Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Tuesday, December 18, 1962 @ 0230
FRAGUM (1952-1964 Coastal oil tanker 332 feet long of Shell Tankers, London :1976 scrapped at Hong Kong) Own Page

Ardrossan tug SEAWAY assists Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM into Ardrossan Harbour

Arrived fromHeysham (Lancashire, England)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth1a Bunkering berth, Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan ( often used by coastal tankers to load or discharge)Reg Tonnage1,280
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Diston
Draught aft on arrival17' 6"
Cargo carried on arrivalFuel oil
Ships agentT L Duff, Ardrossan

Ardrossan tug SEAWAY at the bow assists the 46-feet-beam Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM through the 58 feet-wide Dock-gate entrance to the bunkering berth in Ardrossan's Eglinton Dock.

FRAGUM would discharge her cargo of fuel oil to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent, Ardrossan