Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Friday, January 17, 1969 @ 2130 		AFGHANISTAN (1957-1972 Ore carrier 526 feet long of Common Brothers/ Hindustan Shipping, Newcastle : 1986 Scrapped) Own Page

AFGHANISTAN leaves Terminus Quay, Glasgow, for Pepel (Sierra Leone)
Sailing forPepel, (Sierra Leone, West Africa)Port of RegistryNewcastle (England)
Sailed from berthGeneral Terminus Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage11,188
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Draught forward on sailing15' 8"
Draught aft on sailing18 feet
Ships agentBISCO (British Iron and Steel Company) charter