Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, February 12, 1963 @ 1050 		BUSTLER (1943-1973 Deep-sea tug of Royal Fleet Auxiliary, London : 1989 scrapped) Own Page

Fleet Auxiliary tug BUSTLER towing H.M.S. ABERFORD arrives at Roadstead off Ardrossan Harbour
Arrived fromBarrow-in-Furness (England)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthRoadstead off Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalTowing Royal Navy patrol boat H.M.S. ABERFORD

   Royal Fleet Auxiliary tug BUSTLER arrived at the

roadstead off Ardrossan Harbour having towed the

Royal Navy patrol boat H.M.S. ABERFORD from

Barrow-in-Furness, England.

   At the roadstead BUSTLER handed over the tow

to the Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY which towed

ABERFORD into Ardrossan Harbour and then into

the Ardrossan Dockyard.