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Tuesday, February 2, 1965 @ 1650
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IRISH FIR (in 1965 General cargo ship 258 feet overall of Irish Shipping Company, Dublin) |
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IRISH FIR arrives in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank to load 1,753 tons Spent Oxide for Bordeaux (France) |
| Arrived from | Londonderry (Northern Ireland, UK) | Port of Registry | Dublin (Ireland / Eire) |
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| Arrived in berth | 8 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland, UK) with her head east | | |
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| Sailing for | Bordeaux (France) | | |
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| Sailed from berth | 8 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland, UK) with her head east | | |
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| Draught forward on arrival | 7 feet 10 inches | | |
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| Draught aft on arrival | 12 feet | | |
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| Cargo carried on arrival | Light ship = no cargo on board | | |
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| Commened loading outward cargo | 3 February at 0800 | | |
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| Outward cargo | 1,753 tons of Spent Oxide ... see remarks below | | |
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| Stevedore loading outward cargo | R P Shaw & Sons Ltd, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland, UK) Telephone CLYdebank 1433 | | |
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| Completed loading outward cargo | 4 February at 1545 | | |
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| Draught forward on sailing | 15 feet | | |
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| Draught aft on sailing | 17 feet | | |
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| Sailed | 4 February at 2205 for Bordeaux (France) | | |
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The vessel loaded a cargo of spent oxide for France.
What is spent oxide ?
It is iron oxide that has been used in gas manufacture to purify coal gas by removing chiefly hydrogen sulfide and sometimes cyanogen, that generally has formed a coating on shavings and sawdust, and that may be used as a source of sulfur and of cyanogen compounds. You will be pleased to now know that.
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