Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Monday, September 24, 1962 @ 2210 		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

Tugs SEAWAY and STRONGBOW assist the Shell tanker KOSSMATELLA into the berth at Ardrossan Harbour
Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Vessel MasterA McInnesNet Tonnage41
Gross Tonnage225

Ardrossan tug SEAWAY at the bow and Steel & Bennie's tug STRONGBOW at the stern assist the Shell Tanker KOSSMATELLA bow-first from Ardrossan Roadstead into the tanker berth at the Harbour.

KOSSMATELLA would discharge her cargo of petrol through the land-pipes to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent Road, Ardrossan.