Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Thursday, October 25, 1962 @ 0640
IXION (1951-1972 Passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped in Barcelona) Own Page

Blue Funnel's IXION leaves King George V Dock, Glasgow for drydocking at Belfast

Arrived fromSydney (Australia) and Antwerpen (Belgium) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow with her head southGross Tonnage10,125
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow with her head south
Draught forward on arrival18' 07"
Draught aft on arrival23' 02"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 1,717 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo20 October at 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Co. Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow S.W.1. Tel. GOVan 2241
Completed discharge of inward cargo24 October at 1000
Outward cargoLight = no cargo on board
Draught forward on sailing15' 06"
Draught aft on sailing20' 09"
Vessel bunkered23 October bunkered 50 tons of fuel oil from oiler APEXITY
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891
Sailed0640 on 25 October for Belfast (for drydocking)