Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Friday, July 6, 1962 @ 1340
SHAHRISTAN (1945 - 1962 general cargo ship 448 feet long of Frank C Strick Line, London) Own Page

Strick's SHAHRISTAN arrives in Glasgow to load for the Persian Gulf

Arrived fromLiverpoolPort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth6 Prince's Dock, Glasgow head East, 1 blind from top (assisted by FLYING DUCK and FLYING WIZARD) Net Tonnage5,139
Sailing forPersian Gulf via ManchesterGross Tonnage7,309
Sailed from berth6 Princes Dock, Glasgow head East, 1 blind from top
Draught forward on arrival9' 7"
Draught aft on arrival17' 2"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight
Commened loading outward cargo7th July at 0800
Outward cargo2,140 tons general
Stevedore loading outward cargoJ Spencer
Completed loading outward cargo12th July at 0945
Draught forward on sailing15' 6"
Draught aft on sailing18' 2"
Ships agentFrank C. Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2 Telephone CITY 6131
AgentF C Strick

SHAHRISTAN arrived in Prince's Dock on 6th July at 1340.

SHAHRISTAN departed from Glasgow 0n 12th July at 1005 for Persian Gulf ports via Manchester

This visit to Glasgow may well have been her last voyage, as, five months later, she arrived at shipbreakers in Italy in December for demolition