Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Thursday, July 26, 1962 @ 1835 		KEIZERSWAARD (1955-1970 Oil products tanker 169.5 metres long of NV Verenigde Nederlandse Tankvaartrederij, mgrs. NV Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co’s Scheepvaart Mij, Rotterdam) Own Page

Dutch tanker KEIZERSWAARD leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Stanlow
Sailing forStanlow (on the Manchester Ship Canal)Port of Registrys'Gravenhage (Hague, Netherlands) (Dutch flag)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Gross Tonnage12,576
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Draught aft on sailing14' 6"
Master of vessel on sailingH Heunelem
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug SEAWAY at the stern and tug WRESTLER at the bow assist the tanker KEIZERSWAARD stern-first from the tanker berth and through the harbour entrance to the Ardrossan Roadstead

KEIZERSWAARD is pronounced KEE-zers- Vaard as the Dutch pronounce the English letter W as V