Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Friday, November 13, 1964 @ 1830
KING ALEXANDER (1952-1972 General cargo ship 466 feet long of King Line / Clan Line / Hector Whaling Ltd : 1982 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

King Line's KING ALEXANDER leaves Glasgow for Birkenhead on Clan Line charter for Mombasa (Kenya)

Arrived fromNewcastle (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth9 King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head southGross Tonnage5,883
Sailing forMombasa (Kenya) via Birkenhead (England, UK)
Sailed from berth9 King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head south
Draught forward on arrival10' 05"
Draught aft on arrival16' 08"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight = no cargo on board
Commened loading outward cargo9 November at 0800
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores, King George V Dock, Glasgow
Completed loading outward cargo13 November at 1630
Draught forward on sailing11' 10"
Draught aft on sailing18' 08"
Engine trialsSlow turn on 13 November, with rope across the Dock
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel 041 221 7050 Telex 778133
Sailed1830 on 18 November for Birkenhead