Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Movement

Saturday, November 19, 1966 @ 0207
KING CITY (1950-1966 General cargo ship 437 feet long of Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff : 1978 scrapped) Own Page

Reardon Smith's KING CITY shifts from Meadowside Quay to Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow

Arrived fromGreat Lakes PortsPort of RegistryCardiff (Wales, UK)
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (stem 2 blinds west of berth 3 / 4 brick wall) .. used CPA springsGross Tonnage5,593
Sailing forElderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow
Sailed from berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (stem 2 blinds west of berth 3 / 4 brick wall) .. used CPA springs
Draught forward on arrival24' 10"
Draught aft on arrival25' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalCorn 7,920 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0900 on 15th November
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2.
Completed discharge of inward cargo1555 on 18th November
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing8' 06"
Draught aft on sailing14' 00"
Ships agentT L Duff & Company Limited, 24 George Square, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2827