Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Bank Line's ETTRICKBANK arrives in Singapore with a fire in one of her holds

   The 5,138 gross ton Glasgow-registered cargo ship ETTRICKBANK arrived in Singapore with a fire in one of her holds.

   The vessel was on passage from South Africa to Tokyo with a cargo of Jute, Hemp and Copper Concentrates and had called at Colombo and, in the Indian Ocean, when about 200 miles from Singapore, a fire was discovered in a hold.

   The ship reported that the crew had controlled the fire and confined it to the hold.   The vessel was not in danger and did not require assistance and no person was injured.

   ETTRICKBANK was built in 1937 and owned by Inver Transport & Trading Co. Ltd. and managed by Andrew Weir’s Bank Line, London.