Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Wednesday, December 5, 1962 @ 1630 		ARIANTA (1959-1978 Oil tanker 560 feet 169m overall 14.5 knots of Shell Tankers U.K. : 1978 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and BRIGADIER assist the Shell tanker ARIANTA from Ardrossan Harbour to roadstead
Sailing forIsle of Grain (Medway, Kent, England)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Net Tonnage7,511
Outward cargoLightGross Tonnage13,148
Draught aft on sailing20 feetDeadweght Tonnage19,310
Master of vessel on sailingT Bowlewill
Ships agentT L Duff, Ardrossan

Tug SEAWAY at the stern and tug BRIGADIER at the bow assist the all-aft Shell tanker ARIANTA stern-first from Ardrossan Harbour to the roadstead

WIKIPEDIA :
The Isle of Grain is the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula in the district of Medway in Kent.
No longer an island, the Isle is almost all marshland and the Grain marshes are a major habitat for diverse wetland birds