Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, April 18, 1961 @ 0437
CILICIA (1938-40 Anchor Line passenger/cargo ship : 1940-44 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1944-46 Troopship : 1946 Returned to owners : 1966-80 training ship / Hostel in Rotterdam : 1980 scrapped Bilbao) Own Page

Anchor Line liner CILICIA arrives at Glasgow from Karachi (Pakistan) via Liverpool

Arrived fromKarachi (Pakistan) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow with her head westGross Tonnage11,136
Sailing forBombay (now known as Mumbai, India) via Birkenhead (England)
Sailed from berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow with her head west
Draught forward on arrival20' 03"
Draught aft on arrival21' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 948 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo18 April @ 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224
Completed discharge of inward cargo22 April @ 1100
Commened loading outward cargo21 April @ 0800
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 586 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224
Completed loading outward cargo24 April @ 1045
Draught forward on sailing20' 06"
Draught aft on sailing21' 03"
Engine trialsSlow turn at 1030 on 24 April
Vessel bunkered20 April at 0900 bunkered 350 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY
Ships agentAnchor Line, Glasgow
Sailed24 April 1961 at 1815 for Bombay (now known as Mumbai, India) via Birkenhead (England)