Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Sunday, November 25, 1962 @ 0850 		DESPOINA (1956-1966 Ocean general cargo ship 133.9m 439 feet long 10 knots of D P Margaronis & A A Fardis, Piraeus) Own Page

Greek cargo ship DESPOINA arrives at Ardrossan to load railway rails and sleepers for West Africa
Arrived fromCardiff (Wales)Port of Registry Piraeus (Greece)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Reg Tonnage3,019
Master of vessel on arrivalGlykasGross Tonnage4,998
Draught aft on arrival15 feetDeadweght Tonnage9,200
Cargo carried on arrivalLight
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan

Tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER assisted DESPOINA from Ardrossan roadstead into the berth in Ardrossan Harbour. It was a very tight squeeze for DESPOINA whose beam was 16.5 metres / 54 feet to pass through the dock gates into Eglinton Dock, the entrance being only 17.68 metres / 58 feet, so there was only 0.5 metre / 2 feet clearance on each side for the ship to go through.

DESPOINA would load about 4,500 tons of Railway rails, sleepers and associated material, destined for the construction of a new railway in Sierra Leone, West Africa