Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		POLARLIGHT (1948-1974 Clyde steam puffer lighter 66 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall ) Own Page

POLARLIGHT had loaded coal at Troon and was on passage to Carbost (Isle of Skye, Scotland)
Ship's locationOn passage from Troon and through Crinan Canal for Carbost (Isle of Skye, Scotland)Port of RegistryGreenock (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forCarbost (village on south-west shore of Loch Harport on Minginish peninsula, Isle of Skye) Reg Tonnage40
Sailed from berthTroon Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) on 20 February
Outward cargoCoal (for account of E McCrae)
Ships agentRoss & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294

POLARLIGHT arrived at Carbost on 25 February but there was no berth available and had to wait until the following day to begin discharging the cargo of coal.