Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Friday, October 20, 1961 @ 1215
BRISBANE STAR (1937 - 1963 Cargo liner 549 feet long of Blue Star Line, London) Own Page

Blue Star's BRISBANE STAR arrives in Glasgow to load for New Zealand

Arrived fromLiverpoolPort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth65 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (head East, 4 blinds from bulkhead)Gross Tonnage11,076
Sailing forAuckland (New Zealand) via Liverpool
Sailed from berth65 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (head East)
Draught forward on arrival15' 2"
Draught aft on arrival21' 8"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight
Commened loading outward cargo23rd October at 0800
Outward cargo505 tons of general
Stevedore loading outward cargoJ Spencer
Heavy lifts loaded9 heavy lifts totalling 80 tons
Completed loading outward cargo25th October at 2100
Draught forward on sailing14' 11"
Draught aft on sailing23' 1"
Ships agentJ S Nowery

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.