News Event
Friday, October 7, 1960 @ 0130
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ADAK (1959-1976 Ore carrier 490 feet overall of Trafik A / B Grangesberg-Oxelosund, / Erland Waldenstrom, Stockholm, Sweden : Scrapped 1984) |
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Swedish Ore carrier ADAK arrives at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow from Oxelosund (Sweden) |
| Arrived from | Oxelosund (Sweden) | Port of Registry | Stockholm (Sweden) |
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| Arrived in berth | East end of General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Pilot Conway and 2 Clyde Shipping Company tugs) | Net Tonnage | 4,716 |
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| Sailing for | Narvik (Norway) | Gross Tonnage | 10,812 |
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| Sailed from berth | East end of General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Pilot Graham and 3 Clyde Shipping Company tugs) | Deadweght Tonnage | 14,070 |
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| Draught forward on arrival | 28' 06" | | |
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| Draught aft on arrival | 28' 06" | | |
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| Cargo carried on arrival | Iron Ore | | |
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| Commenced discharge of inward cargo | 1400 on 7th October | | |
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| Stevedore discharging inward cargo | Colvilles Ltd. | | |
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| Completed discharge of inward cargo | 1330 on 9th October | | |
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| Outward cargo | Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) | | |
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| Draught forward on sailing | 14' 00" | | |
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| Draught aft on sailing | 18' 00" | | |
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| Vessel bunkered | 7th October bunkered 370 tons of fuel oil from oiler APEXITY | | |
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| Vessel on ground | 7th October at 0810, forward 23' 04" aft 25' 05" and 3 feet off wall with even strain on moorings | | |
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| Ships agent | BISCO (British Iron & Steel Corporation) | | |
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When sailing she was towed astern from General Terminus Quay
to the entrance to Prince’s Dock where she was canted
(turned around) and then moved ahead downriver to
Greenock and then left the Clyde on passage to
Narvik, Norway
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