Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 0715 		LADY ROSLIN (1958-1982 Explosives carrier 174 feet long of I.C.I. Nobel Division, Irvine) Own Page

LADY ROSLIN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to bunker with fuel oil
Arrived fromDublin (Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage304
Master of vessel on arrivalM CampbellReg Tonnage275
Draught aft on arrival10' 00"Gross Tonnage698
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship = no cargo on boardDeadweght Tonnage552
Ships agentR L Alpine, Winton Buildings, Ardrossan

   The I.C.I. explosives manufacturing factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire, Scotland, was situated near to the Port of Irvine.

   The I.C.I. ships which carried the explosives were based at Irvine but, because of the danger when bunkering with fuel oil, the vessels went to the nearby Ardrossan Harbour to load their oil bunkers.

   And that is why LADY ROSLIN called at Ardrossan Harbour to bunker with fuel oil.