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Friday, March 25, 1960 @ 1707 		LAIRDSGLEN (1954-1974 Livestock / general cargo ship 298 feet long of Burns and Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page

LAIRDSGLEN leaves Glasgow for Dublin on 25th March 1960
Sailing forDublin (Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthGlasgowNet Tonnage523
Outward cargo249 tons of general cargoGross Tonnage1,544
Draught forward on sailing13' 10"
Draught aft on sailing16' 8"
Master of vessel on sailingD Campbell
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines Ltd, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow C 2

LAIRDSGLEN sailed outwards from Glasgow to Dublin on Friday 25th March 1960

 

25th March

 

Draught of water leaving Glasgow forward 13' 10" and aft 16 8”

 

249 tons of cargo received at Glasgow

Total for Dublin 249 tons

 

1707   Sailed from Glasgow

1919   Passed Greenock

1940   Passed Cloch Light

2048   Passed Cumbrae Light

2133   Passed Holy Island Light

2200   Passed Pladda Light

2244   Passed Ailsa Craig

 2354   Passed Corsewall Light

 

26th March

0040   Passed Killantringan Light

0123   Passed Copeland’s Light

0300   Passed South Rock Lightship

0405   Passed St John’s Point Light

0658   Passed Rockabill Light

0720   Passed Lambay Island

0759   Passed Bailey Light

0818   Passed Poolbeg

0840   Arrived at Dublin

0853   Berthed

Time on Voyage from Greenock to Dublin 13 hours 21 mins

 

Weather on passage moderate Easterly breeze, slight sea and swell


 D. Campbell, Master