Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1950 		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 after assisting the Shell tanker KOSSMATELLA into the berth
Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Net Tonnage41
Master of vessel on sailingA McInnesGross Tonnage225

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and the tug STRONGBOW at the stern had assisted the Shell tanker KOSSMATELLA bow-first from the roadstead into the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour.

Having berthed the tanker and being released by the Pilot STRONGBOW departed from Ardrossan to return to Greenock