Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, September 13, 1960 @ 1845 		IRENE (1956-1962 General cargo ship 100.3m 329 feet overall of A/B Transmarin, Helsingborg : 1983 scrapped at Limassol, Cyprus) Own Page

A/S Transmarin cargo ship IRENE arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with Newsprint from Sweden
Arrived fromHaltstlawoik ???? .. probably Hallstavik (Sweden)Port of RegistryHelsingborg (Sweden)
Arrived in berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)Net Tonnage847
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage1,819
Sailed from berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)Deadweght Tonnage3,230
Draught forward on arrival18' 10"
Draught aft on arrival19' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalNewsprint 500 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 14th September (no work on 14th September owing to rain)
Stevedore discharging inward cargoAndrew Main & Sons, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1247
Completed discharge of inward cargo1730 on 15th September
Outward cargoPart same inward cargo of Newsprint
Draught forward on sailing16' 02"
Draught aft on sailing18' 06"
Ships agentOlsen, Johnston & Co. Ltd., 3 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 5815

Where did this ship come from in Sweden ???

Haltst…….. ?????


15 January 2020.   Bryn Wayt e-mails       A chap was asking where ship came from: the spelling was incorrect using Haltstwik on the 'docket'.

The origin of the ship must have been HALLSTAVIK in Sweden.

The place was/is famous for it paper-mill, hence the ships cargo bound for Belfast.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HallstavikA chap was asking where ship came from: the spelling was incorrect using Haltstwik on the 'docket'.