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Friday, April 12, 1963 @ 0155
ARIANTA (1959-1978 Oil tanker 560 feet 169m overall 14.5 knots of Shell Tankers U.K. : 1978 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Shell tanker ARIANTA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with petrol and gas oil from Stanlow

Arrived fromStanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) via Belfast (Northern Ireland) Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, U.K.) .. tugs SEAWAY and WARRIORNet Tonnage7,511
Master of vessel on arrivalJ KellGross Tonnage13,148
Draught aft on arrival21' 00"Deadweght Tonnage19,310
Cargo carried on arrivalPetrol & Gas Oil
Ships agentT L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40

Image courtesy of BL (Netherlands)