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What/When	Ship
News Event Tuesday, May 5, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Tuesday 5 May 1959
News Event Monday, May 4, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Monday 4 May 1959
News Event Thursday, July 27, 1967 @ 2050	BECKY (1965-1975 General cargo ship 99.32m 326 feet long of John E. Sandstrom, Stockholm but chartered to A/B Transmarin : 1981 scrapped))	Own Page
BECKY arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow with 400 tons of Arsenic from Ronnskar (Sweden)
Arrived from Ronnskar (Sweden) Port of Registry Panama Arrived in berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Gross Tonnage 1,792 Sailing for Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland) Deadweght Tonnage 3,353 Sailed from berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 16' 02" Draught aft on arrival 17' 04" Cargo carried on arrival Arsenic 400 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 27th July Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1630 on 31st July Outward cargo Part same inward cargo of arsenic Draught forward on sailing 14' 03" Draught aft on sailing 16' 09" Ships agent Von Mehren, Glasgow
News Event Saturday, April 1, 1950 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	CALEDONIA (1948-1965 Passenger - Cargo Liner 506 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Anchor Line poster of their CALEDONIA leaving Bombay on her homeward passage to UK
Port of Registry Glasgow Gross Tonnage 11252
News Event Monday, July 3, 1967 @ 1210	CLAN MATHESON (1957-1978 General cargo ship 502 feet long of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, Glasgow : 1978 scrapped)	Own Page
CLAN MATHESON arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Red Sea and Indian ports
Arrived from Hull (England, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 7,585 Sailing for Port Said, Suez, Aqaba, Aden, Bombay and Madras via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 10' 03" Draught aft on arrival 18' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 4th July Outward cargo General cargo 820 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1700 on 12th July Draught forward on sailing 13' 00" Draught aft on sailing 18' 03" Engine trials 12th July from 1700 to 1705 and again from 1820 to 1835 Vessel drydocked 4th to 6th July at Govan Drydock, Glasgow ..... see Events for this ship Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Wednesday, August 5, 2020 @ 1150	HAM 316 (2005- Hopper Dredger 128m of Sleephopperzuigers BV, Netherlands)	Own Page
Hopper Dredger HAM 316 arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow for dredging operations in the River Clyde
Ship's location River Clyde, passing Braehead Shopping Centre, Glasgow and inbound to Shieldhall Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Arrived from Moerdijk (Netherlands) Gross Tonnage 9,760 Deadweght Tonnage 13,700
News Event Thursday, June 8, 1967 @ 0200	PROMETHEUS (1967-1978 General cargo ship 564 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's PROMETHEUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Far Eastern Ports
Arrived from Newcastle (England, U.K.) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Sailing for Singapore via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 16' 10" Draught aft on arrival 25' 05" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 12th June Outward cargo General cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1400 on 15th June Draught forward on sailing 22' 00" Draught aft on sailing 23' 03" Vessel bunkered 13th June bunkered 130 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Thursday, June 1, 1967 @ 1915	MARGRETHE HOYER (1964-1977 Tanker 55.35m 182 feet long of S. P. Christensen Partrederi, Vejle, Denmark)	Own Page
Danish Tanker MARGRETHE HOYER arrives in Glasgow with Sperm Oil from Ponta Delgada (Azores)
Arrived from Ponta Delgada (Azores) Port of Registry Vejle (Denmark) Arrived in berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 543 Sailing for West...... ??? (Iceland) Deadweght Tonnage 619 Sailed from berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow Draught forward on arrival 10' 02" Draught aft on arrival 11' 03" Cargo carried on arrival Sperm Oil 475 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 2nd June Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1500 on 3rd June Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 1' 00" Ships agent Olsen, Johnston & Co. Ltd., 3 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 5815
News Event Friday, April 21, 1967 @ 2335	HOUSTON CITY (1963-1972 General cargo ship 500 feet 143.6m long of Reardon Smith Line / Leeds Shipping Co., Bideford, England : 1984 scrapped at Shanghai, China),	Own Page
Reardon Smith's HOUSTON CITY (on charter to Safmarine) arrives at Glasgow to load for South Africa
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry UK Arrived in berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 10,089 Sailing for Cape Town (South Africa) via Swansea (Wales, UK) Sailed from berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 12' 01" Draught aft on arrival 17' 10" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0830 on 23rd April Outward cargo General cargo 1,900 tons and 5 X heavy lifts, Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 25th April loaded 5 X heavy lifts total 86 1/2 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1440 on 26th April Draught forward on sailing 16' 06" Draught aft on sailing 19' 01" Ships agent F W Allan & Ker Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 0925-8
News Event Monday, January 1, 1968 @ 0930		Own Page
Advert for 1st January New Year's Day cruises around Sydney Harbour, Australia
News Event Wednesday, January 17, 1968 @ 1700 The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable	MORESBY (1965-1970 General cargo ship of Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., Australia)	Own Page
Burns, Philp cargo ship MORESBY expected to leave Sydney for Papua and New Guinea
Ships agent Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney, Australia Telephone 2-0547 Port of Registry Australia Gross Tonnage 3,175
News Event Tuesday, January 2, 1968 @ 1200	HIMALAYA (1949-1974 Passenger / cargo liner of P & O, London: scrapped 1974)	Own Page
P & O Liner HIMALAYA leaves Darling Harbour, Sydney (Australia) for UK via South Africa
Sailing for UK via South Africa Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth 1B Wharf, Darling Harbour, Sydney (Australia) Gross Tonnage 27,955 Ships agent P & O Lines of Australia Pty Ltd., 55 Hunter Street, Sydney Telephone 2-0317
News Event Tuesday, June 2, 1953 @ 1500 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	SIRDHANA (1947-1972 Passenger / cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1972 scrapped in Taiwan)	Own Page
British India's SIRDHANA sailing from Madras (India) to Penang (Malaysia) and Singapore.
Ships agent Binny & Company (Madras) Ltd., 7 Armenian Street, Madras, 1, (India) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 8,608
News Event Wednesday, July 19, 1967 @ 1230	AUCTORITAS (1959-1979 General cargo ship 545 feet long of Adriatico Tirenni Jonio Ligure ATJL di Alberto Ravano + Figli, Italy : 1979 scrapped)	Own Page
AUCTORITAS arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow to load 1,200 tons steel coils and plates for Chicago
Arrived from Prince's Dock, Glasgow Port of Registry Italy Arrived in berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 11,218 Sailing for Chicago (USA) Deadweght Tonnage 16,246 Sailed from berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 9' 03" Draught aft on arrival 14' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Steel Coils (outwards) Commened loading outward cargo 1730 on 19th July Outward cargo Steel coils and plates Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1745 on 26 July Draught forward on sailing 24' 00" Draught aft on sailing 26' 01"
News Event Wednesday, June 1, 1977 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	BENMACDHUI (1976-1989 Chemical Tanker of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Ben Line Company postcard of their chemical tanker BENMACDHUI in service 1976-1989
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 1,598
News Event Saturday, May 2, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Saturday 2 May 1959
News Event Friday, May 1, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Friday 1 May 1959
News Event Sunday, February 9, 1975 @ 0250 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	BENLOMOND (1957-1977 General cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
An item from the April 1975 edition of the "Ben Bulletin," the Company magazine of Ben Line
Port of Registry Leith Net Tonnage 6,001 Gross Tonnage 10,325 Deadweght Tonnage 12,010
News Event Sunday, July 11, 1954 @ 1000		Own Page
July 1954 advert by Caltex Trading & Transport, London, for Engineer Officers in their tanker fleet
News Event Sunday, March 12, 1967 @ 1150	AFRAM RIVER (1962- 1984 General cargo ship 461 feet long of Black Star Line, Accra, Ghana 1984 scrapped at Aviles, Spain)	Own Page
Black Star Line's AFRAM RIVER arrives at Glasgow from Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) via Liverpool
Arrived from Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa) via Liverpool Port of Registry Takoradi (Ghana) Arrived in berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 7,356 Sailing for London (England, U.K.) Deadweght Tonnage 9,937 Sailed from berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 17' 06" Draught aft on arrival 17' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Logs and general cargo 493 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 13th March Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed discharge of inward cargo 1400 on 14th March Outward cargo Part same inward cargo Draught forward on sailing 15' 00" Draught aft on sailing 18' 00" Ships agent John G Borland & Peat Ltd., 179 West George Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone 041-248-3651
News Event Wednesday, March 8, 1967 @ 1255	NORDSTAD (1955- General cargo ship 66 metres 160 feet long of Nordship / Hans Chr. Nyrerød, Holmestrand, Norway)	Own Page
NORDSTAD arrives in Glasgow from Paisley to load 490 tons of steel slabs for Seville (Spain)
Arrived from Paisley (River Cart : near Glasgow) Port of Registry Holmestrand, Norway Arrived in berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 467 Sailing for Seville (Spain) Deadweght Tonnage 909 Sailed from berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow Draught forward on arrival 4' 03" Draught aft on arrival 8' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 9th March Outward cargo Steel slabs 490 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow Completed loading outward cargo 1430 on 9th March Draught forward on sailing 8' 10" Draught aft on sailing 11' 00" Ships agent Rennie & Watson Ltd., 73 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 4741
News Event Monday, March 6, 1967 @ 1445	DOLIUS (1956-1970 and then in 1972 General cargo ship 491 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's DOLIUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Far Eastern Ports
Arrived from Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 7,960 Sailing for Hong Kong via Liverpool Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 12' 07" Draught aft on arrival 20' 05" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commened loading outward cargo 1730 on 6th March Outward cargo General cargo 900 tons and 1 heavy lift of 35 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 7th March loaded 1 X lift of 35 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1600 on 9th March Draught forward on sailing 15' 09" Draught aft on sailing 23' 02" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Thursday, April 30, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Thursday 30 April 1959
News Event Wednesday, April 29, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Wednesday 29 April 1959
News Event Tuesday, April 28, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Tuesday 28 April 1959
News Event Monday, April 27, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Monday 27 April 1959
News Event Monday, April 27, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	STORMLIGHT (1957- General cargo coaster 88 feet long of Light Shipping Company Ltd. / Ross & Marshall Ltd, Greenock)	Own Page
STORMLIGHT at King George V Dock, Glasgow loading barley and empty casks for Bruichladdich (Islay)
Outward cargo Barley and empty casks for Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay) for account of Bruichladdich Distillery Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 71 Gross Tonnage 166 Deadweght Tonnage 183
News Event Monday, November 5, 1973 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	BENARKLE (1968-1974 General cargo liner of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Ben Line's BENARKLE voyage diary from 5 November 1973 to arrival at breakers 22 June 1974
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 9,850
News Event Saturday, November 21, 1959 @ 1700 The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable	SALACIA (1937-1960 General cargo liner of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Donaldson Line's SALACIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Saint John (New Brunswick)
Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901 Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
News Event Friday, December 11, 1959 @ 1700	SCHOLAR (1947-1964 General cargo ship of T & J Harrison Line of Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's SCHOLAR closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Ships agent Prentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011 Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Gross Tonnage 7,280
News Event Tuesday, November 24, 1959 @ 1900	SUNDA (1952-1968 Refrigerated / general cargo liner 523 feet long of P & O Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
P & O cargo ship SUNDA sails from Grangemouth for Far Eastern Ports
Ships agent The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803 Port of Registry London (England, UK) Net Tonnage 4,965 Gross Tonnage 9,235 Deadweght Tonnage 11,571
News Event Saturday, November 21, 1959 @ 1700	MEMPHIS (1947-1971 General cargo ship 364 feet overall of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool, 1971-1972 P & O General cargo Division))	Own Page
Moss Hutchison's MEMPHIS closes at Glasgow for Gibraltar, Malta, Istanbul and Izmir
Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643 Port of Registry Liverpool
News Event Saturday, December 12, 1959 @ 1900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	WAROONGA (1956-1968 Cargo ship of British India Line, London)	Own Page
British India Line's cargo ship WAROONGA leaves Grangemouth for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
Ships agent The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803 Port of Registry London Gross Tonnage 8,753
News Event Thursday, May 31, 1962 @ 1230	JOYA McCANCE (1960-1967 Ore carrier 514 feet long of South American Saint Line / Houlder Bros, London	Own Page
Houlder's ore carrier JOYA McCANCE arrives at General Terminus, Glasgow from Conakry (West Africa)
Arrived from Conakry (Guinea, West Africa) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth East Terminus, Glasgow (with bow 20 feet west of fence) ..assisted by 3 Steel & Bennie tugs Gross Tonnage 11,871 Sailing for Seven Islands (Canada) Sailed from berth East Terminus, Glasgow (Pilot Mitchell and 3 Steel & Bennie tugs, canted at King George V Dock) Draught forward on arrival 27' 08" Draught aft on arrival 27' 10" Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1235 on 31st May Stevedore discharging inward cargo Colvilles Ltd. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1530 on 1st June Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 16' 07" Draught aft on sailing 24' 05" Vessel bunkered 31 May bunkered 300 tons fuel oil from INVERTEST : 1 June bunkered 25 tons fuel oil from INVERTEST Ships agent BISCO (British Iron & Steel Corporation)
News Event Friday, April 24, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall Light Shipping vessel diary for Friday 24 April 1959
News Event Wednesday, April 22, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall Light Shipping vessel diary for Wednesday 22 April 1959
News Event Monday, November 11, 1963 @ 1635	SUPERIORITY ( 1947 - 1969 General cargo coaster 283 feet long of F T Everard, London)	Own Page
Everard's coaster SUPERIORITY arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with 2,467 tons of Clinker
Arrived from London (England, U.K.) Port of Registry London Arrived in berth 5 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head north) Gross Tonnage 2145 Sailing for Blyth (England) Sailed from berth 2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head north) Draught forward on arrival 17' 00" Draught aft on arrival 18' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Clinker 2,467 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 12th November Stevedore discharging inward cargo J F Wilson, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2345 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1045 on 14th November Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 6' 02" Draught aft on sailing 15' 00" Vessel bunkered At berth 5 on 11th November bunkered 137 tons 17 cwts of coal
News Event Monday, April 20, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Ross & Marshall vessel daily diary for their Clyde Puffer Fleet for Monday 20 April 1959
News Event Tuesday, April 6, 1965 @ 1000		Own Page
April 1965 Sailing Notice by David MacBrayne Ltd for services from Glasgow to West Highlands
Sailing for West Highlands and Islands of Scotland Sailed from berth Kingston Dock, Glasgow Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Monday, May 1, 1961 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1961 Advert by David MacBrayne Ltd for coach and steamer services to Scotland's Western Highlands
News Event Tuesday, September 20, 1966 @ 2030	ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece)	Own Page
ROYAL ULSTERMAN leaves Glasgow with Passengers, General Cargo, cars and Mails for Belfast
Vessel Master H Davidson Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Net Tonnage 1,449 Gross Tonnage 3,288 Deadweght Tonnage 854
News Event Thursday, January 1, 1953 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	BENMACDHUI (1948-1972 General cargo liner 474 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Ben Line's BENMACDHUI loading rubber at Singapore in 1953
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 4,674 Gross Tonnage 7,845 Deadweght Tonnage 11,500
News Event Sunday, April 1, 1956 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1956 advert by Belfast Steamship Co. Ltd. and Burns & Laird Lines Ltd.
1956 Advertisment for the Liverpool to Belfast passenger service of Belfast Steamship Co. Ltd. and the Glasgow and Ardrossan (Summer) passenger service to Belfast of Burns & Laird Lines Ltd.
News Event Sunday, January 1, 1950 @ 0900 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
Foreign going and coastal shipping services from the Port of Glasgow in 1950
News Event Tuesday, March 1, 1949 @ 0900 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	ERSKINE FERRY (Passenger and vehicle Chain Ferry of Trustees of Clyde Navigation / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow)	Own Page
1949 Rates for using the Erskine Ferry of Clyde Navigation Trustees, Glasgow
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
News Event Saturday, January 1, 1949 @ 0900 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
Glasgow Harbour Docks and Quays in 1949
News Event Wednesday, September 15, 1948 @ 0900 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
Clyde excursion steamers in Albert Harbour, Greenock around 1948
Ship's location Albert Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, U.K.)
Clyde excursion steamers in Albert Harbour, Greenock around 1948.    Of the three small vessels nearest the camera the one on the right is ASHTON, the middle one is her sister LEVEN and the one on the left is unknown.  The  much larger two funnel steamer behind the small vessels is also unknown.    Would anyone care to have a go at naming the two unknown ships.
News Event Sunday, June 1, 1947 @ 0900 THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date		Own Page
1947 Advertisment by Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Contributed by Art Adamson, Newport News, Va., USA
News Event Saturday, September 1, 1945 @ 0900 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
Fleming & Ferguson Ltd., Paisley : Wartime 1939-1945 production for Admiralty and M.O,W.T.
Ship's location Fleming & Ferguson Shipbuilders and Marine Engineers, Paisley (Scotland, U.K.)
M.O.W.T. == Ministry of War Transport (1941-1946) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources.    It was formed by merging the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Transport bringing responsibility for both shipping and land transport to a single department, and easing problems of co-ordination of transport in wartime. …… Wikipedia
News Event Saturday, August 19, 1967 @ 2320	ANDONI PALM (1958-1976 General cargo liner 473 feet long of Palm Line, London)	Own Page
Palm Line's ANDONI PALM arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow from Bathurst via Las Palmas
Arrived from Bathurst = now known as Banjul (The Gambia) via Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Sailing for Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 20' 10" Draught aft on arrival 23' 03" Cargo carried on arrival Logs and general cargo 4,261 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 21st August Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1715 on 30th August Outward cargo Part same inward cargo Draught forward on sailing 12' 09" Draught aft on sailing 17' 11" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Saturday, August 19, 1967 @ 1045	PYRRHUS (1949 - 1972 General cargo and passenger liner 516 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's PYRRHUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Shanghai (China) via Liverpool
Arrived from Shanghai (China) via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 10,093 Sailing for Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow (and thereafter to Birkenhead) Sailed from berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 17' 04" Draught aft on arrival 22' 09" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 916 tons and Oil 100 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 20th August Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed discharge of inward cargo 1830 on 22nd August Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 16' 06" Draught aft on sailing 20' 00" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Monday, August 14, 1967 @ 2030	GLANELY (1960 - 1969 general cargo ship 469 feet long of Atlantic Shipping & Trading / W J Tatem Ltd., London : 1987 scrapped at Alang, India)	Own Page
Tatems managed GLANELY on Safmarine charter arrives at Glasgow to load for Durban
Arrived from Sunderland (England) Port of Registry London Arrived in berth 6 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 8,261 Sailing for Durban (South Africa) via Newport (Wales, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 12,193 Sailed from berth 6 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 11' 03" Draught aft on arrival 14' 03" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 15th August Outward cargo General cargo 400 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1900 on 15th August Draught forward on sailing 10' 10" Draught aft on sailing 15' 09" Ships agent F W Allan & Ker Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 0925-8
News Event Thursday, June 18, 1914 @ 1730	LAKONIA (1899-1924 Refrigerated / general cargo ship 402 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Donaldson Line's cargo ship LAKONIA on voyage 109 in 1914 from Glasgow to Canada and U.S.A.
Sailing for Canada and U.S.A. via St. John’s (Newfoundland) Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 4,686 Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Phone CENtral 3901
LAKONIA Voyage 109 to Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) and Baltimore and Newport News (U.S.A.) via St. John's (Newfoundland) Captain W. E. Mitchell 3 Mates 1st Mate Johnstone   £14 2nd Mate Hartley      £11 3rd Mate McKenzie  £9 Carpenter                 £7  5/- Bosun                       £6  5/- 8 AB's                      £5  10.- 1 O.S.                       £3  10/- 1 O.S.                       £2  10/- Chief Steward Ritchie   £8 2nd Steward                    £4  5/- Assistant Steward          £3 Apprentice Passmore     - 5 Engineers Chief Engineer Young  £18 2nd Engineer Carswell   £13  10/- 3rd Engineer Anderson  £9  10/- 4th Engineer Johnston   £7  10/- 5th Engineer Orr           £6 Storekeeper                  £5  15/- 3 Donkeymen & Firemen   £5  15/- 8 Firemen                    £5 10/- 4 Trimmers                 £4  10/- Ship's Cook & Baker £7 Assistant Cook & Baker  £4  10/- 43 Hands   1914 June 18  5.30p.m. sailed from Glasgow, draft fwd 24' 04' and aft 25' 00' June 28 arrived St. John's, Newfoundland July 3 sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland July 7 arrived Saint John, New Brunswick July 11 sailed from Saint John, New Brunswick July 15 arrived Baltimore July 19 sailed from Baltimore July 20 arrived Newport News July 24 sailed from Newport News Aug 6 arrived Glasgow 50 Days over Voyage
News Event Monday, January 15, 1962 @ 1700	ARBITRATOR (1951-1970 Cargo liner of Thos & Jas Harrison Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's ARBITRATOR closes at Glasgow for Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ships agent Prentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011 Port of Registry Liverpool Gross Tonnage 8,150
News Event Wednesday, December 27, 1961 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	CITY OF CANBERRA (1961-1977 Refrigerated cargo ship 155.65m long of Ellerman Lines, London : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Ellerman's new ship CITY OF CANBERRA at the deep water berth, Greenock for stores & crew, etc.
Ship's location Deep Water Berth, Greenock, Scotland Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Net Tonnage 5,818 Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Gross Tonnage 10,306 Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971 Deadweght Tonnage 11,490
27th December 1961 and the new Ellerman Lines refrigerated cargo ship CITY OF CANBERRA (1961-1977) arrived at the deep water berth, Greenock, for stores, crew, etc.    She was built by Barclay, Curle Ltd., at their yard at Whiteinch, Glasgow, and, succesfully completing her trials on the Firth of Clyde, was formally handed over to her owners.    The image shows that the Greenock Harbour Company charged the ship the harbour dues of 220 pounds 10 shillings and nine pence for using the berth for the day.
News Event Friday, October 27, 1967 @ 0610	CLAN MACDOUGALL (1944-1971 cargo liner 508 feet long of Clan Line Steamers)	Own Page
CLAN MACDOUGALL arrives at 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Cape Town via Las Palmas
Arrived from Swansea (South Wales, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 9710 Sailing for Cape Town (South Africa) via Las Palmas Sailed from berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 22' 00" Draught aft on arrival 22' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 27th October Outward cargo General cargo 5,000 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 31 October received 7 lifts totalling 96 tons 18 cwts from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1400 on 15th November Draught forward on sailing 28' 09" Draught aft on sailing 29' 00" Engine trials 13 November from 2145 to 2245 Vessel bunkered 2 November received 45 tons fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Friday, October 27, 1967 @ 0450	MAHSEER (1948-1975 General cargo ship 508 feet long of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool : scrapped 1975))	Own Page
Brocklebank Line's MAHSEER arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from New Orleans via Le Havre
Arrived from New Orleans (USA) via Le Havre (France) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Gross Tonnage 8,945 Sailing for Middlesbrough (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 14' 03" Draught aft on arrival 21' 08" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,733 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 27th October Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1630 on 2nd November Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 11' 06" Draught aft on sailing 19' 11" Vessel bunkered 30 October 400 tons fuel oil : 31 October 100 tons fuel oil : both times from CLYDE ENTERPRISE Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467
News Event Thursday, October 19, 1967 @ 0440	PACIFIC COAST (1947 - 1968 General cargo coaster 267 feet long of Coast Lines, Liverpool)	Own Page
Coast Line's PACIFIC COAST arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow with Rapeseed from Stettin (Poland)
Arrived from Stettin (Poland) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Sailing for Liverpool (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth 2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 15' 03" Draught aft on arrival 16' 10" Cargo carried on arrival Rapeseed 1,500 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1100 on 19th October Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clydeport Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1530 on 23rd October Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 6' 05" Draught aft on sailing 11' 10" Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines Ltd, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 9650
News Event Monday, July 13, 2020 @ 1648	ATLANTIC TWIN (2014- Oil / chemical tanker 149.6m long of Reederei TMS Atlantic Tween GmbH & Co KG ( Carl F.Peters GmbH & Co KG Hamburg as manager ) Hamburg)	Own Page
Tanker ATLANTIC TWIN passes Custom House Quay, Greenock heading upriver to Clydebank
Ship's location Custom House Quay, Greenock, Scotland Port of Registry Gibraltar Net Tonnage 4,082 Gross Tonnage 10,549 Deadweght Tonnage 15,212
13th July 2020 and the wonderfully named Gibraltar registered oil / chemical tanker ATLANTIC TWIN passes Custom House Quay, Greenock on her way upriver to Clydebank, Glasgow.    She had been met off Greenock Container Terminal by the tugs BATTLER and ANGLEGARTH who would escort her to her berth in Rothesay Dock.
News Event Monday, July 13, 2020 @ 2000		Own Page
From Skelmorlie : Cumbrae Gap = Firth of Clyde, the gap between Great Cumbrae and Isle of Bute
News Event Sunday, December 7, 1958 @ 0815	SPEAKER (1948-1962 General cargo ship 442 feet long of Charente / T & J Harrison, Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's SPEAKER arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load tubes for Venezuela
Arrived from Liverpool (England, U.K.) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Gross Tonnage 7,276 Sailing for Venezuela via Liverpool Sailed from berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 12' 03" Draught aft on arrival 18' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 8th December Outward cargo Tubes 2,200 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1015 on 12th December Draught forward on sailing 16' 07" Draught aft on sailing 21' 09" Ships agent Prentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011
News Event Saturday, December 5, 1959 @ 1555	CLAN MACLEOD (1948 - 1976 General cargo ship 466 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow)	Own Page
CLAN MACLEOD arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Chittagong and Madras via Liverpool
Arrived from Chittagong and Madras via Liverpool Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 8 / 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 6,073 Sailing for Dundee (Scotland) Sailed from berth 7 / 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 13' 02" Draught aft on arrival 20' 04" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 864 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 7th December Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1000 on 8th December Outward cargo Part same inward general cargo Draught forward on sailing 9' 00" Draught aft on sailing 21' 06" Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Monday, July 13, 2020 @ 1724	SOUND OF SCARBA (2001- Ro-ro ferry 49.95m overall of Western Ferries, Hunter's Quay)	Own Page
Western Ferries ro-ro SOUND OF SCARBA arrives at McInroy's Point, Gourock from Hunter's Quay
Ship's location Western Ferries Terminal, McInroy's Point, Gourock (Firth of Clyde) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 489 Deadweght Tonnage 229
News Event Wednesday, April 1, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	LIMELIGHT (In 1962 Steam general cargo lighter "Clyde Puffer" of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall, Greenock)	Own Page
Puffer LIMELIGHT at Troon : p.m. loaded coal and bricks for Castlebay and Northbay (Barra)
Outward cargo Coal and bricks for Castlebay and Northbay (Barra) for account of M McLeod Port of Registry Greenock (UK) Vessel bunkered Before leaving Troon LIMELIGHT bunkered with coal (her engines used coal)
News Event Monday, July 13, 2020 @ 1806	ENCOUNTER (2004- Container ship of MS " Encounter " Bewaarder BV ( Jr Shipmanagement BV Harlingen as manager ) Harlingen Netherlands)	Own Page
Netherlands container ship ENCOUNTER leaves Greenock Container Terminal for Bilbao (Spain)
Sailing for Bilbao (Spain) Port of Registry Harlingen ( Netherlands) Outward cargo Containers Net Tonnage 3,838 Gross Tonnage 7,642 Deadweght Tonnage 9,335
News Event Monday, July 13, 2020 @ 1701	MILLBROOK (Nelson 42 motor cruiser, former Southampton pilot boat of You and Sea Ltd • Rhu Marina, Rhu, Argyll G84 8LH • Telephone 01436 640303)	Own Page
Sea Training motor cruiser MILLBROOK leaves James Watt Dock, Greenock
Ship's location James Watt Dock, Greenock
News Event Monday, July 13, 2020 @ 1840	MSC MANYA (2017- Container ship capacity 2.762 TEU.and length 235m overall of Manya Maritime Ltd (MSC Shipmanagement Ltd Limassol Cyprus as manager)	Own Page
Container ship MSC MANYA from Portbury approaches and arrives at Greenock Container Terminal
Ship's location Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry Monrovia (Liberia) Net Tonnage 6,865 Gross Tonnage 34,610 Deadweght Tonnage 43,093
About 1840 on 13 July 2020 the container ship MSC MANYA arrives at Greenock Container Terminal from Portbury, England.    She was assisted by tugs SVITZER MILFORD and AYTON CROSS who met her off Whiteforeland Point and then turned her to port off Greenock Esplanade and then backed her to berth port-side to the berth.    It was a heavily overcast afternoon, with occasional light rain, and the weak, watery sun broke through just in time to illuminate the ship, and MSC MANYA had to wait off the terminal for around 40 minutes for the Netherlands registered container ship ENCOUNTER to leave the berth.   Images   1.   Tug SVITZER MILFORD off  Fort Matilda (Whiteforeland Point) waiting for MSC MANYA.    MILFORD was tasked to attach to MANYA’s stern centre lead, and tug AYTON CROSS would not need to attach but simply to push on the starboard side of the container ship.     2 and 3.   MSC MANYA arrives off Whiteforeland Point.   She was having to wait about 40 minutes for Netherlands container ship ENCOUNTER to leave the berth. ENCOUNTER was delayed in discharging her last 12 or so boxes because of a problem with the crane.   4 to 14.   Tug AYTON CROSS joins them off Greenock Esplanade.   15.   Netherlands container ship ENCOUNTER has now left the Container Terminal and, outward bound to Bilbao   (Spain), passes MANYA.   16 and 17.    Tug SVITZER MILFORD is now attached to the stern of MANYA, and AYTON CROSS moves to the starboard side of the ship.   18, 19 and 20.   Both tugs begin canting (turning) MSC MANYA to port (= left) to position her to come astern to the berth.   21 and 22.   MANYA approaches the terminal, being towed astern by MILFORD and pushed onto the berth by AYTON CROSS.
News Event Monday, July 13, 2020 @ 1700	WAVERLEY (1974- Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY now with two funnels (stacks) under maintenance at Dales Yard, James Watt Dock, Greenock
Ship's location James Watt Dock, Greenock (at the yard of Dales Marine Services) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 693
News Event Thursday, January 4, 1962 @ 2130	CALIFORNIA STAR (1958-1969 General cargo ship 474 feet long of Blue Star Line, London : 1969 scrapped))	Own Page
Blue Star Line's CALIFORNIA STAR arrives at Prince's Dock, Glasgow to load for Los Angeles
Arrived from Liverpool (England, U.K.) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 10 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 2 blinds in) Gross Tonnage 7,930 Sailing for Los Angeles (U.S.A.) Sailed from berth 10 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 2 blinds in) Draught forward on arrival 15' 08" Draught aft on arrival 23' 08" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards (2 empty containers in) Commened loading outward cargo 0930 on 5th January Outward cargo General cargo 850 tons and 6 passengers Stevedore loading outward cargo Clyde Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2367 Completed loading outward cargo 1330 on 9th January Draught forward on sailing 20' 00" Draught aft on sailing 21' 06" Ships agent J S Nowery & Co., Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 5133
News Event Thursday, January 1, 1959 @ 0800		Own Page
Vessel Daily Diary now available for Ross & Marshall Clyde Puffers for all January -- March 1959
Ross & Marshall’s Light Shipping Company, “Clyde Puffer” owners, the vessels daily diary for 1st January to 31st March 1959 is now available on “Events” for their ships   STORMLIGHT MOONLIGHT SEALIGHT WARLIGHT POLARLIGHT LIMELIGHT STARLIGHT SKYLIGHT
News Event Saturday, June 1, 1985 @ 0900		Own Page
Ben Bulletin June 1985 ..... NOT YET COMPLETED ... lots and lots still to do
News Event Saturday, June 1, 1985 @ 0900 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
Complimentary map issued by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey around 1985
Images contributed by Charlie and Misty Fennelly of parts of a complimentary Facilities Map issued around 1985 by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, U.S.A.      Charlie and Misty reside in New Jersey and Misty’s father was a Pilot on the St. Lawrence.
News Event Wednesday, March 4, 1987 @ 1000		Own Page
1987 Advert by Lambert Brothers (Gibraltar) Limited for their ships agency in Gibraltar
News Event Tuesday, September 20, 1960 @ 1000 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Cunard Line, Montreal (Ship's Agents) telex to Donaldson Line, Glasgow of possible Pilots strike
News Event Tuesday, February 2, 1960 @ 1700 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	ORION (1935-1963 Passenger liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London)	Own Page
Orient Line's passenger liner ORION leaves UK for Australia
Port of Registry London (England, UK)
News Event Thursday, January 17, 1974 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	VIANNA (1973-1976 Bulk carrier of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Ben Line's bulk carrier VIANNA, probably in Malacca Straits
Ship's location Probably Malacca Straits - a narrow, 550 mile stretch of water between Malay Peninsula and Sumatra Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 54.810
News Event Friday, June 10, 2016 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	H.M.S. MEDWAY (2019- Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel pennant P 223 Length: 90.5 m (296 ft 11 in) of the Royal Navy, London)	Own Page
The building of H.M.S. MEDWAY at B Ae Systems Yard at Govan, Glasgow
Ship's location B Ae Systems, Govan, Glasgow Port of Registry Admiralty (Royal Navy, London)
All images courtesy of Ally Mackenzie   Facebook profile :  Ally Mackenzie   Ally Mackenzie writes :  I have enclosed some photos of HMS Medway when she was at BAE Govan yard, Glasgow.   The first shows Medway under construction in one of the boat halls in Govan. Second photo shows the boat halls at Govan.   Photo three shows HMS Medway in the fitting out basin, Govan.   Photo four HMS Medway  was laid down and steel was cut, marking the start of construction on 8 June 2015 at BAE Systems Govan yard. Rather than being launched in the traditional manner, Medway was rolled onto a semi-submersible barge and lowered into the water on 23 August 2017, and was officially named a few weeks later on 20 October 2017. Sea trials for Medway started on 9 November 2018. On 11 December 2018 the ship completed her sea trials. Medway was handed over to the Royal Navy spring 2019.  In January 2020 HMS Medway sailed to the Caribbean for long term deployment.  Photos five and six shows the Govan yard. I hope you like them.
News Event Tuesday, April 25, 1967 @ 0030	HECTOR (1950 - 1972 passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's HECTOR arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Melbourne via Liverpool
Arrived from Melbourne via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Net Tonnage 5,922 Sailing for Melbourne via Liverpool Gross Tonnage 10,125 Sailed from berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 19' 03" Draught aft on arrival 22' 10" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 2,319 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 25th April Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed discharge of inward cargo 1200 on 1st May Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 1st May Outward cargo General cargo 1,690 tons and 4 heavy lifts Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 3rd May loaded 4 heavy lifts total 98 tons Completed loading outward cargo 1430 on 4th May Draught forward on sailing 18' 02" Draught aft on sailing 23' 03" Vessel bunkered 26th April bunkered 280 tons fuel oil from oiler CLANITY Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Tuesday, February 20, 1962 @ 2355	VESTNORGE	Own Page
VESTNORGE arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow with Fish Meal from Trondheim (Norway)
Arrived from Trondheim (Norway) via Dublin, Belfast and Liverpool Arrived in berth 17 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Cargo carried on arrival Fish Meal
News Event Tuesday, February 20, 1962 @ 2305	MARGUERITE (1949- ? General cargo ship 310 feet long of S.A. Armament L Hermans, Bruges)	Own Page
MARGUERITE arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow with general cargo from Majorca via Liverpool
Arrived from Majorca via Liverpool Port of Registry Bruges (Belgium) Arrived in berth 24 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Net Tonnage 840 Draught forward on arrival 9' 10" Gross Tonnage 1,837 Draught aft on arrival 15' 02" Deadweght Tonnage 3,000 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo both inwards and outwards
News Event Tuesday, February 20, 1962 @ 2122	SAXON (1925-1965 General cargo lighter - "Clyde Puffer" - of Walter Kerr, Millport, Isle of Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde, Scotland)	Own Page
Walter Kerr's Puffer SAXON arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow to load coal slag for Millport
Arrived from Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Arrived in berth 6 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
News Event Tuesday, February 20, 1962 @ 1950	CRESSINGTON (1962-1971 Grab Hopper Dredger 213 feet long of British Transport Commission, Liverpool)	Own Page
New dredger CRESSINGTON arrives at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow from trials at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage
Arrived from Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock on trials (being new ship from A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow) Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Arrived in berth 5 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow Net Tonnage 613 Draught forward on arrival 7' 06" Gross Tonnage 1,431 Draught aft on arrival 12' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Ships agent A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Pointhouse, Glasgow
News Event Tuesday, February 20, 1962 @ 1605	LAIRDSGLEN (1954-1974 Livestock / general cargo ship 298 feet long of Burns and Laird Lines, Glasgow)	Own Page
Burns & Laird's LAIRDSGLEN arrives at Finnieston Quay, Glasgow to load 1 X heavy lift for Dublin
Arrived from Glasgow Harbour Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 48 Finnieston Quay, Glasgow Net Tonnage 523 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Gross Tonnage 1,544 Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines Ltd, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 9650
News Event Tuesday, February 20, 1962 @ 1230	AMARNA (1949-1967 then 1968-1971 General cargo ship of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Moss Hutchison's AMARNA arrives at 22 Queen's Dock, Glasgow from Cadiz, Spain
Arrived from Cadiz (Spain) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 22 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Draught forward on arrival 16' 07" Draught aft on arrival 19' 05" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Limited, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643
News Event Tuesday, February 20, 1962 @ 0715	PANDORIAN (1940-1963 General cargo ship of Ellerman & Papayanni Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Ellerman & Papayanni Line's PANDORIAN arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow with cargo from Israel
Arrived from Israel via Avonmouth and Belfast Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Arrived in berth 32 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 3,146 Draught forward on arrival 10' 07" Draught aft on arrival 18' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo both inwards and outwards Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971
News Event Wednesday, January 1, 1958 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	BENCLEUCH (1949-1972 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENCLEUCH in the 1958 Ben Line Company Calendar
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, March 12, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	WARLIGHT (1919-1964 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer 82 feet long of Light Shipping / Ross & Marshall, Greenock)	Own Page
Puffer WARLIGHT windbound at Campbeltown on passage from Troon to Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay)
Outward cargo Coal for Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay) for account of Bruichladdich Distillery Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 60 Gross Tonnage 135
WARLIGHT was sheltering and windbound at Campbeltown on passage from Troon to Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay).    At 9 a.m. she left Campbeltown but found the wind too strong and returned to Campbeltown at 2 p.m.
News Event Tuesday, October 1, 2019 @ 1300 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	H.M.S. TAMAR (2020- Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy, London)	Own Page
New ship H.M.S. TAMAR fitting-out in No, 1 Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Ship's location No. 1 Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow Port of Registry Admiralty (Royal Navy, London)
All images courtesy of Ally Mackenzie (Facebook profile is Ally Mackenzie)   Ally Mackenzie writes :      HMS Tamar is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Tamar in England, this is the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Tamar. She is the fourth Batch 2 River-class vessel to be built and was formally commissioned on 4 June 2020.     I have enclosed some photos when she was at the No. 1 Elderslie Dry Dock, Glasgow being fitted out.  Perhaps most interestingly, she’s the ‘greenest’ ship in the Royal Navy  –  fitted with ‘catalytic converters’ which reduce nitrogen-based emissions from her engine exhausts by up to 95 per cent.    HMS Tamar was laid down on 8th December 2016, launched on the 10th October 2018 and fully commissioned 4th June 2020.     Photo one shows the bow of Tamar in the Elderslie Dry Docks.  Photo two and three shows Tamar port side.    I hope you like them.
News Event Thursday, April 5, 1956 @ 0530	FREMANTLE STAR (1952-1958 General cargo ship 497 feet long of Blue Star Line, London)	Own Page
Blue Star Line's FREMANTLE STAR arrives at Plantation Quay, Glasgow to load for New Zealand
Arrived from Liverpool (England, U.K.) Port of Registry London (UK) Arrived in berth 65 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and 1 blind east of wall berths 73 / 65) Gross Tonnage 9,883 Sailing for New Zealand ports via Liverpool Sailed from berth 65 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and 1 blind east of wall berths 73 / 65) Draught forward on arrival 10' 02" Draught aft on arrival 18' 08" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 5th April Outward cargo General cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed loading outward cargo 2030 on 11th April Draught forward on sailing 17' 11" Draught aft on sailing 20' 01" Ships agent J S Nowery & Co., Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 5133
News Event Sunday, March 1, 1964 @ 1000		Own Page
1954 Advert by Belfast Steamship Co. and Burns & Laird for Belfast / Liverpool / Glasgow services
News Event Thursday, June 1, 1967 @ 1930	IBERIC (1961-1976 Passenger / cargo ship 510 feet long of Shaw Savill & Albion Line, London)	Own Page
Shaw Savill Line's IBERIC arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Melbourne (Australia)
Arrived from Plantation Quay, Glasgow Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 11,248 Sailing for Melbourne (Australia) via London Sailed from berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 15' 08" Draught aft on arrival 19' 01" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 5th June Outward cargo General cargo 1,600 tons and 1 X 45 ton boiler Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded From a road transport low loader, loaded 1 X 45 ton boiler by ship's own gear Completed loading outward cargo 2015 on 12th June Draught forward on sailing 18' 00" Draught aft on sailing 21' 07" Engine trials From 1300-1320 hours on 10th June (with a rope across the dock) Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467
News Event Thursday, May 25, 1967 @ 1325	CLAN FORBES (1961 - 1968 General cargo liner 497 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow : scrapped 1985)	Own Page
CLAN FORBES arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load general cargo for Calcutta (India)
Arrived from Birkenhead (England, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Gross Tonnage 9,240 Sailing for Calcutta (India) via Birkenhead Deadweght Tonnage 11,920 Sailed from berth 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 7' 10" Draught aft on arrival 18' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 26th May Outward cargo General cargo 1,000 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1900 on 31st May Draught forward on sailing 9' 10" Draught aft on sailing 19' 06" Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Wednesday, March 4, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	WARLIGHT (1919-1964 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer 82 feet long of Light Shipping / Ross & Marshall, Greenock)	Own Page
WARLIGHT on passage from Port Ellen (Isle of Islay) to Glenarm (Northern Ireland)
Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 60 Gross Tonnage 135
WARLIGHT was on passage from Port Ellen (Isle of Islay) to Glenarm (Northern Ireland) but turned back to shelter at Crinan due to very strong Southerly gale : arrived at Crinan 10 p.m.
News Event Saturday, September 15, 1951 @ 1200 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	RAJULA (1926-1973 Passenger / cargo liner 462 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974)	Own Page
British India Line's RAJULA leaves Madras for Nagapattinam, Penang,and Singapore
Ships agent Binny & Company (Madras) Ltd., 7 Armenian Street, Madras, 1, (India) Port of Registry London (UK) Net Tonnage 4,702 Gross Tonnage 8,478
News Event Wednesday, June 4, 1969 @ 1700	ADVENTURER (1960-1980 Cargo liner 490 feet long 15 knot of Charente S S Co / T & J Harrison, Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's ADVENTURER closes at Glasgow for Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ships agent Prentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 041- 221-1016 Port of Registry Liverpool Gross Tonnage 8,971
News Event Sunday, June 1, 1969 @ 1000		Own Page
1969 Advert by Inchcape & Co. Ltd., London for Masters and Tug Masters in Arabian Gulf
News Event Friday, June 6, 1969 @ 1700	NOVELIST (1965-1977 Cargo liner of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's NOVELIST closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Ships agent Prentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 041- 221-1016 Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK)
News Event Friday, June 20, 1969 @ 1700	TRECARNE (1959-1974 Tramp general cargo ship 477 feet long of Hain Steamship Company/ Hain-Nourse /P & O : scrapped in 1978)	Own Page
Hain's TRECARNE (on charter to Strick) closes at Glasgow for cargo to Arab - Iranian Gulf Ports
Ships agent Frank C Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel 041 248 6131 Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Net Tonnage 3,381 Gross Tonnage 6,499 Deadweght Tonnage 10,225
News Event Monday, March 2, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	LIMELIGHT (In 1962 Steam general cargo lighter "Clyde Puffer" of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall, Greenock)	Own Page
Clyde puffer LIMELIGHT at Queen's Dock, Glasgow loading steelwork for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay)
Outward cargo Steelwork for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay) for account of Colin McPhail & Company Port of Registry Greenock (UK)
News Event Saturday, August 15, 2015 @ 2030	WAVERLEY (1974- Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
Twilight and paddle steamer WAVERLEY at her base after a day cruise toTighnabruaich
Ship's location Pacific Quay (Glasgow Science Centre), Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 693

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Where did the Royal Navy families from H.M.S.MAIDSTONE stay in Rothesay ?

Port of Registry Admiralty (Royal Navy, London)

Where did the Royal Navy families stay in Rothesay ?   E-mail 03 June 2020 from Helen G (Glasgow)      As a young girl in 1960s my parents and I often visited my aunt in Rothesay …(Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde,)    It was exciting to see a big Royal Navy ship, I remember her name was MAIDSTONE, and she was anchored in the bay.    There was always submarines about her and sailors in uniform in the town.    My aunt used to tell that some sailors and their families stayed in “Navy Houses” in Rothesay.   Does anyone know where the houses were ?  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Song about the Clyde and the musical band on Glasgow excursion steamers in 1950s / 60s

 

Email from Margaret Rose (nee Wilson)   May 31 2020 Montreal  

 

In the early 1960s my family emigrated from Scotland to Montreal(Canada).

   Dad always used to tell of sailing down the Clyde from

Glasgow on excursion steamers and there was a musical

band aboard which played Scottish tunes to entertain

passengers.

   A favourite song was something about the Clyde.   I know

it’s a long shot but does anyone know the name of the

song and the band ?

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Lightship ALBATROSS built at Robbs Shipyard, Leith in 1927

E-Mail from a viewer   31 May 2020

Hello- I wonder if anyone can please help. I am researching a lightship built at Robbs shipyard in 1927. Her name is Albatross and I believe she was built in yard 30. I would dearly love to see her build plans but I know that is a massive ask. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

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Cruise ships may be laid up in the Clyde

 

22 May 2020

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From Jimmy Johnston (Paisley)

 

   In the news they are talking about laying up idle cruise liners in the Clyde.   Where in the Clyde or even in Scotland could be good places to put these big ships.

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e-mail from Tommy Robertson   (Dumbarton)

21 May 2020

 

Elder Dempster / Blue Funnel ship scrapped at Dalmuir (Glasgow) around 1980

 

Does anyone know the name of the Alfred Holt Blue Funnel

ship that was scrapped at the Arnott Young yard at Dalmuir. 

  She was definitely a Blue Funnel job but had the Elder

Dempster buff funnel.

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Paddle Steamers at Pusser River, Chalna, Bangladesh

 

E-mail 23 March 2020 from N.L. of Cardiff, Wales

 

   I was looking at your item on the WAVERLEY which calls herself the “Last seagoing paddle steamer in the World.”

  It reminded me of the last time I was at Chalna (Pusser River, Bangladesh) in early 1980s where there were many largish paddle steamers about 300 feet (100 metres) long chugging around.  

   I never thought of what they were doing, maybe bringing the gangs of workers to the anchorage to load Jute (who remembers the biting Jute Flies) onto the ships, or maybe taking passengers to some place downriver.

   But these were big working paddle steamers.   Does anyone else remember them ?

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Why was Irish Lights Tender IERNE registered in Liverpool ?

 19 March 2020 @ 1057

J R of Birkenhead e-mails :

   I read your item about the IERNE, a lights tender owned by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, Dublin, Ireland.  

   Why was she registered in Liverpool and not Dublin ? and what was her eventual fate ?

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Maclay and McIntyre of Glasgow ships DOMIRA and KASSANGA and a ship LYNFIELD of Stockton on Tees

A viewer e-mails 

   I am particularly looking for some information about a Glasgow Tramp Shipping Co called Maclay and Mc intyre and 2 ships of there's Domira sold 1919 and Kassanga bought 1911 sunk 1917. 

 Also a ship called Lynfield belonging to a shipping co called Field from Stockton on Tees 

Can anyone help ?

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Stewardesses and Nurse on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966

 2019-12-29

By e-mail

Does anyone remember the Stewardesses (usually student school-teachers who were working during the summer holidays) and the Nurse who worked on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966.

Mary D.

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Old Mississippi – type passenger steamer in Sydney (Australia)

Jim Middleton (London) e-mails

29 December 2019

 The BBC news today showed the wild fires at Sydney and the smoke at Sydney Harbour.

   I was surprised to see in the news report, in the background, an old Mississippi type passenger steamer, with two tall abreast funnels (stacks) passing under the Harbour Bridge.

   Can anyone give details of this vessel and its route and timetable ?

   Thanks, JM.

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CLAN FRASER and a rope across the dock at Glasgow

 4 November 2019

Jim McGoogan e-mails :

   Your article of CLAN FRASER of 8^th January 1964 says a rope was put across King George V Dock, Glasgow while the ship was making an engine trial.

   Why put a rope across the dock and where would the rope be attached to the ship and also attached to the dock ?

 

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Glasgow shipping line Maclay and Mcintyre and ship pictures of DOMIRA 2 and LYNFIELD.

A reader asks for any information on Glasgow shipping line Maclay and Mcintyre and ship pictures of DOMIRA 2 and LYNFIELD.    Can anyone help ? 14 September 2019 ====================================================================

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Where is the “Chapman Anchorage” ???

   Robbie Keen (Carlisle, England) emails:

 I see in the entry for BENWYVIS that she

was in “Chapman Anchorage.”   Where is

Chapman Anchorage and what would she

 be doing there ???

Robbie.  31 August 2019

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Teak fronts on the front of ship's bridges

By Eric S.     8th July 2019

Many cargo vessels and tankers built as late as the 1950s had

teak fronts to their bridges, even though the rest of their

superstructures was steel. Why was this so? Was the teak

front at these late dates merely a design feature, or an echo

of past practice, perhaps, or were there practical reasons?

All comments are welcome.

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Can anyone identify this cap badge ?

Samms of Nantwich e-mails:    07 July 2019

 I saw this officer’s cap at a flea market.   Can

 

anyone identify the cap badge ? 

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What shipping Companies served Calcutta, Chalna, Chittagong and Rangoon and what problems did the Monsoon rains and storms cause to the ships ?

By e-mail from R.S. (London)  2 July 2019

    There was a programme on television the other evening

about the Monsoon in the Bay of Bengal.   I was a North

Atlantic man and never ventured to the Far East.

   I wondered what difficulties would be experienced by

ships during the Monsoon season’s heavy rainfall and

swollen rivers and storms.

    And also, I can only think of maybe 3 shipping

companies which regularly traded to the area – Calcutta,

Chalna, Chittagong, Rangoon.   What other companies

were there ?

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Where did this ship come from in Sweden ???

Haltst…….. ?????

January 2020 and Bryn Wayt e-mails

A chap was asking where ship came from: the spelling was incorrect using Haltstwik on the 'docket'.

The origin of the ship must have been HALLSTAVIK in Sweden.

The place was/is famous for it paper-mill, hence the ships cargo bound for Belfast.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstavik

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U.S. Navy supply ships calling at Fairlie (Firth of Clyde)

From Alan and Jean, (Fairlie, Firth of Clyde, Scotland)

20 May 2019  @ 1540

    We were very interested in your mention of U.S.S. YELLOWSTONE

at Tail-of-the Bank.

   It reminded us in 1960s, 1970s and 1980s when U.S. Navy

supply ships were common callers at the Navy jetty at Fairlie,

bringing stores for the Holy Loch vessels, and the stores

were taken from Fairlie to Holy Loch in the Ross & Marshall

lighters and small coasters.

   The U.S. ships were quite colourful (colorful) with their

grey hulls and their funnels (stacks) painted grey with yellow

and blue bands.

   Our favourite, her name began with M, not quite sure but

could be MARSHFIELD or MARSHLAND ….. or something like

that, was obviously a WW2 type but always immaculate

 and a frequent caller.

   Does anyone else remember these ships calling at

the Clyde ?

 

Alan and Jean.

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

 

 14 March 2019   @ 1239

Richard Danielson e-mails

 The Clyde Navigation Trust harbour launches: Newark, Garmoyle and Dunglass have had little written about them. 

I have a photo showing two of them (which two I cannot tell) giving a tow to the Duchess of Hamilton to help her turn at Bridge Wharf in 1969. 

Please ask anyone who knows about the work of the launches to get in touch with me by email.

THANK YOU.
Richard Danielson. 

 

Admin Note :

   For safety and security of our readers we do not normally show e-mail addresses.    Any reply to this interesting question should be made to our “CONTACT US” and we will forward the message to Richard.

 

20 March 2019  @ 1604

 

Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)

 

   I am replying to Richard’s query about the small boats at Glasgow.

   Sorry to disappoint you Richard but there was a small but bulky booklet produced possibly about 50 years ago that described in great detail all the Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority vessels.   I did have a copy but it’s been lost.

  

In 1960’s the Clyde Trust / Authority had quite a few vessels.

6 Dredgers : CESSNOCK, CRAIGIEHALL, ELDERSLIE, LENNOX 11, ROSSLYN and SIR WILLIAM H. RAEBURN.

12 Hopper Barges.

1 Dumb grab hopper barge.

1 Tug CLYDE.

4 high-level Vehicular Ferryboats : FINNIESTON, GOVAN and WHITEINCH.  The remaining one was a spare in case of breakdowns.

3 chain-operated ferries : RENFREW and ERSKINE.  The remaining one was a spare in case of breakdowns.

11 passenger ferryboats.

1 60-ton floating crane NEWSHOT.

1 Diving Bell barge.

2 Divers’ motor boats.

1 Oil Separating Barge PLOVER

3 motor launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS.

1 Hydrographic Survey launch CRANNOG.

And a number of very small rope boats which were used in the docks and piers to bring the mooring ropes from ships to the pawls on the dockside.

 

I think CRANNOG did an awful lot of the surveying for the placement for both Finnart and Hunterston jetties.

And around mid 1990s NEWARK was fitted with an A-frame at the stern and spent a week in Ardrossan Harbour dragging the bottom of Eglinton Dock to clear all debris prior to the construction of the Marina in the dock.

   The motor launches normally berthed at the Trust / Authority workshops at Renfrew although at odd times they laid alongside the dredgers and hoppers in Queen’s Dock.

 

   If you would care to put the photograph on this site I have a friend who may be able to identify the boats in question.

 

Jim Howie.

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Looking for images / photos of BALLYGALLY HEAD of 1950s

 23 January 2019  1011

Joseph McGurk Jr. e-mails

Hi, I am looking for any photos of the tramp steam ship, BALLYGALLY HEAD, I think

there were two built, one in the late 1800s and the other in the mid 1950s

   I would appreciate if you could find any as it would make my father very happy as

he sailed on her

   Thank you, regards Joseph mc gurk jr

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Renfrew Harbour, Firth of Clyde, around 1980

    January 2019 : Robert Orr contributed this image of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority HOPPER No. 25 at their wharf at their workshops at Renfrew Harbour around 1980.

 

   Does anyone have any idea what the other ships are ?

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The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937

 6th  January 2019.

   James Barrowman (Brighton, England) e-mails :

I am an enthusiast for paddle steamers and read your item on EAGLE 111.

   The advertisement shows the ship departing from Glasgow (Bridge Wharf) s. s.

   Assuming that s.s. does not mean Steam Ship, can anyone help with what s.s. means ?

   Thanks, Jim Barrowman.

7^th January 2019 

   J.S. (Pollokshaws, Glasgow) replies :

The River Clyde runs generally east to west through

the centre of Glasgow and essentially divides the city

into two halves, the  “North Side” and the “South Side.”

   In the past and even today people talk of coming

from or living in the South Side.

   Up to around 1970’s passenger excursion steamers

and cross-channel to Ireland steamers left Broomielaw,

Anderston Quay and Lancefield Quay on the North Side

and in the summer months left Bridge Wharf on the

South Side (hence S.S.) on excursions “Doon the Watter”

= Down the Water = sailing down the River Clyde to

Clyde piers such as Dunoon and Rothesay and

Tighnabruaich.

   The advert mentions the steamer calling at Govan

 Wharf and Renfrew to pick up passengers.

   Today Govan Wharf is only recognisable by a derelict

and ruined few baulks of timber.   It was situated on the

South Bank essentially between the Govan Drydocks

(now also derelict) and the Bae Shipyard (formerly Fairfields

yard) and beside the playing field between Wanlock Street

and Dunvegan Street, Govan.   Up to the 1960s the

small Govan Passenger Ferry used to ply from near

Govan Wharf across the river to the east end of Meadowside

Quay

   It was news to me that excursion steamers stopped

at Renfrew.   I have no idea where the stop was located.

   Perhaps someone can help.

 

Ref The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937.

12 January 2019   Robert Orr replies :

The steamer berth at Renfrew was on the river bank at 'The Green' in

Renfrew and as far as I'm aware was destroyed during the 'Clydebank

Blitz' in 1941, (this being air attacks on the town of Clydebank on the

opposite bank of the Clyde, home amongst other things to John Browns

shipyard). If you go to Google maps and search Clyde Street Renfrew

the bollards for mooring ropes are still visible at the edge of the Green.

The Scania Yard visible in street view was the start of the land

 

occupied by Simons and Lobnitz shipyards in Renfrew.

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Questions about Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line in 1960's

10 December 2018   Geoff in Australia e-mails :

I was on the Ulysses which traded between the Far East,mainly Indonesia and the East Coast and Gulf of the US.I understand it was a route which belonged to the Indra Line which Holts acquired in 1915. I believe that it may have been incorporated into a round the world service later.My time was during the late 50s and ended in 1960.

Crews during my time consisted of Europeans on deck and Chinese in the engine room, and catering,on ships trading from Liverpool. The Ulysses had Malays on deck and Chinese in the engine room,I cant remember who were the catering staff.

Gunung Djati was the name of the leading Javanese Haji and Islamic missionary.

 

With regards to crewing, the Dutch arm of Blue Funnel had all Chinese crews with Dutch officers, certainly in the 1950s.

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Ellerman’s CITY OF EXETER at Plymouth in 1958    

I was quite surprised to read that CITY OF EXETER called

at Plymouth in 1958.   Was Plymouth a normal call for Ellerman

African service passenger liners?

   Jim Hesketh, Liverpool 

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12 November 2018

 

TWEED, a 1959-built 112 foot water carrier of

Furness Withy, Port of Spain, Trinidad

 James R. (Avonmouth, England) e-mails :

    Looking at your list of ships I was surprised to see

TWEED of Furness Withy, a 112 foot water tanker at

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

   Anyone have information on this ship ?

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Can anyone name this British coaster ?

 

05 November 2018

Billy Fullarton writes :

  I took this photograph in 1970s or 1980s at Ardrossan

Harbour, Scotland.   Can anyone name this coaster. ?

 

   I think her name ends in SOUND.

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British & Irish KILKENNY in 1935

Does anyone have details of this ship in 1935 ???

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Ben Line carried a Naval tug from Trincomali to Gan ???

     I was with Brocklebank’s and sometimes called at

Gan Island in the Indian Ocean to discharge stores for

the RAF overside to landing craft in the lagoon.

   Talking to someone he said that he was on a Ben ship

which carried a small naval tug from Trincomali in

Ceylon to Gan, around late 1960s.

   Anyone know about this ?

    J.S., (Wallasey)

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Questions about Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line in 1960's

Jim J. of Liverpool e-mails :

   Around 1966 I was on a Royal Mail or Pacific Steam ship

in Houston / New Orleans area and saw an Alfred Holt Blue

Funnel ship there.

   Can anyone enlighten me as to why a Blue Funnel would

be in the Gulf of Mexico ?

   Also in conversation someone told of Blue Funnel having

Chinese crews on deck and catering.   I had always thought

that Blueys had British crews.   Someone please tell me

what is correct.

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Deck cadets Critchley and Doherty on RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965

 22 May 2018

 Alan Rutherford e-mails :

   Interested in whereabouts of other deck cadet officers Critchley and Doherty from RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965 ?

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   Looking for information on some British ships around 1950-1954

 Ian Rae e-mails  ....  4 March 2018 @ 1221

 Great website.

I am trying to find information on some of the voyages my late brother -in-law made.
Blairdevon-this was his first trip, signed on 30 April paid off 12 June 1950.This was a fairly ancient coal burner.Dont know owner
Tahsinia-20Jun-13 Oct 1950-to Bombay
Saxon (?) Star-28 Sep -25 April 1952-(paid off Manchester)
Camerionia9 Jun to 10 Sep 1952
Empire Halladale-a troopship-23 Oct 1952 -paid off Birkenhead 22 Jan 1953
Retainer 6 Feb-31 Oct 1953-paid off Antwerp
Cortona 15 Dec 1953-19 Jan 1954

Thereafter he sailed out of London and latterly on Manchester Liners
When I tried your search the year 1951 was missing

Regards,
Ian Rae

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Can anyone identify this USN lapel badge ?

     Dominique and her husband from Lyons (France) were on vacation in Spain and bought this lapel badge in a street market in Tarragona (near Barcelona).

   Can anyone identify the badge ?

2018-02-18 @ 1320

 

19 May 2018

Hello Douglas,

It's Bryn (Wayt) here - you helped me with the Austerland cargo vessel last year. Thanks again.

This message is about the image of the USN "Anchor pin".
There are loads on eBay just type in "US Navy Petty Officer gold tie pin" 

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First ship was CHARLTON MIRA of Charlton Steam Shipping Company, London

Bill Steel e-mails

Charlton Mira was my first ship. Built in Sunderland at Bartram's yard. Doxford 670LB4 diesel oil engine. She had two scotch boilers and steam auxiliaries. Lovely vessel but would roll on wet grass.

17 February 2018 @ 2307

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 What is the difference between Agents / General Agents and Freight Brokers ?

    Jim Harrison  (Brighton, England) e-mails :

 I am using the India Steamship Company sailing notice as a simple example, but my question actually can also relate to many other shipping companies.

   The India Company shows that intending shippers can contact the U.K. General Agents Stelp & Leighton or the U.K. Freight Brokers J. H. Wackerbarth.

   My question is : what is the difference between using Agents / General Agents and Freight Brokers ?

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   German cargo ship MILLERNTOR in 1954

 

    In January 1954 the cargo ship MILLERNTOR, registered in Hamburg, 2,787 nett tons and Master T. Goldsweer, arrived at Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, with a cargo of Iron Ore from Narvik (Norway).

 

   After unloading she left Ardrossan returning to Narvik.

 

Does anyone have any information or details of MILLERNTOR ?

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" If sufficient inducement "

 James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

   Many of your sailing notices show that a ship will go to a port “if sufficient inducement.”      What exactly is “if sufficient inducement ?”

“ If sufficient inducement “

 

23 January 2019 at 2113

 Geoff  (Australia)  e-mails :

 

James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

 “Many of your sailing notices show that a ship will go to a port “if

sufficient inducement.” What exactly is “if sufficient inducement ? “

My understanding of "sufficient inducement" meant if there was

 enough cargo to be lifted to be commercially viable. ”

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Was she “ LAIRDS OAK “ or “ LAIRDSOAK ” ?

   Robert Bothwell (Glasgow) e-mails :

I have always had an affection for Burns & Laird Lines of Glasgow and refer to your entry of their coaster LAIRDS OAK in 1954.

   The Ships in Focus book shows her name as LAIRDSOAK but the accompanying photograph clearly shows the name LAIRDS OAK.

   I know it’s a bit pedantic but what was her name, LAIRDS OAK or was it LAIRDSOAK ?  

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Harbour oilers CLYDE ENTERPRISE and CLYDE VENTURE in late 1960’s

 

   Does anyone have details of these two oilers which were working in the Clyde in late 1960’s ?

 

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Coaster BALLYCASTLE in 1953

 

In 1953 the coaster BALLYCASTLE of John Kelly, Belfast, was at Ardrossan Harbour loading a cargo of coke for Londonderry.   Does anyone have details of this ship ?

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   Carebeka's coaster RIAN in 1953

 

 In December 1953 the Carebeka’s Groningen registered coaster RIAN arrived at Ardrossan Harbour from Hamburg.

 

   The handwriting in the Harbour Log-book is not easy to read.   The master’s name could be Cloinga or Eloinga : can any Netherlands reader tell what the name is ?

 

   Also the cargo is shown as  “M of Potash” …. What is “M of Potash” ???

  

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Details needed of Van Nievelt, Goudriaan's ALPHERAT in 1954

When the Blue Star Line cargo ship PARAGUAY STAR was leaving Montevideo for Buenos Aires her docking bridge fouled the housed port anchor of the Dutch cargo ship ALPHERAT.

   The docking bridge sustained displaced and buckled bridge rails and started deck plank caulking.   Repairs at Buenos Aires cost 5,850 Argentinian Pesos.

   PARAGUAY STAR. a passenger and cargo liner of 10,722 gross tons, was on passage from Liverpool for Buenos Aires and ALPHERAT is a passenger and cargo ship of Rotterdam South America Line (Rotterdam-Zuid Amerika Lijn) and operated by Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co. Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam.   ALPHERAT is well known for carrying Jewish emigrants from Rotterdam to South America.

Additional note :

Can anyone supply details of ALPHERAT ?

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Norwegian Tanker RAILA in 1953

 

   Does anyone have details of the Tanker RAILA, registered in Oslo, which was working around the British coast in 1953 ?

 

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Elder Dempster services from USA and Canada and Calcutta to Africa.

 Fred from Formby (Merseyside, England, writes

 

“ I was surprised to read in the Elder Dempster Lines entry of 27^th May 1957 that they did sailings from U.S.A. and Canada to West Africa, also Canada to South Africa and also Calcutta to West Africa.

 

Can someone tell something about these services ? ”

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CHANTALA  (Worcester Park, Surrey) writes :

British India Steam Navigation handbook for Hindustani for Navigating Officers and Deck Cadets

   In 1965 when joining BI as a Deck Cadet a necessary handbook was for issuing commands in the Hindustani Language.

   All I can remember now is “Asti aria kurro”

   Does anyone still have the book and can scan or photograph a few pages to show the commands ?

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Sailings from Glasgow Bridge Wharf in April, May and June 1968 to Rothesay and Tighnabruaich.

 

      Thank you so very much for putting in the sailings from Bridge Wharf in Glasgow that I asked for.   Anne G., Isle of Bute

  

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British Army Tank Landing Craft LCT 4086 and her base at Cairnryan in 1954

 

   Tank Landing Craft LCT 4086 of the British Army’s Royal Army Service Corps arrived at Ardrossan Dockyard in February 1954.   Anyone have details of this vessel and of her life and also details of her base at Cairnryan (which is near Stranraer in south-west Scotland)

  

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Anchor Line advertisement of 1871

    I did laugh on seeing the wonderful Handyside and Henderson address of their office in Londonderry as 96 ½ Foyle Street.

   If anyone is in Londonderry can they please, please take a photograph of that building and post it on this site.

Thank you.

Still laughing

Fred of Formby, Merseyside, England.

11 June 2018  Bryn Wayt replies that the building has been demolished and modern housing has been built on its site

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German cargo ship RUHR in 1953

 

  On 15^th December 1953 the German cargo ship RUHR, registered in Hamburg and 1,725 nett tons, Captain Ekelman, brought a cargo of scrap metal from Halifax (Canada) to Ardrossan Harbour.

 

   Has anyone got any details of this ship ?

 

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British coaster J B KEE in 1957

 

 Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England) writes :

 

   I have put in a short article about J B KEE making a distress call on 4^th November 1957.

 

   Anyone have details of this ship ?

 

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Which Donaldson Line ship collided with a Cunard Liner in 1960’s in Quebec or Montreal ?

 

 Bas Buma (Rotterdam) e-mails ….. translated by Google

 

   Does anyone remember in 1960’s when a Donaldson cargo ship collided with a Cunard passenger liner, maybe CARINTHIA or SYLVANIA at Quebec or Montreal?   My memory is not good now.

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At what time did Union Castle mailships leave South Africa for U.K. ?

 

 Jim Allbright (London) e-mails :

 

   I thoroughly enjoy reading your “Conducting their business in Great Waters” articles as they remind me of places and ships of long, long ago.

 

   Something which I have always pondered – Union Castle passenger liners left Southampton at 4pm on Thursdays for South Africa, --- but did they have a set time, say 4pm when sailing from, for example Cape Town or Durban, when returning to U.K. ?

 

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SUNBEAR of Saguenay Terminals.

 

   In 1962 Saguenay had chartered a general cargo ship named SUNBEAR.   Does anyone have details of this vessel ?

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Can anyone identify or help with a cargo ship AUSTERLAND around 1955-1960 ? === ship is now firmly believed to be AUSTRALIND 

Captain Bryn Wayt writes :

 My father fitted a T/V to a ship that visited the Clyde around the years 1955-60 and I accompanied my him to assist - I was young and have only a limited memory of the event.
The 'Master' invited us both to sail with him "around the world" - so my guess was it was a long-range merchant vessel. It was NOT a "liner" but more of an "ocean freighter".
The name that sticks in my limited memory bank is the "AUSTERLAND".
I've tried various sources to find her, but have not been successful.
I was born and bred in Glasgow, but I was not acquainted with the Dock in which the ship was anchored to narrow the search.
It was there for at least a week, as the "Master" visited my father's shop and asked for a T/V to be fitted in his vessel.
It took a little time to gather the required bits and bobs to accommodate the order that's why I say a week all told in dock.
Anybody who can give me a clue where to look would be thanked in customer fashion.

James Jeffries replies :

   I saw the message from Captain Wayt and I don’t know off-hand of AUSTERLAND but the name makes me think of AUSTRALIND of the Australind Steam Shipping Company / Bethell, Gwyn & Trinder Anderson & Company, London.

    AUSTRALIND was a 7,214 gross ton tramp cargo ship and was built in 1944 by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, for Australind,  and in 1959 was sold to Argus Steam Ship Company, Liberia and renamed PORTALON.

   In 1972 she was scrapped in Santander, Spain.

However it’s an interesting problem and I’ll start looking for an AUSTERLAND

 

Billy MacAulay (Moderator and Senior Member) writes :

   I have never heard of AUSTERLAND, but as Jim says AUSTRALIND is a possibility as Trinder Anderson vessels were visitors – though not too frequently – to Glasgow - and AUSTRALIND was in Govan Drydock, Glasgow around 1954.

   But I will also look for AUSTERLAND and being a cargo ship will search at Queen’s and Prince’s Docks and surroundings.   It will take some time as there is a lot to plough through.

  

 

  

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   Why was LADY McGOWAN IN Loch Riddon ?

 

 The small I.C.I. explosives carrying coaster LADY McGOWAN was in Loch Riddon on 29 November 1953.

 

   Loch Riddon is a small Loch situated near Tighnabruaich in the Kyles of Bute, a lonely and sparsely populated hilly area off the main area known as Firth of Clyde, Scotland.

 

   Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as to the reason why LADY McGOWAN would be in this unusual locality ?

  

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John Kelly's coaster BALLYCLARE in late 1953.

   In our entries for this ship it is difficult to read the Master's name... possibly Capt. Crab.   Anyone know if this is correct ?

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Small boat sailor writes from Inverkip :

 

 

 

   I see that motor launches P.D.1 and 8641 passed King George V Dock, Glasgow in January 1967.   Their names vaguely ring a bell in my memory but I don’t remember anything about them.

 

   Does anyone know anything of these two launches ?

 

Just a guess could P.D.1 refer to the launch being the mooring rope boat in Prince’s Dock ?

 

   Sandy

  

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Mystery of CVC in Prince’s Dock area of Glasgow

   In 1958 the Clyde Shipping Company’s coaster PLADDA

 was listed as berthed in CVC in Prince’s Dock

 area in Glasgow.

   Does anyone know where CVC was ?

Jim Sloan replies : CVC was Clyde Vila Crane on the quay around berth 81 Plantation Quay, Glasgow

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Pacific Steam Navigation’s KENUTA at Puna in 1957

 

Tom Hayworth e-mails :

 

Your homepage shows KENUTA at Puna in 1957.   Where is Puna ?

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Ben Line’s Far-East coaster BENVEG in 1957

 

Leith Man e-mails

I was very surprised to see your entry for BENVEG in January 1957

for BENVEG as I had never heard of her.

 

Anyone have any more information please ?

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SPRINGFIELD QUAY, GLASGOW

Harry Cochrane e-mails :and conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.

For a good few years what was Springfield Quay in Glasgow has been redeveloped into an entertainment area with a cinema, hotel, casino and restaurants.   There was always a big sign at the entrance reading "SPRINGFIELD QUAY" but now the sign has been removed and replaced with a much smaller and more modern one saying "THE QUAY"

It's sad to have the last of the great Glasgow dockside quayside names disappear from public view.

aand conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.nd conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.

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MYSTERY SHIP PORTHOLE  From Michael Irwin (michaelj87836@gmail.com) When: 16 September 2016 15:09 Can show name?  Can show email?  Can show message?  I have a very short video posted on youtube of a porthole that I am trying to identify. It is more than likely WW1 era. Glass window is 14" in diameter and the entire assembly weighs 132 lbs. The name of the youtube video is Mystery Ship Porthole and I will leave a link. Thanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbgNppQ8XWM ............................................................................................................................................

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LASHERCIA ..... A Spanish coaster in 1962

   Does anyone have information on LASHERCIA which was trading around the Irish Sea and Liverpool in 1962 ?

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

Jim Allison writes : I see from arrivals and sailings that the Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS were busy on the River, even in the middle of the night.  What was their occupation ?

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Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland) in January 1963.

From Sean R  (Larne, Northern Ireland)

   Thanks very much for showing the ships bringing explosives from Irvine to Carrickfergus in January 1963.   After 53 years I've now found out the two ships in the photographs, CASCADE the Dutch coaster and LADY ANSTRUTHER of ICI.    Sean R.

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Netherlands coaster MADO in 1963

   In January 1963 the Groningen registered coaster MADO was at Irvine, Scotland, having arrived with a cargo of 200 tons of fertilizer from Rotterdam.   Does anyone have any information or details of this ship

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CARGOES FOR BEIRA BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY

I see from the sailing notices (such as in SYDNEY STAR) that cargoes for Beira in East Africa are often accepted by special arrangement only.  Why by special arrangement ?

  Charlie and Misty Fennelly, New Jersey. U.S.A.

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Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK

Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK was at Glasgow from August 27 1959 to September 2 1959 loading scrap metal for Japan.   Does anyone have any information about this vessel.

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Information needed on cargo ship KORBACH in 1958

 

KORBACH was closing for receiving cargo in Glasgow on 25 July 1958 and loading for the Great Lakes, Detroit and Chicago.    She was probably on a charter by Anchor Line or Head Line or Cunard Line.

 

Does anyone have any information on KORBACH ?

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“Conducting their business in Great Waters” series

Just to say how much we enjoy reading your “Conducting their business in Great Waters” series.   Really good to read of BENDORAN at Zamboanga and DURBAN CASTLE at St. Helena Island and British India’s KENYA at Zanzibar. And Misty appreciates the diary of Donaldson Line's LETITIA that you included for her.  This is the only website that brings the voyages to life.   Even the kids read it and are sure learning their world geography.   Charlie and Misty Fennelly,  New Jersey. U.S.A (Misty was born in Canada and her family were Pilots on Saint Lawrence)

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WHERE IS " PULO BOKOM "

On 5th January 1957 Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel CALCHAS was at Pulo Bokom.   It's not on Wikipedia.   Where is Pulo Bokom ?

"Hydatina" of Croydon, England, writes :

Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum, is a small island belonging to Singapore that is located about five kilometres to the south of the main island of Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. The size of Pulau Bukom is about 1.45 km².   Royal Dutch Shell Group had a refinery there which I visited a number of times on Shell U.K. Tankers.

Note : The event for CALCHAS has been amended accordingly.

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A question about Alfred Holt and the King George V Dock in Glasgow

Jim Alison e-mails :   Your event of 25th August 1958 tells that Blue Funnel's PELEUS loaded a 6-ton lift by "Holt's crane".   Did Alfred Holt have a company crane at Glasgow, or could it be the ship's own derrick that was used. ?

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CLAN MACINTOSH and help needed on the origin of three launches loaded at Glasgow.

On 9th July 1958 CLAN MACINTOSH loaded 3 launches by her own gear at Glasgow.   The launches came from "Mechano / Medano.   Please have a look at the image, which has been enlarged, and see if you can throw some light on the launches.

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Scottish motor coaster PIBROCH built in 1956 by Scott & Sons of Bowling

Does anyone have details of her owners and employment after being sold by Scottish Malt Distillers Company ?

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CAN YOU HELP  The oilers "Invertest, Apexity and Clanity" are noted as daily supplying bunker fuel oil to vessels. Have you any images or information on these three ships. ? 

A. Manson replies: Apexity and Clanity were owned by F.T Everard later taken over by Fisher.

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CAN YOU HELP   Ore ships at General Terminus Quay .....when leaving, they left Terminus Quay astern.... where were they turned, to go downriver ahead.  Did they turn in Princes Dock...or at Yorkhill Basin...or at King George V Dock ?

  A. Manson replies "Ore carriers leaving General Terminus Quay were canted at Princes Dock ; the area inside the entrance was known as the Canting Basin."

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CAN YOU HELP   Glasgow fire-boat "St. Mungo"    Billy and Terry Kelly noted that Glasgow had a fire-boat named "St. Mungo" operated by Glasgow Fire Service, moored at Yorkhill Quay at the entrance to Queens Dock,  and crewed by firemen based in Yorkhill Fire Station (just across the road from Yorkhill Quay.)  Does anyone have a photograph of "St. Mungo" ?

A. Manson replies :Photographs and history the early and latter St. Mungo Fireboats can be seen by going on website "St. Mungo Fireboat"

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CAN YOU HELP    Blue funnel liner "Pyrrhus" is shown as arriving on 16th July 1958 (see the image) at berth 3 King George V Dock, head South, bow 5 1/2 ...something...into berth 4.   Any idea what the 5 1/2 something is ?

Ref. "Pyrrhus Berthing. The large timber or metal doors on the dockside of the cargo sheds are referred to as Blinds. There may six or seven of these so the bow or stern of a vessel may be sited in a position relative to the blinds.

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CAN YOU HELP   The coaster "Salling" arrived at KG5 on 16th July 1958 from " G.at ? " (see the image)  Can anyone hazard a guess what the place "G....at" is ?

A Manson replies "Destination of "Salling" could possibly have Ghent, Belgium."

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CAN YOU HELP.   Princes Dock logbook shows these vessels arriving, but the writing is hard to read.   Can you make out the names?

          

Click on these images to enlarge them

First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul

Below it is maybe.... Templar

Further down is maybe... Kaduna ...or Kadura

Further down maybe... La Manche

Just below that ......Barbanihalis (or something)

Still further down..... Prins W J or G Frerderick

And also on that page for 28th June at 2045 arrives "Somme" at berth 65 annexe.   I had never heard of "65 annexe"     Can anyone enlighten me? 

A Manson replies "berth 65 Plantation was an Annex abutting on the West end of Mavisbank Quay."    and Kaduna was owned by Paddy Henderson, vessels trading to Burma and associated areas.

Prinz Willem 1V and Prinz W J Fredrick were owned by Dutch Company Oranje Lijn and traded to, and spent some time in the Great Lakes.

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CAN YOU HELP   What is the name of this ship?  Is it Sunnarhav or Sunnanhav.  She arrived in Glasgow on 6th July 1965.  Just to allow continuity of entering details, the ship is listed in events as being "Sunnanhav" unless otherwise corrected.

A Manson replies : "Sunnanhan" could possibly have been owned by Saguenay Terminals who prefixed several of their ships names by "Sun"

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CAN YOU HELP   The vessel "Mango" or "Manyo" arrived at Princes Dock from Ardrossan on 14th July 1965, draft 5' 10" forard and 12' 8" aft, which would be the draft of a coaster.  But the logbook shows her sailing on 18th July for Three Rivers (Canada) draft forard 17' 07" and aft 19' 06"   Any thoughts or information on this vessel would be welcome. 

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THANKS FOR THE MEMORY   Mrs  Margaret Buckner e-mails from Canada.

"I was browsing and chanced on your website, and was astonished to discover mention of the Donaldson ships taking passengers from Princes Dock to Montreal.   I was a little girl in 1960 when my folks emigrated from Kirkintilloch to Canada on Laurentia, and it was a very rough crossing, but was calm when we passed Newfoundland.  The mention of "Laurentia" brought the memories flooding back, having been forgotten for 50 years. Thanks for bringing back the memory.

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CAN YOU HELP   : This interesting little advert was in the 23rd June 1906 issue of "Largs and Millport Weekly News"   Note the early start for the days sailing, and the unusual name "Bute 4"     Any information on the firm or the vessels?   Click on the image to enlarge it to full size.

     

A Manson replies: For full history on SS Bute suggest Logging on" SS Bute at Greenock" With information regarding builders of same and SS Kyle then follow Princess Alice Disaster where all will be revealed re ultimate fate of Vessel. 

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CAN YOU HELP  : The vessel "Cedric" arrived at KG5 on 10th October 1967. It's difficult to decipher where she came from.  Any suggestions?  Click on the image to enlarge it.

A Manson writes : 
The "Cedric" which arrived at KG5 dock 10th October 1967 would have come from Napier, New Zealand, where she would have loaded refrigerated cargo, e.g. lamb, butter, etc. This was a regular run for vessels belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company.

A Manson writes :

Ref. the "Cedric" The port referred to is Napier New Zealand.

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CAN YOU HELP   This vessel "Stern" or "Stein" arrived KG5.   Is the name "Stern" or "Stein"    Click on the image to enlarge it.

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CAN YOU HELP   : What is the name of this 1967 arrival.  Click on the image to enlarge it.

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CAN YOU HELP  : Falcon Reefer arrived from USA and Newfoundland.   Which was the USA port concerned?   Click on the image to enlarge it.

A MANSON replies: Gloucester Massachusetts USA is on of America's oldest Ports.

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CAN YOU HELP  : Harrison's "Statesman" in Jan 1968 at Shieldhall Riverside Quay conducted an engine test.   What is the word after the test.  Click on the image to enlarge it.

A Manson writes :

Ref. the engine test on "Statesman" at Riverside Shieldhall . The engines would have been run on slow speed. Vessels having such must be securely moored probably with insurance wires as an added precaution .

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MANOEUVERING ON THE RIVER   : Jim Allison e-mails that when a vessel was moving on the river Clyde and passing the entrances to Rivers Kelvin, Cart and Leven, after heavy rainfall, the amount of water coming off these rivers would hit any passing vessel on the side and tend to push her in the opposite direction.  You needed a strong steady hand on the wheel at these points.

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CAN YOU HELP  :  On 3rd May 1965 a vessel "DCV 401" arrived.  Any information on that vessel ?

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THE BIG EX-BP TANKER AT PLANTATION.    : Jim Allison writes that a big ex-BP tanker which lay at Plantation for some time, around 1980, and was leaving for breaking in the far east, was towed astern downriver to Shieldhall and her stern put into KG5, and she was turned there to go downstream ahead.   He doesn't remember the name.

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SEAMEN'S MISSION AT YORKHILL/SCOTSTOUN  ; Tam Thomson asks if anyone remembers the "Seamens Mission" at Yorkhill or Scotstoun in 1970s, run by pensioners/church, where seamen/retired sailors could get a hearty cooked meal at a reasonable price.

A Manson replies; 

There once was a"Flying Angel " Seamens Club in York Street Glasgow long since gone. There is still a Stella Maris Club for seamen situated at 937 Dumbarton Road Yoker Glasgow open several days a week .It is affiliated to St. Brendans Church on Kelso Street close by.

Tam Thomson replies: Much appreciated for your answer Mr Manson. I didn't know about the Flying Angel but you have made me think.  was there a seamens club beside the Clyde Shipping offices at the suspension bridge.  The stella Maris, yes that is the very one.  I had a dinner in there must be twenty years ago. the ladies had finished meals but made me one specially when i came in.  Its great that you have brought back memory and i like all your ansers to the help bit as you really know your stuff about the clyde.  Have a good new year mr Manson, and Douglas please keep up the internet site as it is great to read about the ships at Glasgow, and i hope you have a good new year to. 

A Manson replies:Re the Stella Maris Club which may stir a memory of the subscriber. It was for many years situated in Carlton Place on the South side of the Upper Clyde close to the Suspension Bridge.

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MEXICAN WARSHIPS IN PRINCE'S DOCK  ; Joe Barrowman asks if anyone remembers some "Mexican ?" frigates which visited Princes Dock in early 1970s.

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CAN YOU HELP    Can you decipher the name of the ship Bleuersand?   And she has come from Sfax via ?????   Could it be Ayr?   Click on the image to enlarge it.

Bill McKellar e-mails : I would say that it's Ayr for Bluersand.

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CAN YOU HELP   Can you clarify the ships names Jozina and Teun ?   Click on the image to enlarge it.

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CAN YOU HELP   Joe Matthewson asks where Paddy Henderson's offices and the Ellerman City Line offices were in Glasgow and is looking for details from the Ellerman deck cadet recruiting brochure around 1965

A reply :   Ellerman once had offices at City line, Managers George Smith and Sons 76 Bothwell Street Glasgow.

Clan Line offices were at Clan Line 109 hope Street Glasgow

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CAN YOU HELP  Joe Matthewson remembers that around 1980 an Ellerman vessel was a long time at Yorkhill Quay with bow damage. What was her name, and what was the story of the damage.

A Manson replies : 

The Ellerman vessel was the City of Lancaster but renamed Lancaster by Greek owners who simply painted over the City of .She arrived in Glasgow having suffered severe bow damage in a collision. The forecastle was shored using two of the ship's derricks
She discharged a cargo Mediterranean potatoes at Merklands Quay. The cargo was in a severe state of rot due to exposure to the elements. Thereafter the vessel was berthed at Meadowside Quay and the entire crew, including the master, vanished overnight abandoning the vessel . There was difficulty in contacting agents 
Subsequently I believe she was taken to a shipbreakers.
A photograph of her can be seen in ,I think, November or Decembers copy of Ships Monthly

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CAN YOU HELP  Tommy Campbell remembers the ore boats at General Terminus, and asks if anyone rememers Livanita, Vivita, Dapo Sky, Welsh something or other.

A Manson replies: The "Livanita" of Norwegian Registry was one of many iron ore carriers which discharged at General Terminal Quay Mavisbank. She did on one  occasion run aground at Elderslie Dry Dock area Partial discharge to lighten the vessel was done by grab into Puffers which were of shallow draught and able to go alongside for that purpose.  She was eventually re-floated and thereafter completed Discharge at General Terminus.

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