Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Tuesday, August 21, 1962 @ 0545 		HINDSIA (1955-1976 Oil tanker 556 feet overall of Shell Bermuda (Overseas) Ltd., London : 1976 scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and STRONGBOW assist in sailing the Shell Tanker HINDSIA from Ardrossan Harbour
Sailing forCuracao (Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Reg Tonnage6,947
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage12,212
Draught aft on sailing20' 6"Deadweght Tonnage18,115
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug SEAWAY at the stern and tug STRONGBOW at the bow assisted the Shell Oil Tanker HINDSIA stern-first from the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour, through the 300-feet wide Harbour entrance (between the breakwater and the Lighthouse Pier) out to the Roadstead, where they let go their towropes.

HINDSIA then proceeded on passage down the Irish Sea and across the North Atlantic to Curacao in the Caribbean Sea.