Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Thursday, August 25, 1966 @ 0625
MAHOUT (1963-1978 General cargo ship 481 feet long of Thos & Jno Brocklebank, Liverpool :1982 bombed by Iraqi aircraft while 25 miles from Bandar Khomeini and beached as Constructive total loss) Own Page

Brocklebank Line's MAHOUT arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow from Pensacola (Florida) via Liverpool

Arrived fromPensacola (Florida, U.S.A.) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived in berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with head west and stern 1 blind into berth 1 and used 2 backsprings)Gross Tonnage6867
Sailing forAntwerp (Belgium)Deadweght Tonnage8410
Sailed from berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with head west and stern 1 blind into berth 1 and used 2 backsprings)
Draught forward on arrival13' 03"
Draught aft on arrival18' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 918 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 25th August
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1630 on 29th August
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing10' 06"
Draught aft on sailing18' 00"
Ships agentPatrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467