Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Friday, June 8, 1962 @ 0133
TRINCULO (1957-1972 Ore carrier 504 feet overall of C. T. Bowring Steamship Company, London) Own Page

Bowring's ore carrier TRINCULO leaves General Terminus Quay, Glasgow for Pepel (Sierra Leone)

Arrived fromSeven Islands (Canada) Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berthWest Terminus Quay, Glasgow (head east and stern 85 feet from ferry)
Sailing forPepel (is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone).
Sailed from berthWest Terminus Quay, Glasgow (head east and stern 85 feet from ferry)
Draught forward on arrival27' 06"
Draught aft on arrival28' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalIron Ore
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1645 on 6th June
Stevedore discharging inward cargoColvilles Ltd.
Completed discharge of inward cargo2000 on 7th June
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) ... with oil bunkers
Draught forward on sailing9' 01"
Draught aft on sailing13' 07"
Vessel bunkered7th June bunkered 209 tons of fuel oil from oiler INVERTEST
Ships agentBISCO (British Iron & Steel Corporation)

After finishing discharge, Pilot Copeland and 3 Clyde Shipping tugs brought her astern to the entrance to Prince's Dock where she was canted and then moved ahead downriver to commence her passage to Pepel in Sierra Leone, West Africa.