Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Thursday, August 30, 1956 @ 1510
CITY OF LONDON (1947 - 1966 General cargo liner 500 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company) Own Page

CITY OF LONDON leaves Prince's Dock, Glasgow for Bombay and Karachi via Liverpool

Arrived fromMiddlesbrough (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth4 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east and stem 1 blind from east end)
Sailing forBombay and Karachi via Liverpool
Sailed from berth4 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east and stem 1 blind from east end)
Draught forward on arrival16' 06"
Draught aft on arrival19' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 24th August
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,900 tons and 3 X lifts, each lift being 22 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoSmith Coggins & Co. Ltd.
Heavy lifts loaded28 August loaded 3 X lifts, each lift being 22 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1445 on 30th August
Draught forward on sailing21' 01"
Draught aft on sailing21' 09"
Engine trialsTurn from 1000 to 1005 on 30 August
Vessel bunkered29 August bunkered 100 tons fuel oil from oiler INVERTEST
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971