News EventFriday, October 20, 1961 @ 1215 |
BRISBANE STAR (1937 - 1963 Cargo liner 549 feet long of Blue Star Line, London) |
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Blue Star's BRISBANE STAR arrives in Glasgow to load for New Zealand |
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BRISBANE STAR arrived in Glasgow on 20th October at 1215. On 23rd October at 1700 she shifted 100 feet astern on berth 65. On 25th October she loaded 9 heavy lifts totalling 80 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT She departed Glasgow on 26th October at 1150 for Auckland (New Zealand) via Liverpool The Auckland metropolitan area in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country. Auckland has an urban population of 1,418,000 and a metropolitan population of 1,529,300, which respectively constitute 32 and 34 percent of the country's population. Auckland has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world. |