Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Tuesday, March 26, 1963 @ 1120 		STRONGBOW (1961-1976 Coastal and Harbour tug 110 feet long of Steel & Bennie / R & J H Rea / Cory Ship Towage, Greenock : 2005 scrapped) Own Page

Tug STRONGBOW tows Einar Rasmussen's tanker POLYCREST to berth in Ardrossan Harbour
Ship's locationArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalA McInnesNet Tonnage41
Gross Tonnage225

POLYCREST was towed from the roadstead to the ocean

tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour, being towed at the

bow by the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY and towed at the

stern by the Steel & Bennie tug STRONGBOW.