Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700
AUTOMEDON (1949-1971 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's AUTOMEDON closes for receiving cargo at Birkenhead for the Far East and Indonesia

Ship's locationBirkenhead (River Mersey, England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,636

 

ALFRED  HOLT  &  Co.

BLUE  FUNNEL  LINE

 

 GLASGOW,   BIRKENHEAD

and  SOUTH  WALES

to

FAR  EAST  and  INDONESIA

 

†EURYBATES  ….  Receiving now at Glasgow

Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 24

for  PORT  SAID,    JEDDAH,   PENANG

PRAI,  PORT  SWETTENHAM,  

SINGAPORE,   BANGKOK,   LABUAN

 

†(R)  AUTOMEDON  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 24

for  BELAWAN,   DJAKARTA,   TJIREBON,

SAMARANG,   SURABAYA,   BALIK  PAPAN,

*MACASSAR  via Amsterdam and Malayan Ports

 

†(R)  ANTILOCHUS  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 29

for  PENANG,   PRAI,   PORT  SWETTENHAM,

SINGAPORE,   BANGKOK,   HONG  KONG,

*KEELUNG,   *KOBE,   *YOKOHAMA

 

MELAMPUS  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Dec 2

for  PENANG,   PRAI,   PORT  SWETTENHAM,

SINGAPORE,   *BANGKOK,   SUNGEI  GERONG

 

†Receiving now    (R) Refrigerator space

*With transhipment

 

Before despatch of goods Shippers must apply—

ALFRED HOLT & CO.,  Liverpool.

McGREGOR, GOW & HOLLAND LTD.,  London

or

BURGESS & CO. LTD.,  Swansea

T. H. COUCH LTD.,  Swansea

JONES, HEARD & CO. LTD.,  Newport

ROXBURGH, COLIN SCOTT,  Glasgow

 

Carriers’ option to proceed via other port

to load and discharge cargo