Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Tuesday, December 4, 1962 @ 0350
WRESTLER (1957-1979 tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock / Cory Towage)) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER assist the Shell tanker ARIANTA into berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Arrived fromGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour Ocean Tanker berth 12 (assisting ARIANTA to berth)Gross Tonnage248
Master of vessel on arrivalE Docherty

Captain Docherty had brought the tug WRESTLER from Greenock to assist in docking the all-aft Shell tanker ARIANTA at Ardrossan Harbour and WRESTLER put her tow line onto the tanker in the Ardrossan roadstead
Tug SEAWAY at the bow and tug WRESTLER at the stern assisted the tanker bow-first from the roadstead into the berth 12 at Montgomerie Pier