Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1940
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

Tugs SEAWAY and STRONGBOW assist the Shell tanker KOSSMATELLA into the berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Arrived fromGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour berth 12 (Ocean tanker berth)Net Tonnage41
Master of vessel on arrivalA McInnesGross Tonnage225

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and the tug STRONGBOW at the stern assist the Shell tanker KOSSMATELLA bow-first from the roadstead into the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour. The tanker would pump her cargo of petrol and gas oil through the land pipelines to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent Road, Ardrossan