Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, December 24, 1963 @ 1200
ACHILLES ( 1957 - 1972 Cargo liner 491 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's ACHILLES arrives at Glasgow to load for Singapore and Hong Kong

Arrived fromHamburg (Germany)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Sailing forSingapore and Hong Kong via Birkenhead
Sailed from berth3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival15' 03"
Draught aft on arrival19' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo outwards
Commened loading outward cargo1300 on 24th December
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,650 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Completed loading outward cargo1215 on 31st December
Draught forward on sailing18' 00"
Draught aft on sailing23' 02"
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.