Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, October 6, 1964 @ 1710
ELIZABETH HOLT (1953-1963 General cargo ship 450 feet long of John Holt & Co. / Guinea Gulf Line Ltd, Liverpool. : 1963-1965 Managed by T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool : 1973 scrapped at Taiwan) Own Page

Guinea Gulf's ELIZABETH HOLT arrives at Glasgow to unload and then load for West Africa

Arrived fromFreetown (Sierra Leone, West Africa)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Arrived in berth1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east)Gross Tonnage5,580
Sailing forLobito via Liverpool (Lobito is in Benguela Province in Angola, West Africa)
Sailed from berth1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival22' 07"
Draught aft on arrival23' 09"
Cargo carried on arrivalLogs, Timber and General Cargo
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 7th October
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1745 on 21st October
Commened loading outward cargo1430 on 21st October
Outward cargo4 heavy lifts totalling 78 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Heavy lifts loadedOn 21st October loaded 4 heavy lifts totalling 78 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1745 on 21st October
Draught forward on sailing9' 00"
Draught aft on sailing15' 09"
Ships agentJohn G Borland & Peat Ltd., 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 3651