Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Thursday, May 23, 1963 @ 0600
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		LASCAR (1939-1972 Steam general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 66 feet long of J & J Hay, Glasgow : 1972 scrapped at Troon) Own Page

LASCAR (on charter from J & J Hay) in Crinan Canal on passage with coal from Troon to Eriskay
Ship's locationIn the Crinan Canal, on passage from Troon for EriskayPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived fromTroon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Reg Tonnage50
Sailing forEriskay (an island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland) ... see note belowGross Tonnage96
Outward cargoCoal 139 tons 10 hundredweightsDeadweght Tonnage140
Ships agentRoss & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294

Eriskay is a small island measuring about 2 1⁄2 by 1 1⁄2 miles or 4 by 2.5 kilometres with a population of 143, as of the 2011 census and lies in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, between South Uist and Barra and is connected to South Uist by a causeway which was opened in 2001.