News EventThursday, March 9, 1961 @ 0800The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
ANTILOCHUS (1949-1976 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd / Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line and associated Companies, Liverpool : 1978 scrapped in Pakistan) |
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ANTILOCHUS from Glasgow (Scotland) at Port Swettenham (since 1972 known as Port Kelang, Malaysia) |
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Just in case you are deeply interested in why it's called Port Swettenham : From Wikipedia : In September 1882, Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham was appointed Selangor's new Resident. Swettenham initiated a rail link between Klang and Kuala Lumpur to overcome the transport problems, particularly of the tin mining interests who needed to convey the ore to Klang's port, Pelabuhan Batu.[9] Nineteen and a half miles of rail track from Kuala Lumpur to Bukit Kudu was opened in September 1886, and extended 3 miles to Klang in 1890.[10][11][12][13][14] River navigation, however, was difficult, as only ships drawing less than 3.9 metres (13 ft) of water could come up the jetty, and thus a new port was selected near the mouth of the river as the anchorage was good. Developed by the Malayan Railway and officially opened 15 years later on 15 September 1901 by Swettenham himself, the new port was named Port Swettenham. |
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