Records of Light Shipping Ltd, shipowners, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland

Reference
- GB 248 UGD 176/2/2 and GB 248 UGD 176/1/15/38
Dates of Creation
- 1951-1975
Name of Creator
- Light Shipping Ltd (shipowners: c1920-1974: Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland)
Physical Description
- 0.2 metres
  There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material.

Scope and Content

Annual returns 1960-1961
Journal 1960-1968
Ledger 1954-1960
Vessel expenses and receipts 1951-1964
Directors' reports and accounts 1966-1973
Board papers and agreements 1966
Correspondence files 1970-1975
Company seal , mid 20th century
Vessel diaries 1955-1969

Administrative / Biographical History

Light Shipping Ltd was incorporated as a limited liability company in c1920 as shipowners in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The company operated a number of tugs on the river Clyde and by 1971 was in competition with those of the Clyde Shipping Co Ltd , ship owners, Glasgow, Scotland. In 1971 , the companies entered into an agreement to pool their tug operations with Light Shipping Ltd becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Ross & Marshall Ltd , shipowners, Greenock, themselves a wholly owned subsidiary of Clyde Shipping Co Ltd. In 1973 , Light Shipping Ltd was transferred to become a subsidiary of Clyde Shipping Co Ltd. Light Shipping Ltd was renamed as Clyde Shipping Tugs Ltd in 1974 and operated as ship towers, operating the vessels of Ross & Marshall Ltd and purchasing 5 new tugs bringing their fleet to 6. Clyde Shipping Tugs Ltd was dissolved in 1999 .

Arrangement

This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by format and/or function. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.

Access Information

No access for legal, business or commercial reasons without the written permission of Clyde Marine plc. Apply in the first instance to Glasgow University Archive Services.

Acquisition Information

Permanent loan : Clyde Shipping Co Ltd : Glasgow: October 1982

Other Finding Aids

Digital file level list available in searchroom

Manual file available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)3530) and London (NRA21580)

Alternative Form Available

No known copies

Conditions Governing Use

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Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

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