Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Friday, August 2, 1968 @ 0900
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CITY OF CAPE TOWN (1968-1978 Refrigerated / General cargo ship formerly CITY OF MELBOURNE 545 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London) Own Page

Ellerman & Bucknall's CITY OF CAPE TOWN (1968-1978) on her first arrival at Cape Town
Ship's locationCape Town (South Africa)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Master of vessel on arrivalR FrameNet Tonnage5,312
Gross Tonnage9,914
Deadweght Tonnage12,300

From Ellermans Company magazine "On shore and afloat" of 30 September 1968