Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Wednesday, September 7, 1955 @ 0000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		SEALIGHT (1930-1963 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 86 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd : 1964 scrapped at Troon)) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's Clyde Puffer SEALIGHT delayed at Glasgow by a dock strike
Ship's locationQueen's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage154

SEALIGHT was in Queen’s Dock, Glasgow and was waiting

to discharge but delayed due to a dock strike,

   She had loaded Limestone (for account of J. Dougall Esq.)

at Glenarm (Northern Ireland) on 2nd September and

arrived at Queen’s Dock on 3rd.   The strike continued

until 9th and SEALIGHT was unloaded, and she bunkered

with coal on 10th and on 12th she moved to King George V

Dock where she loaded bagged Barley for Port Ellen

(Isle of Islay) for the account of Sheriff’s Port Company.