Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 1700 		CITY OF PHILADELPHIA (1949 - 1968 General cargo liner 485 feet long of Ellerman Lines, London : 1974 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for west, south and east Africa
Ship's locationBirkenhead, U.K.Port of RegistryLondon
Sailing forLobito, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban and MauritiusGross Tonnage7,591
Ships agentHall Line, Tower Building, Liverpool, 3