Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Thursday, August 30, 1962 @ 2255 		SPIGERBORG (1949-1965 General cargo ship 334 feet long of A/S D/S Dannebrog (C. K. Hansen), Copenhagen) Own Page

Ardrossan tug SEAWAY assists Danish cargo ship SPIGERBORG from the berth at Ardrossan Harbour
Sailing forCanadaPort of RegistryKobenhaven (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage1,058
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage2,339
Draught aft on sailing13 feetDeadweght Tonnage3,530
Master of vessel on sailingA Keshcool
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan

SPIGERBORG had a breadth of 47 feet, which was a tight squeeze to pass through the 58 feet wide dock gate at Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan.

Her end came in 1971 when, during the Indian-Pakistan war, she was bombed and sunk in Chittagong Roads.