Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Tuesday, May 29, 1962 @ 2040
KATELYSIA (1954-1977 Oil tanker 169m of Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. : 1977 scrapped) Own Page

Shell tanker KATELYSIA leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Curacao in the Caribbean Sea

Sailing forCuracao (Island country of the Netherlands in Lesser Antilles in the South Caribbean Sea)Port of Registrys'Gravenhage (The Netherlands)
Sailed from berth12 Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland assisted by tugs STRONGBOW and THUNDERERDeadweght Tonnage19,219
Outward cargoLight = no cargo on board
Draught aft on sailing20' 00"
Master of vessel on sailingNoortwyk
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug THUNDERER and tug STRONGBOW assist KATELYSIA stern-first from the berth at Ardrossan Harbour to the roadstead and then cant her to face outward to start her passage to  the Caribbean Sea.