Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

News Event

Monday, September 17, 1962 @ 1530
VETTERSO (General cargo ship 484 feet long) Own Page

VETTERSO arrives in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with a cargo of steel coils from Ventspils (Latvia)

Arrived fromVentspils ( a town in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia)
Arrived in berth14 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head West)
Sailing forLulea (Sweden)
Sailed from berth14 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head West)
Draught forward on arrival23' 08"
Draught aft on arrival25' 03"
Cargo carried on arrival8,351 tons of steel coils
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 18th September
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson
Completed discharge of inward cargo1100 on 21st September
Outward cargoLight - no cargo carried
Draught forward on sailing10' 08
Draught aft on sailing22' 00"

 

Draught at low water 23’ 03” forward and 24’10” aft and touching bottom aft on even keel and alongside Quay