Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Wednesday, March 2, 1966 @ 2315 		RUNSWICK (1956 - 1972 cargo ship 476 feet overall of Headlam & Sons, Whitby Own Page

RUNSWICK (on Hall Line charter) arrives in Glasgow for receiving cargo for African ports
Arrived fromManchester (England, UK)Port of RegistryWhitby (North Yorkshire, England)
Arrived in berth2 / 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with head east and bridge 1/2 blind east of bulkhead 2/3Gross Tonnage6229
Sailing forSwansea (Wales) then Lobito, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Mauritius
Sailed from berth2 / 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with head east and bridge 1/2 blind east of bulkhead 2/3
Draught forward on arrival11 feet 6 inches
Draught aft on arrival15 feet 3 inches
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship = no cargo on board
Commened loading outward cargo7 March at 08:00
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 350 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224
Heavy lifts loaded8 March loaded one heavy lift of 23 tons by ship's own gear
Completed loading outward cargo8 March at 20:00
Draught forward on sailing11 feet 2 inches
Draught aft on sailing16 feet 2 inches
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. CENtral 9971
Sailed22:50 on 8 March for Swansea (Wales) and Birkenhead (England) then African ports

Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed that the ship's agents City Line of Glasgow had advertised that RUNSWICK would leave Glasgow for Birkenhead to finish loading cargo.   But the Dockmaster's Book for Prince's Dock shows that RUNSWICK left Glasgow for Swansea (south Wales, UK).   

MV RUNSWICK