Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 19, 1962 @ 1535
SEAWAY (1946 - 1969 Coastal and Harbour tug 114 feet long of Ardrossan Harbour Company, Ardrossan : 1969 Scrapped at Dalmuir, River Clyde) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and STRONGBOW assist the Shell tanker HALIA from the berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryArdrossan
Gross Tonnage260

Ardrossan tug SEAWAY at the stern and Steel & Bennie's tug STRONGBOW at the bow assist the Shell "H-class" oil tanker HALIA stern-first from the Ardrossan tanker berth through the 300 feet-wide Harbour entrance to the roadstead.

HALIA had discharged her cargo of fuel oil to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent, Ardrossan