Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Saturday, July 12, 1958 @ 0847 		ARGYLLSHIRE ( 1956 - 1975 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Scottish Shire Line / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1977 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

ARGYLLSHIRE leaves Glasgow for Durban, South Africa
Arrived fromMerklands Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth7/8 King George V Dock, Glasgow, head SouthNet Tonnage5267
Sailing forDurban (South Africa)Gross Tonnage9299
Sailed from berth7/8 King George V Dock, Glasgow, head SouthDeadweght Tonnage11250
Draught forward on arrival13' 10"
Draught aft on arrival17' 5"
Cargo carried on arrivalBeef
Commenced discharge of inward cargo8th July at 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo8th July at 1130
Commened loading outward cargo8th July at 0800
Outward cargo1,000 tons general and 3 heavy lifts totalling 25 tons.
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Heavy lifts loadedOn 8th July loaded 3 heavy lifts totalling 25 tons by her own gear
Completed loading outward cargo11th July at 1700
Draught forward on sailing16 feet
Draught aft on sailing18 feet

ARGYLLSHIRE arrived in KG5 Dock at 1815 on 7th July 1958 from Elderslie, Glasgow.

Commenced discharge 8th July 1958 at 0800, by Renfrew Stevedore Company, and completed discharge that morning at 1130.

Comenced loading 8th July 1958 at 0800, again by Renfrew Stevedore Company, of 1000 tons general, and completed loading 11th July 1958 at 1700.

Also, on 8th July, using her own gear, she lifted 3 lifts, totalling 25 tons.

She sailed from Glasgow on 12th July 1958 at 0847 for Durban (South Africa)