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Tuesday, December 25, 1962 @ 2325 		TEESFIELD (1959-1978 Oil products tanker 556 feet overall of Hunting & Sons Eden Tankers, Newcastle : 1978 scrapped at Inverkeithing)) Own Page

TEESFIELD arrives in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, from Old Kilpatrick Oil Depot
Arrived fromOld Kilpatrick (Oil Depot on River Clyde, 9 miles downriver from Glasgow City centre)Port of RegistryNewcastle (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth17/18 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (head east)Gross Tonnage12,146
Sailing forLiverpool
Sailed from berth17/18 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (head east)
Draught forward on arrival24 feet
Draught aft on arrival24' 4"
Cargo carried on arrivalPart fuel oil (outwards)
Outward cargoPart fuel oil (outwards)
Draught forward on sailing24 feet
Draught aft on sailing24' 4"

   TEESFIELD arrived at berth 17/18 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow, at 2325 on Christmas Day, 25th December 1962 from the nearby Old Kilpatrick Oil Depot on the River Clyde.   She had a cargo of part fuel oil (outwards) and was drawing 24 feet forward and 24’ 4” aft.

   At 0600 the following morning, 26th December, which was low water, the ship had the same draught but was lying with her bow 10 feet off the quay and stern alongside the quay, and there was an even strain on the moorings.

   TEESFIELD left Rothesay Dock at 0937 on 26th December for Liverpool with her cargo of part fuel oil (outwards) and was drawing 24 feet forward and 24’ 4” aft.