Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Tuesday, January 15, 1963 @ 1345
CAMPAIGNER ( 1957 - 1970 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie Ltd., Glasgow) Own Page

Tug CAMPAIGNER assists in sailing the Shell Tanker KOSSMATELLA from Ardrossan Harbour

Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Gross Tonnage248
Master of vessel on sailingR Cronk

Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY at the stern, and tug CAMPAIGNER at the bow move the Shell Tanker KOSSMATELLA stern-first from the tanker berth through the 300 feet wide harbour entrance and out to the roadstead. When the Harbour Pilot released CAMPAIGNER her Master R Cronk turned the tug and left Ardrossan to return to Greenock