Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Tuesday, September 11, 1962 @ 2000 		JAVA (1960-1964 Oil products tanker of A/S Det Ostasiattiske Kompagni, Kobenhavn) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and CHIEFTAIN assist the tanker JAVA from the berth at Ardrossan Harbour
Sailing forAntwerp (Belgium)Port of RegistryKobenhaven (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Reg Tonnage7,257
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage12,499
Draught aft on sailing19 feetDeadweght Tonnage18,340
Master of vessel on sailingG A Jacobsen
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug CHIEFTAIN had arrived to assist the tanker JAVA from Ardrossan Harbour to the Roadstead

The Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY was at the stern of JAVA and CHIEFTAIN at the bow as they towed JAVA stern-first from the the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour to the Roadstead

JAVA was built in 1960 for the A/S Det Ostasiattiske Kompagni who sold her in 1964. After a few more sales and renamings she was demolished in Taiwan in 1976