Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Sunday, August 4, 1963 @ 1300
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		WARLIGHT (1919-1964 Steam engined general cargo Crinan Canal size Clyde puffer 86 feet long of Light Shipping / Ross & Marshall, Greenock) Own Page

Clyde puffer WARLIGHT loads cable from Cable ship ALERT in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank
Arrived in berth11 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (alongside Cable Ship ALERT)Port of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on boardNet Tonnage60
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 5th AugustGross Tonnage135
Outward cargoCable
Completed loading outward cargo1400 on 6th August

   Cable ship ALERT arrived from sea at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow at 2345 on 2nd August 1963.   She tied up at berth 11 with her stern on the 13th pawl, and her draught forward was 15’ 6” and aft 18’ 6” and she was carrying a cargo of cable.

   The steam lighter (Clyde puffer) WARLIGHT came alongside on 4th August, and at 0800 on 5th August ALERT began unloading cable into the puffer’s hold.   At 1400 on 6th August ALERT finished unloading the cable to WARLIGHT.

   At 1410 on 8th August ALERT left Rothesay Dock, light-ship ( = no cargo on board = empty of cargo) and moved a short distance upriver to Elderslie Wall to await entry to Elderslie Drydock.   Her draught forward was 14’ 10” and aft 18’ 03”