News EventWednesday, July 31, 1963 @ 0540 |
TARZAN (1956-1967 General cargo coaster 131 feet (40.10 metres) long) |
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General cargo coaster TARZAN arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow with scrap from Belfast |
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TARZAN arrived at berth 4 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow, with her head East, at 0540 on 31st July 1963. She was carrying 360 tons of scrap metal from Belfast, and her draught forward was 8’ 06” and aft 10’ 08.” The ship’s Agents were J. S. Braid, of Glasgow. J. F. Wilson Stevedores commenced unloading at 0800 on 31st July and finished at 1130 that morning. At 1220 on 31st July the vessel shifted from berth 3 to berth 9 Rothesay Dock. Honeyman Stevedores commenced loading her outward cargo of 349 tons of Pig Iron at 0800 on 1st August, and completed at 1415 that afternoon. The ship’s after coaming of number 1 hold was damaged by a railway wagon, and the damage was repaired by the Clyde Navigation Trust’s Workshops. TARZAN sailed from Rothesay Dock for Rotterdam at 0115 on 2nd August, her draught forward 7’ 6” and aft 10’ 6”
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