Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Arrival

Friday, February 1, 1963 @ 2310
SPES MAJOR (1961-1972 General cargo coaster 51.47 metres long of Bergsma & Leinenga, Delfzijl) Own Page

Dutch coaster SPES MAJOR arrives in Ardrossan to load steel plates for Dunkirk (France)

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryDelfzijl.((Holland)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour Reg Tonnage318
Master of vessel on arrivalL BergsmaGross Tonnage499
Draught aft on arrival8 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on board

From 1948 to 1961 she was HOOP of J & H Damhof of Delfzijl, Netherlands, and was a relatively frequent visitor to Glasgow and the Clyde.

She was scrapped in Greece in 1989