Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Friday, December 7, 1962 @ 0740 		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 leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Greenock
Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage41
Master of vessel on sailingA McInnesGross Tonnage225

STRONGBOW departed Ardrossan Harbour about 90 minutes after arriving there at 0605 from Greenock. There is no entry in the Harbour log-book showing any vessel which required tug assistance
STRONGBOW left Ardrossan at 0740 returning to Greenock.

It is one of the maritime mysteries of the day why the tug travelled from Greenock to Ardrossan without any apparent need for her