Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Friday, February 2, 1962 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		SYLVANIA (1957-1968 Passenger liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

The Cunard Liner SYLVANIA arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank Anchorage off Greenock
Ship's locationTail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage11,679
Gross Tonnage22,017
Deadweght Tonnage9,345

   The Cunard Liner SYLVANIA arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank Anchorage today, being the first transatlantic liner to make an inbound call at Greenock this year.

   She was on her way from New York (U.S.A.) and Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) to Liverpool and disembarked 67 passengers to a specially chartered Clyde Ferry which brought them to Princes Pier, Greenock.

   The Cunard Line plan to make 17 outward and 17 inward calls at the Clyde this year, SYLVANIA making 6 and her sister ship CARINTHIA making 28.

   SYLVANIA was built in 1957 at the John Brown & Company Shipyard at Clydebank and is 586 feet long and of 21,989 gross tons and made an impressive sight when she anchored off Greenock.