Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, December 18, 1956 @ 2300
MUSWELL HILL (1950- General cargo ship 443 feet long of Acadia Overseas Freighters (Halifax) / Counties Ship Management, London) Own Page

MUSWELL HILL leaves Plantation Quay, Glasgow with general cargo and heavy lifts for Barbados

Arrived fromLiverpool (England)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth79 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her stern 2 blinds west of east bulkhead)Net Tonnage4,240
Sailing forBarbadosGross Tonnage7,131
Sailed from berth79 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her stern 2 blinds west of east bulkhead)Deadweght Tonnage10,384
Draught forward on arrival8' 04"
Draught aft on arrival16' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo1000 on 30th November
Outward cargoGeneral cargo and heavy lifts
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer Company
Heavy lifts loadedOn 13 December loaded 2 X each of 11 tons 18 cwt., 1 X 14 tons 1 cwt, and 4 X each of 5 tons 14 cwt
Completed loading outward cargo1130 on 18th December
Draught forward on sailing19' 08"
Draught aft on sailing22' 09"
Ships agentPatrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2.