stand-by at Ardrossan
Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Vessel MasterA McInnesNet Tonnage41
Gross Tonnage225

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

After sailing KYLIX and having been released by the Pilot, Captain McInnes brought STRONGBOW into the Harbour and berthed, to stand-by for about 12 hours, waiting to assist the Norwegian tanker POLYSTAR to berth