Sailing
Monday, July 2, 1962 @ 1510
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LAIRDSBURN (1959-1966 General cargo coaster 165 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 sank at Sicily) |
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LAIRDSBURN leaves Ardrossan with a cargo of steel plates for Belfast |
| Sailing for | Belfast (Northern Ireland) | Port of Registry | Glasgow |
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| Sailed from berth | Ardrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock) | Net Tonnage | 228 |
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| Outward cargo | Steel plates | Gross Tonnage | 513 |
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| Draught aft on sailing | 12' 3" | Deadweght Tonnage | 720 |
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| Ships agent | Burns & Laird Line, The Harbour, Ardrossan | | |
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The steel plates arrived at the dockside on flat railway waggons and were lifted by crane from the waggon onto the ship and were most probably be destined for the great Harland & Wolff Shipyard in Belfast |