Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Thursday, June 21, 1962 @ 1643 		BALLYGALLY HEAD (1954-1968 General cargo ship 242 feet long of Head Line / Ulster Steamship Company, Belfast) Own Page

BALLYGALLY HEAD leaves Glasgow for Dunglass to refuel then on to Antwerp
Arrived fromAntwerp via BelfastPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived in berth57/59 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (head east)
Sailing forAntwerp via Dunglass (Dunglass on the River Clyde is where coasters are bunkered with fuel oil)
Sailed from berth57/59 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (head east)
Draught forward on arrival7' 6"
Draught aft on arrival10' 3"
Cargo carried on arrival108 tons of general cargo (inward)
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 20th June
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Shipping Company
Completed discharge of inward cargo1650 on 20th June
Commened loading outward cargo1605 on 20th June
Outward cargo100 tons of general cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoClyde Shipping Company
Completed loading outward cargo1630 on 21st June
Draught forward on sailing8 feet
Draught aft on sailing10' 3"

      BALLYGALLY HEAD arrived in Glasgow at 0505 on 20th June 1962, coming from Antwerp (Belgium) via Belfast (Northern Ireland) and berthed at 57/59 Mavisbank Quay, with her head east.   She was carrying 108 tons of general cargo to discharge, and her draught was 7' 6" forward and 10' 3" aft.

   Clyde Shipping Company stevedores started unloading at 0800 on 20th June and finished discharge at 1650 on 20th June.   They also commenced loading a general  cargo of 100 tons at 1605 on 20th June, and completed loading at 1630 on 21st June.

   Only minutes after finishing loading, BALLYGALLY HEAD cast off her mooring ropes at 1643 on 21st June, then drawing 8 feet forward and 10’ 3” aft, left the berth and started downriver to the Oil Depot at Dunglass (near Bowling) where she would refuel with fuel oil then continue on her passage to Antwerp.