Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Saturday, July 12, 1958 @ 0808 		CLAN MACINTOSH ( 1951 - 1978 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line Limited)) Own Page

CLAN MACINTOSH leaves Glasgow for Chittagong via Birkenhead
Arrived fromLiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth6 King George V Dock, Glasgow, head South
Sailing forChittagong (East Pakistan : now Bangladesh) via Birkenhead
Sailed from berth6 King George V Dock, Glasgow, head South
Draught forward on arrival9' 2"
Draught aft on arrival14' 1"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight
Commened loading outward cargo9th July at 0900
Outward cargoGeneral 500 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Heavy lifts loaded3 launches by own gear - see note below
Completed loading outward cargo11th July at 1700
Draught forward on sailing9' 3"
Draught aft on sailing18' 3"

CLAN MACINTOSH arrived in King George V Dock from Liverpool at 0800 on 9th July 1958.

Commenced loading 9th July 1958 at 0900 by Renfrew Stevedores of 500 tons general, and completed loading at 1700 on 11th July.

Heavy Lifts There is a note of the ship loading 3 launches from .(Mechano/Medano ..?)...own gear We cannot decipher what the unknown word means. ...... A Manson replies : Clan MacIntosh would have loaded these launches by the ship's heavy lift derricks hence "own gear"

She sailed on 12th July at 0808 for Chittagong via Birkenhead.