Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Thursday, April 5, 1962 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		MOONLIGHT (1952- 1966 steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 88 feet long of Ross & Marshall, Glasgow : 1970 scrapped at Troon) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's MOONLIGHT discharging bagged malt and empty casks at Port Askaig (Isle of Islay)
Ship's locationPort Askaig (Isle of Islay, Western Isles, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived fromPrince's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage164
Cargo carried on arrivalBagged malt for Bruichladdich ... and empty whisky casks for J D Bain ?Deadweght Tonnage188
Vessel bunkeredBunkered with coal at Queen's Dock, Glasgow before leaving Glasgow for Port Askaig)
Ships agentRoss & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294

2 April and MOONLIGHT was finishing loading at Prince's Dock, Glasgow then shifted to nearby Queen's Dock to bunker with coal for the passage to Islay.