Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Saturday, May 5, 1962 @ 1200
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		SEALIGHT (1930-1963 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 86 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd : 1964 scrapped at Troon)) Own Page

SEALIGHT waiting at Prince's Dock, Glasgow with her outward cargo loaded.
Ship's locationPrince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived fromGreenock (Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage154
Sailing forBruichladdich (Isle of Islay, Scotland)
Cargo carried on arrivalLight = no cargo on board
Outward cargoBagged malt and empty whisky casks, for account of Bruichladdich Distillery (Isle of Islay)
Ships agentRoss & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294

Saturday afternoon and SEALIGHT was berthed in Prince’s Dock, Glasgow with her cargo fully loaded.

   The cargo, bagged malt and empty whisky casks, was for the Bruichladdich Distillery near Bowmore (Isle of Islay) and would not be unloaded there until Monday morning at the earliest.

  So, it was likely that any crew members who lived locally would spend the evening and overnight at their homes, or the crew might go to a nearby public house for drink.

  The following morning, Sunday, the crew would return to SEALIGHT and start down the River Clyde and pass through the Crinan Canal to Bruichladdich.