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What/When	Ship
News Event Saturday, January 21, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	IVERNIA (1964-1970 General & refrigerated cargo ship 437 feet long of Cunard S S Co / Cunard Brocklebank, Liverpool)	Own Page
IVERNIA had left New York (USA) and was due at Liverpool (England, UK) on 21 January
Sailing for Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth New York (USA) Net Tonnage 2,658 Outward cargo General cargo Gross Tonnage 5,586 Deadweght Tonnage 7,470
News Event Monday, January 16, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	MEDIA (1963-1971 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, London : 1971 sold to Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission renamed BEROONA)	Own Page
MEDIA left Baltimore (Maryland, USA) for Houston (Texas, USA)
Sailing for Houston (Texas, USA) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Baltimore (Maryland, USA) Gross Tonnage 5,586 Outward cargo General cargo
News Event Wednesday, January 18, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SYLVANIA (1957-1968 Passenger liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
SYLVANIA left Las Palmas (capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands) on a cruise
Sailing for Cruise Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Las Palmas (Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean) Net Tonnage 11,679 Outward cargo Passengers Gross Tonnage 22,017 Deadweght Tonnage 9,345
News Event Wednesday, April 15, 1936 @ 1000 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	QUEEN MARY (1936-1940 Passenger liner 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m) of Cunard Line: 1940-1946 Troopship: 1946-1967 returned to service with Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
New Cunard Liner QUEEN MARY preparing to leave John Brown's, Clydebank for her acceptance trials
Ship's location John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Ships agent John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Agent ,
QUEEN MARY must be nearing the time to move from the berth as, at her stern, two Clyde Navigation Trust's Hoppers / Dredgers are at work, obviously deepening the channel for the Liner.
News Event Sunday, April 7, 2013 @ 1017	HMS BELFAST (1971 > Museum ship of Town-Class Light Cruiser (1939-1963 of Royal Navy) and in 1978 became a Branch of the Imperial War Museum, London)	Own Page
Imperial War Museum's HMS BELFAST moored in the Pool of London (River Thames, London, England)
Ship's location Pool of London (River Thames, London, England, UK) Port of Registry Imperial War Museum, London (England, UK)
Contributed by Robert McManus   HMS Belfast at her London berth, painted in Admiralty pattern Disruptive Camouflage History United Kingdom Name Belfast Namesake Belfast, Northern Ireland Ordered 21 September 1936 Builder Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast, Northern Ireland Yard number 1000[1] Laid down 10 December 1936 Launched 17 March 1938 Completed 3 August 1939[1] Commissioned 5 August 1939 Decommissioned 24 August 1963 Identification Pennant number C35 Motto Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus (Latin: For so much, how shall we repay?) Honours & awards Arctic 1943 North Cape 1943 Normandy 1944 Korea 1950–52 Status Museum ship since 21 October 1971 General characteristics Class & type Town-class light cruiser Displacement 11,550 tons (14,900 full load) Length 613 ft 6 in (186.99 m) overall[2] Beam 63 ft 4 in (19.3 m) Draught 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m) forward 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) aft Installed power 80,000 shp (60,000 kW) Propulsion 4 × Admiralty oil-fired 3-drum boilers 4 × Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines Speed 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) Complement 781–881 (as flagship, 1939)[3] Armament 1939: 12 × 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XXIII guns (4×3) 12 × 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XVI dual purpose guns (6×2) 16 × 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns (2×8) 8 × 0.5-inch (13 mm) AA machine guns (2×4) 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3) Armour Main belt: 4.5 inches (114 mm) Main turrets: Up to 4 inches (102 mm) Decks over magazines: 3 inches (76 mm) Decks over machinery: 2 inches (51 mm) Bulkheads: 2.5 inches (63.5 mm)[4][5] Aircraft carried 2 × Supermarine Walrus (disembarked June 1943)[6] Aviation facilities 2 × hangars 1 × catapult (removed 1945)[7] HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.   Construction of Belfast, the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the capital city of Northern Ireland and one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on Saint Patrick's Day 1938.    Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939, Belfast triggered a German mine and, in spite of fears that she would be scrapped, spent more than two years undergoing extensive repairs.  Belfast returned to action in November 1942 with improved firepower, radar equipment and armour.    She saw action escorting Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union during 1943 and in December 1943 played an important role in the Battle of North Cape, assisting in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944, Belfast took part in Operation Overlord supporting the Normandy landings.    In June 1945, she was redeployed to the Far East to join the British Pacific Fleet, arriving shortly before the end of the Second World War.  Belfast saw further combat action in 1950–52 during the Korean War and underwent an extensive modernisation between 1956 and 1959. A number of further overseas commissions followed before she entered reserve in 1963.   In 1967, efforts were initiated to avert Belfast's expected scrapping and to preserve her as a museum ship. A joint committee of the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum and the Ministry of Defence was established and then reported in June 1968 that preservation was practical. In 1971, however, the government decided against preservation, prompting the formation of the private HMS Belfast Trust to campaign for her preservation. The efforts of the Trust were successful and the government transferred the ship to the Trust in July 1971. Brought to London, she was moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the Pool of London. Opened to the public in October 1971, Belfast became a branch of the Imperial War Museum in 1978. Since 1973 she has been home to the City of London Sea Cadets who meet on board twice a week.[  8] A popular tourist attraction, Belfast received over 327,000 visitors in 2019.[9] As a branch of a national museum and part of the National Historic Fleet, Belfast is supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, admissions income and the museum's commercial activities.
News Event Tuesday, December 2, 2025 @ 0800	ISLE OF ISLAY (2025 > Ro-ro ferry of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
ISLE OF ISLAY : delivery of Caledonian MacBrayne's new Turkish-built ferry is delayed again
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland Online News 2 December 2025 New delay for Turkish-built CalMac ferry MV Isle of Islay  Image source,CMAL Image caption, Government-owned ferries agency CMAL said it hoped MV Isle of Islay would now be delivered before Christmas   The first of four new CalMac ferries being built in Turkey has been delayed again. Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) said it still hoped to take delivery of MV Isle of Islay before Christmas but warned this would be a "challenge". CMAL had previously told MSPs it expected the ship to be handed over in November, before making the two-week voyage to Scotland. The government-owned ferries agency says a number of issues are still being addressed before the ferry can be signed off by UK regulators.   Image source,CMAL Image caption, A passenger area in the ship's interior     MV Isle of Islay, which will operate on the Kennacraig to Islay route, is the first of four 95m-long ferries being built for the CalMac fleet at the Turkish Cemre shipyard. When the contract was awarded it was due for delivery in October last year, but construction has been hit by a series of delays which CMAL says were due to supply chain issues and labour shortages. In an update letter to Holyrood's net zero, energy and transport committee, CMAL said the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) carried out a final survey in the last week of October, and the shipyard is addressing issues that were raised. MCA inspectors are due to carry out another final survey on 8 December. The update letter said: "If all completion activities go smoothly, the shipyard is targeting delivery of MV Isle of Islay prior to the Christmas period. "This will be a challenge but CMAL, CalMac, Cemre and the regulatory authorities are all working hard and collaboratively towards reaching this target date for vessel delivery just before the Christmas holidays." The journey to Scotland will involve a refuelling stop at Gibraltar and a journey across the Bay of Biscay. After arriving in Scotland, CalMac will carry out crew familiarisation and berthing trials at various ports before the ship enters service. Work is continuing at the Cemre shipyard on MV Loch Indaal - also destined for the Islay route - and two other ferries MV Lochmor and MV Claymore will eventually serve the Western Isles. CMAL said costs remained "on budget".
News Event Sunday, April 16, 1967 @ 1800 The date shown is as timetabled and the time shown is our best estimste	CHUSAN (1950-1973 Passenger liner of P & O Line, London : Scrapped 1973)	Own Page
CHUSAN to leave Southampton on 14-day cruise to Lisbon, Dakar, Las Palmas, Teneriffe and Madeira
Ship's location Southampton (England, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for 14-day cruise to Lisbon, Dakar, Las Palmas, Teneriffe and Madeira and returning to Southampton Gross Tonnage 24,215 Ships agent P & O Cruise Booking Office, 26 Cockspur Street, London S. W. 1, Tel. WHItehall 4444
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News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800		Own Page
January 1967 Advert by Thos. & Jas. Harrison Ltd., Liverpool (England, UK)
News Event Wednesday, January 18, 1967 @ 1000	PENDENNIS CASTLE (1958-1976 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London)	Own Page
January 1967 : Rhodesian youth in Court after stowing away on Liner PENDENNIS CASTLE
Sailing for African Ports Port of Registry London Sailed from berth Southampton (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 28,582
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800		Own Page
1967 Advert for Radio Technicians for Ocean Weather Ships based at Greenock (Scotland)
Ship's location Meteorological Office Ocean Weather Ships, based in Great Harbour area, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Sea Ships agent Shore Captain, Ocean Weather Service, Great Harbour, Greenock (Scotland) Tel. Greenock 24291
News Event Monday, February 6, 1967 @ 1700	PHILOSOPHER (1964-1977 General cargo liner of Thos & Jas Harrison, Liverpool)	Own Page
PHILOSOPHER closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (UK) Sailing for Barbados, Trinidad, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Curacao and Barranquilla Gross Tonnage 6,162 Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Prentice Service and Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow C. 1.
PHILOSOPHER is sailing for Barbados, Trinidad, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Curacao and Barranquilla
News Event Tuesday, January 24, 1967 @ 1700	COLINA (1960-1967 general cargo liner 294 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
COLINA closes at Glasgow for cargo for St John (New Brunswick) and Halifax (Nova Scotia) both Canada
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for St John (New Brunswick, Canada) and Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
News Event Tuesday, January 24, 1967 @ 1700	ARCADIAN (1960 - 1974 General cargo liner 366 feet long of Ellerman & Papayanni Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
ARCADIAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Gibraltar, Limassol, Famagusta, Ashdod and Hiafa
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailing for Gibraltar, Limassol, Famagusta, Ashdod and Hiafa Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent John Bruce & Co. (Shipping) Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C.2. (Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, January 26, 1967 @ 1700	CITY OF OXFORD (1948-1976 General cargo liner 463 feet long of Ellerman City Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
CITY OF OXFORD closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Las Palmas and West, South and East Africa
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain) then for West, South and East African ports Gross Tonnage 7,593 Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. CENtral 9971
CITY OF OXFORD was receiving cargo for Las Palmas, Lobito, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira Contributed image
News Event Tuesday, January 24, 1967 @ 1700	ADVENTURER (1960-1980 Cargo liner 490 feet long 15 knot of Charente S S Co / T & J Harrison, Liverpool)	Own Page
ADVENTURER closes at Birkenhead (England) for cargo for Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ship's location Birkenhead (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool Sailing for Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira Gross Tonnage 8,971 Ships agent Thos. & Jas. Harrison Ltd., Mersey Chambers, Old Churchyard, Liverpool, 2 Telephone CENtral 5611
News Event Friday, January 20, 1967 @ 1000		Own Page
1967 Advert by Fairfields Shipyard, Glasgow for individuals to join Ship and Engine Design Teams
Ship's location Fairfields Shipyard, Govan, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Friday, January 20, 1967 @ 1000		Own Page
January 1967 Advert for a Lecturer in Marine Electronics by Leith Nautical College (Scotland)
News Event Monday, December 1, 2025 @ 1044	FRANK (2018- Chemical / Oil tanker 137m long of Carl F. Peters, Hamburg, Germany))	Own Page
FRANK at Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland) with oil from Rotterdam
Ship's location Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Gibraltar Arrived from Rotterdam (The Netherlands) having left there at 04:24 on 28 November Gross Tonnage 9,266 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades Deadweght Tonnage 14,895
Contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	NAESS TALISMAN (1967 - 1974 Oil Tanker Official no. 309852 : 820 feet overall of Nile Steamship Company, London : 1982 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
New ship NAESS TALISMAN arrives Firth of Clyde Drydock, Greenock from Kingston Basin, Port Glasgow
Arrived from Kingston Basin, Port Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth Firth of Clyde Drydock, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 40,769 Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Deadweght Tonnage 73,228 Ships agent Lithgows Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	VICTORE (1963-1977 Ore carrier 615 feet long of Traditional Traders Shipping Limited / Mavroleon Brothers Ship Management Ltd., London)	Own Page
VICTORE arrives at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow with Iron Ore from Monrovia (Liberia, West Africa)
Arrived from Monrovia (Liberia, West Africa) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation)
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BALLYGALLY HEAD (1954-1968 General cargo ship 242 feet long of Head Line / Ulster Steamship Company, Belfast)	Own Page
BALLYGALLY HEAD arrives at Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)
Arrived from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Arrived in berth Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival General cargo
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SKARASS (in January 1967 Oil Tanker at Dunglass and Mlford Haven)	Own Page
SKARASS arrives at Dunglass Oil Terminal (Old Kilpatrick, River Clyde, Scotland) from Milford Haven
Arrived from Milford Haven (Wales, UK) Reg Tonnage 5,872 Arrived in berth Dunglass Oil Terminal (Old Kilpatrick, River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Oil
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	COLINA (1960-1967 general cargo liner 294 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Donaldson Line's COLINA arrives at Prince's Dock, Glasgow from Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada)
Arrived from Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
News Event Wednesday, January 18, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PEGU (General cargo ship 1961-1964 British & Burmese / P Henderson, 1964-1966 Elder Dempster,1966-1972 Guinea Gulf Line,1972 China Mutual,1972-1975 Elder Dempster,1975-1980 Guinea Gulf Line)	Own Page
PEGU leaves Glasgow
Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C. 2. Tel CENtral 8761 Net Tonnage 3,031 Gross Tonnage 5,764 Deadweght Tonnage 9,300
News Event Wednesday, January 18, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLAN MACILWRAITH (1960 - 1979 Cargo liner 494 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow)	Own Page
CLAN MACILWRAITH leaves Glasgow
Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel 041 221 7050 Telex 778133
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ANTENOR (1957-1970 General cargo ship 491 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's ANTENOR leaves King George V Dock, Glasgow for Birkenhead then the Far East
Sailing for Birkenhead (England) and the Far East Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Sailed from berth King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,965 Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BETTANN ( < 1966 : in 1967 General cargo coaster sank of south England)	Own Page
January 1967 and Danish coaster BETTANN sinks off Isle of Wight (England) and all six crew rescued
Ship's location St Helen's Roads, off Isle of Wight (South Coast of England, UK) Port of Registry Demnark Arrived from Cornwall (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 299 Sailing for Brake (Germany) Outward cargo China Clay 450 tons
News Event Friday, January 20, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CARINTHIA (1956-1968 Passenger / cargo liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
CARINTHIA having left Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) is due New York (USA) on 20 January
Sailing for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK ... all in one quick word Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) Gross Tonnage 21,947
News Event Friday, January 20, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CARONIA (1949-1968 Passenger Cruise liner of Cunard Line, London)	Own Page
CARONIA left New York and due at Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA) on 20 January
Sailing for Port Everglades (a seaport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth New York (USA) Gross Tonnage 34,274
News Event Wednesday, January 18, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	FRANCONIA (1963-1973 Passenger liner (formerly IVERNIA) of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
FRANCONIA (formerly IVERNIA) on Cruise left Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA)
Sailing for Cruise Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Sailed from berth Port Everglades (a seaport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA)
News Event Friday, January 20, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SAXONIA (1963-1970 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
SAXONIA having left Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) is due Southampton (England, UK) on 20 January
Sailing for Southampton (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Sailed from berth Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) Gross Tonnage 5,586
News Event Monday, January 16, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CORINALDO (1949-1967 Refrigerated cargo ship of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
CORINALDO at La Plata (Capital City of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) for Lisbon (Portugal)
Ship's location La Plata (Capital City of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) Port of Registry Glasgow Vessel Master Sailing for Lisboa (= Lisbon, Portugal)
News Event Tuesday, January 17, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan)	Own Page
LISMORIA left Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) for Swansea (Wales, UK)
Sailing for Swansea (Wales, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) Gross Tonnage 8323
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate		Own Page
BENARTY left Kobe (Japan) for Moji (Japan)
Sailing for Moji (Japan) Sailed from berth Kobe (Japan)
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENATTOW (1965-1977 Conventional general cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENATTOW at Bangkok Bar (Thailand) for Singapore (pronounced sing--a--pore) .... not sing-ga-pore
Ship's location Bangkok Bar (Thailand) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Singapore (pronounced sing--a--pore) .... not sing-ga-pore
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENDEARG (1964-1981 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENDEARG at Hong Kong for Yokohama (Japan)
Ship's location Hong Kong Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Yokohama (Japan)
News Event Wednesday, January 18, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENDORAN (1956-1977 Conventional general cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line of Leith : 1977 scrapped in Taiwan)	Own Page
BENDORAN at Aden (a Crown Colony of UK until 1967) for Suez (Egypt) southern entrance to Suez Canal
Ship's location Aden (a Crown Colony of UK until November 1967 : in 1967 became People's Republic of South Yemen) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Suez (Egypt) .. the southern entrance to the Suez Canal which leads to the Mediterranean Sea) Gross Tonnage 10,355 Deadweght Tonnage 12,100
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENGLOE ( 1961 - 1978 General cargo liner 550 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh, Scotland : 1978 scrapped at Hong Kong)	Own Page
BENGLOE at Palermo (Sicily, Italy) for London (England, UK)
Ship's location Palermo (Sicily, Italy) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for London (England, UK)
News Event Wednesday, January 18, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENLEDI (1965-1972 General cargo liner 563 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENLEDI left Aden (a Crown Colony of UK until 1967) for Penang (Malaya)
Ship's location Aden (a Crown Colony of UK until 1967 : in 1967 became People's Republic of South Yemen) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Penang (Malaya) Net Tonnage 6,522 Sailed from berth Aden (a Crown Colony of UK until 1967 : in 1967 became People's Republic of South Yemen) Gross Tonnage 11,898 Deadweght Tonnage 13,785
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENMACDHUI (1948-1972 General cargo liner 474 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENMACDHUI at Keelung (North-eastern Taiwan) for Hong Kong
Ship's location Keelung (North-eastern Taiwan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hong Kong Net Tonnage 4,674 Gross Tonnage 7,845 Deadweght Tonnage 11,500
News Event Wednesday, January 18, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENVANNOCH (1956-1969 General cargo liner of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVANNOCH left Suez (Egypt) for Aden (Yemen)
Sailing for Aden (Yemen : 1839-1967 was a colony of Britain : 1967 British forces departed : became independent) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Suez (Egypt)
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENVORLICH (1946-1971 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVORLICH at Kobe (Japan) for Yokohama (Japan)
Ship's location Kobe (Japan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailing for Yokohama (Japan) Gross Tonnage 9,767
News Event Thursday, January 19, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENWYVIS (1966-1972 General cargo ship of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENWYVIS at Valletta Harbour (Malta) for Port Said (Egypt) : probably to transit through Suez Canal
Ship's location Valletta Harbour (Malta) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Port Said (Egypt) : probably to join a southbound convoy through Suez Canal
News Event Thursday, June 29, 1967 @ 1000		Own Page
1967 Advert by Caledonian Steam Packet Company for cruises on the Firth of Clyde (Scotland)
Ship's location Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Ships agent Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd., Gourock (Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, June 29, 1967 @ 1000		Own Page
1967 Advert by London and Overseas Freighters for Marine Engineer Officers
News Event Monday, July 18, 1966 @ 1200 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	STASSA (in 1966 General cargo ship in Russia)	Own Page
In 1966 : Master and Officers abandon stricken ship STASSA in Loch Rodil (Harris, Scotland)
Ship's location Loch Rodil (Harris, Western Isles of Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Panama Arrived from Russia Sailing for Limerick (Province of Munster, Western Ireland, Ireland / Eire) Cargo carried on arrival Timber 2,000 tons
News Event Tuesday, November 25, 2025 @ 1700		Own Page
Help needed in my researching of three Clyde Puffers GOLIATH, PIBROCH (1) and PIBROCH (2)
Can you help ? Email 25 November 2025 Dear All, I am a Glasgow Art School Student interested in 3 Clyde puffers Goliath was built in 1878 by Burrel and Sons and served them until 1886, when bought by the firm building the Forth Bridge. Pibroch (1) built by Scott's and son at Bowling originally for White Horse distillers of Islay in 1923 ( eventually Highland Distillers) and replaced in 1957 Pibroch (2) built by Scotts and Son at Bowling for Highland Distillers; too big for Clyde and Forth canal ......so why did Highland Distillers build the whisky Bond near Speirs wharf.  Both worked in the Islay whisky trade I have identified Pibroch 2 in the incoming and outgoing books in the Glasgow City archives in the Michell library.  it give the berths, but I don't know the cryptic translations.... 5 do 16 ro 4 po 5 ko etc  Are these the docks, and if so, which ones, and I could have misread the handwriting in the ledgers of 'o' for 'D' I could find Goliath in the 1877-1882 ledgers.  is this because it stayed on the canal, and if so, how/where could I find information on what it was doing? I look forward to any help.   Please reply to ShipsoftheClyde1@BTInternet.com Best wishes Charles Diaper Reply : E-mail 18:47 on 27 November 2025 Email 27  November 2025 Re. the enquiry about the three puffers.   I’ve always been fascinated and even obsessed with puffers and over the years have collected a lot of information on them.  My ancestors even worked building them in Hays shipyard in Kirky. So that I know what is wanted please tell me Why you want the stuff, If it’s for commercial purposes And exactly what stuff you want. I can then know what things to dig out for you. Billy (Kirkintilloch)   ======================================
News Event Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 1550	ATLANTIC WIND (2013-- Chemical / Oil Products Tanker IMO 9341316 : 150m overall of Reederei Tms Atlantic Wind Gmbh & Co Kg - Hamburg, Germany	Own Page
ATLANTIC WIND passing Custom House Quay, Greenock for Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Gibraltar Sailing for Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 10,549 Deadweght Tonnage 15,019
Contributed by Sandra B.  (Senior Site Administrator)    The weather this morning was relatively kind.   Light rain and moderate visibility.   So I decided to go to Custom House Quay in Greenock to meet and greet the tanker ATLANTIC WIND when she arrives around 3pm (15:00 hours)    Big mistake.    Afternoon brought persistent rain and frequent heavy and prolonged and torrential showers.   Visibility was extremely poor.    However, being tremendously brave, I sat in the car and seriously hoped for a break in the weather to get some photographs. 15:09   Tug CMS WRESTLER left her base at Victoria Harbour and passed Custom House Quay and making her way to join her fleetmate tug CMS THUNDERER off Greenock Esplanade, to meet the inbound tanker.     It was raining heavily and, against my better judgement, I took a few photos of the passing tug.     A waste of time and effort.   Just horribly blurry images. You may be interested to know that both tugs were certainly earning their keep that day.   A few hours earlier they had been in the Largs Channel and berthed the Royal Navy Frigate HMS SOMERSET at Fairlie Quay.    My fellow contributor Sandy from Skelmorlie had taken some lovely images of the event and these photographs are on this site.   15:20   Both tugs, CMS THUNDERER and CMS WRESTLER were now waiting patiently off the Esplanade. 15:29   The inbound Gibraltar registered tanker ATLANTIC WIND was passing Western Ferries Terminal at McInroy's Point, Gourock.  15:45   Tanker was now passing number 1 buoy off Greenock Ocean Terminal and entering the shipping channel for her 19 miles (30.5km) passage up the River Clyde to the Fuel Terminal at Clydebank.  15:47   Tug CMS WRESTLER was ahead, leading the tanker.   The rain was torrential, and I wisely sat in the car and snapped off a few images.  I was not intending to get drenched and contract influenza or pneumonia to get a photo of the tug.   Again the images were no use, all blurry in the heavy rain.    Tug made a moments detour into Victoria Harbour to collect another crew member then rejoined the other vessels. 15:50   ATLANTIC WIND, followed by CMS THUNDERER, swept past the Quay.   The rain had eased off just a teensly-little bit  and I photographed them.    So ended my afternoon's soggy and sodden visit to the Custom House.   Back home I checked the twenty-nine images which I had taken.   Only three were of any use and I have edited them as best I can to remove the rain and put them below on site. Tug CMS THUNDERER escorting at the stern of the tanker
News Event Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 1431	SVITZER WARDEN (2007- Tug 24m long of Svitzer Towage)	Own Page
Tug SVITZER WARDEN passes Greenock to meet Bulk Carrier BBC CERES at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Rochester (England, UK) Arrived from Inchgreen Wall, Great Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 207 Sailing for To meet BBC CERES at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage (off Greenock, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 150 Ships agent Svitzer Marine Ltd., Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Contributed by Sandra B.  (Senior Site Administrator) Tug SVITZER WARDEN accompanied by tugs SVITZER MILFORD and ANGLEGARTH were going to Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock to meet the Bulk Carrier BBC CERES and escort her the 19 miles (30.5km) up the River Clyde to Riverside Quay at Govan, Glasgow
News Event Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 1438	SVITZER MILFORD (2004 > Shiphandling tug IMO 9292876 of Svitzer Marine, Middlesbrough, UK)	Own Page
Tug SVITZER MILFORD passes Greenock to meet Bulk Carrier BBC CERES at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Milford Haven (Wales, UK) Arrived from Inchgreen Wall, Great Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 384 Sailing for To meet BBC CERES at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage (off Greenock, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 226 Ships agent Svitzer Marine Ltd., Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Contributed by Sandra B.  (Senior Site Administrator) Tug SVITZER MILFORD accompanied by tugs SVITZER WARDEN and ANGLEGARTH were going to Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock to meet the Bulk Carrier BBC CERES and escort her the 19 miles (30.5km) up the River Clyde to Riverside Quay at Govan, Glasgow
News Event Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 1439	ANGLEGARTH (1996- Tug 66 ton bollard pull : 33m long of Svitzer A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark / Managers: Svitzer Marine Ltd, Middlesbrough)	Own Page
Tug ANGLEGARTH passes Greenock to meet Bulk Carrier BBC CERES at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Milford (Wales, UK) Arrived from Inchgreen Wall, Great Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 374 Sailing for To meet BBC CERES at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage (off Greenock, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 290 Ships agent Svitzer Marine Ltd., Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Contributed by Sandra B.  (Senior Site Administrator) Tug ANGLEGARTH accompanied by tugs SVITZER WARDEN and SVITZER MILFORD were going to Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock to meet the Bulk Carrier BBC CERES and escort her the 19 miles (30.5km) up the River Clyde to Riverside Quay at Govan, Glasgow
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 1200 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LAVERNOCK (1967 - 1992 Suction Hopper Dredger Official No. 309335 : 260.1 feet overall of British Transport Docks Board, London : 1993 believed scrapped))	Own Page
New ship LAVERNOCK arrives in Great Harbour, Greenock from Lithgow's Kingston Basin, Port Glasgow
Arrived from Lithgow's Kingston Basin, Port Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Cardiff (Wales, UK) Arrived in berth Great Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 773 Ships agent Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Newark Shipyard, Port Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 1,864
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 1200 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CITY OF BATH (1952-1969 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London : 1972 scrapped at Castellon, Spain)	Own Page
CITY OF BATH arrives in Govan Dry Dock, Glasgow from Elderslie Wall, Scotstoun, Glasgow (Scotland)
Arrived from Elderslie Wall, Scotstoun, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth Govan Drydock, Glasgow Net Tonnage 3,663 Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. CENtral 9971 Gross Tonnage 6.869 Deadweght Tonnage 10,446
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 1200 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	TUSKAR ( 1962 - 1968 General cargo coaster of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow)	Own Page
TUSKAR arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) from Govan Dry Dock
Arrived from Govan Dry Dock, Govan, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Queen's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Ships agent Clyde Shipping Co. Ltd., 78 Carlton Place, Glasgow, C. 5. Telephone SOUth 2181
News Event Wednesday, May 3, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	FAIR HEAD (1947-1954 General cargo ship of Ulster Steamship Company / Head Line, Belfast)	Own Page
FAIR HEAD arrives in Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) from Liverpool (England, UK)
Arrived from Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Arrived in berth Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 1,113 Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
News Event Wednesday, May 3, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	RIBBLEHEAD (1957-1972 Ore carrier of North Yorkshire Shipping Company / Bolton Steam Shipping))	Own Page
RIBBLEHEAD arrives at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland) with Iron Ore from Murmansk (Russia)
Arrived from Murmansk (Russia) Port of Registry Middlesbrough, England Arrived in berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 5,512 Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Gross Tonnage 10,740 Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation)
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969-2008 Passenger Liner IMO 6725418 : 963 ft (293.5 m) overall of Cunard Line, London / Trafalgar House / Carnival Corporation)	Own Page
Geared-Turbine Generator being fitted onto QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 at John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank
Ship's location QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 being built at John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Southampton (England, UK) Net Tonnage 37,218 / 37,182 Gross Tonnage 65,863 / 70,327
News Event Wednesday, May 3, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	QUEEN ELIZABETH (1940-1946 Troopship then 1946-1968 passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton (England) for New York (USA)
Sailing for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK ... all in one quick word Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Southampton (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 83,673 Outward cargo Passengers
News Event Wednesday, May 3, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	QUEEN MARY (1936-1940 Passenger liner 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m) of Cunard Line: 1940-1946 Troopship: 1946-1967 returned to service with Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
QUEEN MARY left New York (USA) for Southampton (England, UK)
Sailing for Southampton (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth New York (USA) Outward cargo Passengers
News Event Tuesday, May 2, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CARINTHIA (1956-1968 Passenger / cargo liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
CARINTHIA left Le Havre (France) for Montreal (Canada)
Sailing for Montreal (Canada) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Le Havre (France) Gross Tonnage 21,947 Outward cargo Passengers
News Event Tuesday, May 2, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CARONIA (1949-1968 Passenger Cruise liner of Cunard Line, London)	Own Page
CARONIA on a cruise at New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK
Ship's location New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived from Cruise Gross Tonnage 34,274 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers
News Event Monday, May 1, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PARTHIA (1963-1971 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, London)	Own Page
PARTHIA left Bermuda for Southampton (England, UK)
Sailing for Southampton (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth Bermuda Gross Tonnage 5,586
News Event Wednesday, May 3, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SYLVANIA (1957-1968 Passenger liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
SYLVANIA left Messina (Sicily, Italy) on a cruise
Sailing for Cruise Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Messina (Sicily, Italy) Net Tonnage 11,679 Outward cargo Passengers Gross Tonnage 22,017 Deadweght Tonnage 9,345
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENALDER (1949-1968 General cargo liner 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson & Company, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENALDER left Bugo (Northern Mindanao, Phillipines) for Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia)
Sailing for Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Bugo (Northern Mindanao, Phillipines) Net Tonnage 4,665 Gross Tonnage 7,877
News Event Wednesday, May 3, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENARTY (1963-1981 General cargo liner 509 feet long 17.5 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENARTY left Kobe (Japan) for Keelung (Taiwan)
Sailing for Keelung (Taiwan) Port of Registry Leith Sailed from berth Kobe (Japan) Net Tonnage 6,152 Gross Tonnage 10,294 Deadweght Tonnage 12,619
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENLOMOND (1957-1977 General cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENLOMOND at Hong Kong for Aden (Yemen)
Ship's location Hong Kong Port of Registry Leith Sailing for Aden (Yemen) Net Tonnage 6,001 Gross Tonnage 10,325 Deadweght Tonnage 12,010
News Event Wednesday, May 3, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENMHOR (1952-1973 General cargo ship of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1973 Scrapped)	Own Page
BENMHOR at the Suez Canal (Egypt) for London (England, UK)
Ship's location Suez Canal (Egypt) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,755
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENVALLA (1962-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVALLA at Singapore (pronounced SING-A-PORE and not SING-GA-PORE) for Hong Kong
Ship's location Singapore (pronounced SING-A-PORE and not SING-GA-PORE) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hong Kong
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 1000 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	U.S.S. SIMON LAKE (in 1966 Submarine Tender 642 feet overall of U,S. Navy)	Own Page
Two US Navy Ratings attempted to smuggle a teenage girl aboard U.S.S. SIMON LAKE in Holy Loch
Ship's location U,S.S. SIMON LAKE, Submarine Depot Ship in Holy Loch (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry U.S. Navy Vessel Master Captain George Ellis Jnr.
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 1600 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	TORREY CANYON ( < 1967 Oil Tanker of Barracuda Tanker Corporation, Liberia : 1967 wrecked)	Own Page
UK Government issuses a legal writ for damages against owners of wrecked tanker TORREY CANYON
News Event Thursday, May 4, 1967 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate		Own Page
May 1967 and two R.A.F. Hunter Fighter Jets arrive in Gibraltar
Ship's location Gibraltar
News Event Wednesday, November 19, 2025 @ 1119	WAVERLEY (1974 > Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY laid up for winter maintenance at Glasgow Science Centre, Pacific Quay, Glasgow,
Ship's location Glasgow Science Centre, Pacific Quay (= formerly known as Plantation Quay) Glasgow, Scotland Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Ships agent Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Gross Tonnage 693
Contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Wednesday, November 19, 2025 @ 1057	EBROBORG (2010 > General cargo ship IMO 9463451 : 137.85m overall of Royal Wagenborg Shipping, Delfzijl, The Netherlands)	Own Page
EBROBORG discharging her cargo at Riverside Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with her head east Port of Registry Delfzijl (The Netherlands) Arrived from Milwaukee (Lake Ohio, USA) via Montreal (Canada) and Broddick Bay (Isle of Arran, Scotland) Gross Tonnage 7,196 Cargo carried on arrival Grain ??? Deadweght Tonnage 10,750
Contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 1509	CMS WRESTLER (2019- Tug 21.2m long of Clyde Marine Services, Victoria Harbour, Greenock)	Own Page
Tug CMS WRESTLER passes Custom House Quay, Greenock to meet incoming tanker ATLANTIC WIND
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Victoria Harbour, Greenock (= the base of the owners Clyde Marine Services Ltd.) Sailing for Off Fort Matilda (Greenock) to meet the incoming tanker ATLANTIC WIND Ships agent Clyde Marine Services, Victoria Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Contributed by Sandra B.  (Senior Site Administrator) The horribly unpleasant weather made it a thoroughly miserable afternoon to photograph ships.   A mixture of persistent light rain and frequent and prolonged wretched heavy squalls and showers all led to very poor visibility.  I had intended to photograph the inbound tanker ATLANTIC WIND but, just as she appeared, thunderous downpours caused me to quickly shelter in my car.   I was not going to risk pneumonia or influenza for ATLANTIC WIND.    So no photos of the tanker.   15:09   Tug CMS WRESTLER had left her base at Victoria Harbour, Greenock and was making her way to Whiteforeland Point (= the west end of Greenock Esplanade) where she would rendezvous with tug CMS THUNDERER and wait to meet the incoming tanker ATLANTIC WIND and escort her upriver to berth at the Fuel Terminal, Clydebank,
News Event Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 1534	BBC CERES (2024 > Bulk Carrier IMO 9972490 : 179.9m overall of Briese Schiffharts Gmbh & Co., Leer, Germany)	Own Page
BBC CERES passes Greenock and heading up River Clyde to berth at Riverside (Shieldhall, Glasgow)
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Monrovia (Liberia) Arrived from Terneuzen (The Netherlands) via Liverpool (England) then Brodick Bay then Tail-of-the-Bank Gross Tonnage 25,130 Sailing for Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 40,600
Contributed by Sandra B.  (Senior Site Administrator) 15:02   Pilot now on board BBC CERES at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock. 15:26    Tug SVITZER MILFORD all fast at stern of BBC CERES and tow rope stretched out. 15:34   The persistent light rain was becoming much heavier and a strong and severe squall was storming towards Greenock as tug SVITZER WARDEN leads BBC CERES past Greenock Ocean Terminal.    Absolutely not good weather to photograph a ship.    Tug ANGLEGARTH (on the left of the image) is almost obscured in the oncoming squall as she was escorting the tow.    And tug SVITZER MILFORD (which cannot be seen) was attached at the stern of BBC CERES with her tow rope stretched out through the Bulk Carrier's stern centre lead. Tug SVITZER WARDEN leading the convoy Tug ANGLEGARTH now takes station ahead in the channel at Custom House Quay The rain becomes heavier as the squall hits the ships Tug SVITZER MILFORD, shrouded in the rain squall, at the stern of BBC CERES
News Event Tuesday, November 18, 2025 @ 1355	EBROBORG (2010 > General cargo ship IMO 9463451 : 137.85m overall of Royal Wagenborg Shipping, Delfzijl, The Netherlands)	Own Page
EBROBORG waiting in Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland) for a berth in Glasgow
Ship's location Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) awaiting berth at Riverside Quay, Glasgow Port of Registry Delfzijl (The Netherlands) Arrived from Milwaukee (Lake Ohio, USA) via Montreal (Canada) Gross Tonnage 7,196 Sailing for Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 10,750 Cargo carried on arrival Grain ???
News Event Friday, September 17, 1948 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	SOUTHSEA (1948-1998 Passenger Ferry IMO 5335838 : 200 feet 3 inches overall of British Transport Commission (Southern Region), London : 2005 scrapped at Esbjerg, Denmark)	Own Page
In 1948 new passenger ferry SOUTHSEA undergoing Builders Acceptance Trials in the Firth of Clyde
Ship's location Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Portsmouth (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 837 Deadweght Tonnage 179
SOUTHSEA was built by William Denny & Bros. at their Leven Shipyard at Dumbarton (Scotland, UK) for British Transport Commission (Southern Region) for their passenger service between Portsmouth and Ryde (Isle of Wight)    She is seen here in September 1948 undergoing Builders Acceptance Trials in the Firth of Clyde.
News Event Saturday, November 1, 2025 @ 1920		Own Page
E-mail from Miller with comments about this website
E-mail from Miller   November 2025 Hello Ships of the Clyde.Com   I would like to make some comments about your website.   1.  Who are you and who runs it  and why,  and are you experts on ships. 2.  . Why not on Facebook  3.  Why do you often have large type stories 4.   Why do you always put in too much location of places such as Glasgow, Scotland, UK because everyone knows where it is Miller   Sandra (Senior Site Administrator) replies :   Thank you Miller for your e-mail.   I notice that this is the fourth time you have contacted us with questions and suggestions.   1.                This website started in 2011 and is well- established and is now operated and moderated by six rather elderly people.   Also very many really wonderful and kind and caring, helpful contributors send us their  images, stories etc.   None of us would describe ourselves as “experts” or “accomplished virtuosos” on ships, rather we would describe us as being experienced and very competent researchers   We, the six Administrators, are all over 70 years old and adhere to the Mantra   “  This website will always be free to use,  never have adverts, and will never need registering to use it.    And we will ensure that our site will be friendly, gentle, conversational and entertaining “        You ask in 1. Why we do it.    Simply, we all have a long-time, passionate and absorbing interest in shipping.  Most have sea-going experience, deep-sea and coastal. Not just for the Clyde but Worldwide.      With our advancing years  we try to gather information and memories about shipping from all over the world and put them on the website.    We understand that      “  This website will collect information, details, stories, images etc. and make them freely available for all present and future generations worldwide to explore and remember the ships, shipbuilding and shipping life which has now gone and will never return “        Being elderly Administrators we continually see people passing on and their old shipping images or memorabilia then being dumped by their families.   We always wish that the people e-mail to us images of the items or stories, so that they can be put on the website.    We NEVER EVER want the items themselves – just photographs / images – as the originals are much too valuable – and we will put the items photographs /images / memories etc. on the website for present and future generations to see.                   2      Facebook           Researching and administering this website takes a lot of our Senior-Citizens’ time and we do not have the knowledge or ability or sophistication to add Facebook to our lives.        3     Large type Some years ago we held a gathering / meeting in a Wetherspoon’s in Glasgow (35 people attended) and many suggestions were made.    One suggestion was that, as most attendees (and no doubt other viewers to the website) were elderly or becoming elderly and were wearing reading glasses then, to make life a little easier, some longish text should be made larger (Word 24) 4     Too much description about Countries Events in this website relate to many parts of the World.   And thousands of readers, from many countries, visit the site every month.    So, although UK people may recognise Stanlow, Cardiff,  Grangemouth, Ayr, Whitehaven, Birkenhead, Oban, etc …… we cannot expect an overseas visitor, for example, to know  them.    Similarly we cannot reasonably expect UK readers to know the whereabouts of Chennai, Massawa, Mtwara, Cebu, Lindi, Belem, Zamboanga, Rejang, Kaohsiung, Moji, Warri, etc.    For example, is it London (UK or Canada) … Hamilton (Scotland or Canada) ….. Newcastle (England or Australia) ….. Halifax (England or Canada) …. Tripoli (Libya or Lebanon.) .... Boston (England or USA) ..... Irvine (Scotland or USA) ..... Ardrossan (Scotland or South Australia) ....   Hope all this answers your comments Sandra (Senior Administrator, Gourock, Scotland, UK)
News Event Monday, November 17, 2025 @ 1045	GANGES STAR (2010 > Oil / Chemical Tanker IMO: 9496692 : 128.62025m overall of Manager: Cst Schifffahrts Gmbh & Co Kg - Hamburg, Germany Owner: Valloeby Ganges Star Ltd - Hamburg, Germany ) )	Own Page
GANGES STAR discharging oil at the Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland)
Ship's location Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Valletta (Malta) Arrived from Mongstad (Norway) via waiting in Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Gross Tonnage 8,581 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades Deadweght Tonnage 13,013
Contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Friday, April 7, 1967 @ 1700	PRINS CASIMIR (1955 - 1967 general cargo ship 258 feet long of Oranje Line, Rotterdam : 1992 scrapped)	Own Page
PRINS CASIMIR closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal and Great Lakes ports
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Sailing for Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton (all in Canada) and Detroit and Chicago (in USA) Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent J. C. Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow C.1. Tel. DOUglas 7101
News Event Friday, April 7, 1967 @ 1700	CUSTODIAN (1961-1979 Heavy-lift general cargo ship 488 feet 149 metres of T & J Harrison, Liverpool)	Own Page
CUSTODIAN closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ship's location Birkenhead (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool Sailing for Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira Net Tonnage 4,782 Outward cargo General cargo Gross Tonnage 8,701 Ships agent Thos. & Jas. Harrison Ltd., Mersey Chambers, Old Churchyard, Liverpool, 2 Telephone CENtral 5611 Deadweght Tonnage 11,575
News Event Friday, April 14, 1967 @ 1700	RATHLIN HEAD (1953-1970 General cargo ship of Ulster Steamship Company / Head Line, Belfast)	Own Page
RATHLIN HEAD closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton ( in Canada)
Ship's location Centre Basin, Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland) Sailing for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton (all in Canada) Gross Tonnage 7,378 Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
News Event Monday, April 17, 1967 @ 1700	JOURNALIST (1954 - 1973 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Charente S.S. Co. Ltd. / T & J Harrison Ltd, Liverpool : 1982 scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan)	Own Page
JOURNALIST closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Caribbean Ports
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Sailing for Barbados, Trinidad, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Curacao and Maracaibo (all in the Caribbean Sea) Net Tonnage 4,434 Outward cargo General cargo Gross Tonnage 8,366 Ships agent Prentice Service and Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow C. 1. Deadweght Tonnage 9,670
News Event Thursday, April 6, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BOOKER VALIANCE ( 1963 - 1973 General cargo ship 375 feet long chartered from J H Wessels, Drammen, Norway, by Booker Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
BOOKER VALIANCE arrived in Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) from Liverpool (England)
Arrived from Liverpool (England) Port of Registry Drammen (Norway) Arrived in berth Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 4469 Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board
News Event Thursday, April 6, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	OMALA (1966-1971 General cargo ship of N.E.Neophytos, Athens, Greece : 1977 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan)	Own Page
OMALA arrived in Glasgow with a cargo of Parana Pine from Porto Alegre (Brazil)
Arrived from Porto Alegre (State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) via Liverpool (England) Reg Tonnage 2,880 Arrived in berth King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,464 Cargo carried on arrival Parana Pine Deadweght Tonnage 10,839
News Event Thursday, April 6, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	FOLAGA (in 1967 Oil Tanker at Finnart and Swansea 6581)	Own Page
FOLAGA arrives at Finnart Oil Terminal (Loch Long, Scotland) with a cargo of Fuel Oil from Swansea
Arrived from Swansea (Wales, UK) Net Tonnage 6,581 Arrived in berth Finnart Oil Terminal (Loch Long, Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Fuel Oil
News Event Thursday, April 6, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	COLINA (1960-1967 general cargo liner 294 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Donaldson Line's COLINA arrives at Greenock (Scotland) with a cargo of Tobacco from Halifax (Canada)
Arrived from Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Deep Warer Berth, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Tobacco Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
Date of Build/Launch: April 1960 Subsequent Names: ANDREW C. CROSBIE; AKTIAN Equipped with deep tank forward for vegetable oil. 1967: Changed named to ANDREW C. CROSBIE; Owner Chimo Shipping Ltd, St Johns, Newfoundland; General cargo. 1977: Named changed to AKTIAN; Owner Gov. of the Republic of Cuba. 1987: Broken up - Bahia Honda, Cuba. Owner Donaldson Line Ltd, Glasgow Shipbuilder Hall Russell Dimensions length 271' x breadth 44 7/12' x depth 26 1/12' Gross Tonnage: 1776 ton
News Event Thursday, April 6, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	MARTENSHOEK (1957-1970 General cargo coaster 49.79m overall of Manager Wagenborg, Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands Owner: Jan, Berend and Kornelis Niestern & H. Verheek , Delfzijl, Netherlands)	Own Page
MARTENSHOEK left Glasgow with a cargo of Pig Iron for Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Sailing for Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Port of Registry Delfzijl (The Netherlands) Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 226 Outward cargo Pig Iron Gross Tonnage 478 Deadweght Tonnage 580
Her cargo of Pig iron, also known as crude iron, is an intermediate good used by the iron industry in the production of steel.   It is developed by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. Pig iron has a high carbon content, typically 3.8–4.7%,[1] along with silica and other dross, which makes it brittle and not useful directly as a material except for limited applications. Contributed images
News Event Friday, November 14, 2025 @ 1020	ATLANTIC WIND (2013-- Chemical / Oil Products Tanker IMO 9341316 : 150m overall of Reederei Tms Atlantic Wind Gmbh & Co Kg - Hamburg, Germany	Own Page
Tanker ATLANTIC WIND discharging oil at the Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland)
Ship's location Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Gibraltar Arrived from Rotterdam (The Netherlands / Holland) having left there 10 November at 12:14 Gross Tonnage 10,549 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades Deadweght Tonnage 15,019
Contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 1301	HMS SOMERSET (1996 > Type 23 Frigate Pennant F 82 : 133 m (436 ft 4 in) overall of Royal Navy, London, UK)	Own Page
HMS SOMERSET approaching Fairlie Quay Jetty (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Approaching Fairlie Quay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) : tugs CMS THUNDERER and CMS WRESTLER Port of Registry Admiralty (Royal Navy, London, England, UK) Arrived from Upper Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) then round Cumbraes and past 14 buoy Hunterston Channel Sailing for Fairlie Quay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)
Contributed by Sandy (Skelmorlie)
News Event Wednesday, November 12, 2025 @ 1150	ISLE OF ARRAN (1984- Passenger and vehicle ferry 84.9m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
40-year-old ISLE OF ARRAN arriving at Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland) for the Arran Ferry Berth
Ship's location Arriving at Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland) for the Arran Ferry Berth Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 3,296 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers and vehicles Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
News Event Wednesday, November 12, 2025 @ 1310	BBC CERES (2024 > Bulk Carrier IMO 9972490 : 179.9m overall of Briese Schiffharts Gmbh & Co., Leer, Germany)	Own Page
BBC CERES in Brodick Bay (Arran, Scotland) waiting for a berth at Riverside (Shieldhall, Glasgow)
Ship's location Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Monrovia (Liberia) Arrived from Terneuzen (The Netherlands) via Liverpool (England) Gross Tonnage 25,130 Sailing for Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 40,600
News Event Wednesday, November 12, 2025 @ 1305	CAROLINE THERESA (2009 > Oil / Chemical Tanker IMO 9428449 : 101.39m overall of Christiania Shipping A/s, Copenhagen, Denmark)	Own Page
CAROLINE THERESA anchored in Brodick Bay (Arran) waiting to berth at Fuel Terminal, Clydebank
Ship's location Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Herning (Denmark) Sailing for Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 5,760 Sailed from berth Gray's (Essex, England, UK) via Plymouth (England, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 7,884 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades
News Event Wednesday, November 12, 2025 @ 1335	ISLE OF ARRAN (1984- Passenger and vehicle ferry 84.9m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
ISLE OF ARRAN loading at Brodick Pier (Isle of Arran) for Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde)
Ship's location Brodick Pier, Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 3,296 Outward cargo Passengers and vehicles Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
News Event Wednesday, November 12, 2025 @ 1325	MEERCAT (2009 < Multipurpose Vessel IMO 916047 MMSI: 235077964 : 15.5m overall of JIFMAR Offshore Services Ltd., Aix-en-Provence, France)	Own Page
Multipurpose Support Vessel / Workboat MEERCAT in Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Scotland)
Ship's location Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Southampton (England, UK) Arrived from Lamlash Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 32.36 Sailing for Slipway at Brodick Town (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
News Event Wednesday, November 12, 2025 @ 1401	GANGES STAR (2010 > Oil / Chemical Tanker IMO: 9496692 : 128.62025m overall of Manager: Cst Schifffahrts Gmbh & Co Kg - Hamburg, Germany Owner: Valloeby Ganges Star Ltd - Hamburg, Germany ) )	Own Page
GANGES STAR arriving in Brodick Bay to anchor and awaiting a berth at Fuel Terminal, Clydebank
Ship's location Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Valletta (Malta) Arrived from Mongstad (Norway) Gross Tonnage 8,581 Sailing for Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 13,013 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades
News Event Wednesday, April 5, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENATTOW (1965-1977 Conventional general cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENATTOW at Hamburg (Germany) for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)
Ship's location Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)
News Event Wednesday, April 5, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENDORAN (1956-1977 Conventional general cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line of Leith : 1977 scrapped in Taiwan)	Own Page
BENDORAN left Hong Kong for Yokohama (Japan)
Sailing for Yokohama (Japan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Hong Kong Gross Tonnage 10,355 Deadweght Tonnage 12,100
News Event Wednesday, April 5, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENGLOE ( 1961 - 1978 General cargo liner 550 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh, Scotland : 1978 scrapped at Hong Kong)	Own Page
BENGLOE left Kobe (Japan) for Pusan (South Korea)
Sailing for Pusan (South Korea) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Kobe (Japan)
News Event Thursday, April 6, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENLAWERS (1944-1968 General cargo ship 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson Company, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENLAWERS at Cebu (Central Visayas Region, Philippines) for Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia)
Ship's location Cebu (Central Visayas Region, Philippines) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) Net Tonnage 4,646 Gross Tonnage 7,804
Cebu  a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas (Region VII) region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets.

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AT PRINCE'S DOCK, GLASGOW  ... WHAT WAS WRC   

On 25 March 1966, RAVNEFJELL at 30 Prince's Dock, Glasgow loaded 2 lifts by WRC, total 48 tons 10 hundredweights.   What was WRC ?????

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E-mail from Nelson (Liverpool)        16 June 2024

 

   I am interested in your latest Clan Line item about CLAN ROSS at Birkenhead in 1958.

  Does anyone know the address of the Cayzer Irvine and Clan Line office in Liverpool in 1958 ?

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Any information please on 

   motor launch / cruiser PIONEER at Glasgow Riverside Museum

  and

  the unknown workboat at Govan Pontoon, Glasgow

these vessels may have been involved in the construction of the new Govan Bridge in January 2024.

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CLAN MACKINNON at New York in March 1954

  Yes, Clan Line's CLAN MACKINNON arrived in New York (USA) from London in March 1954.   This is well outwith the usual Clan Line trading areas.   Any suggestions as to why CLAN MACKINNON would be in New York  ?

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Harrison Line memories : the song Matilda by Harry Belafonte

 

Contributed by Jim (Birkenhead)  28 April 2024

 

I spent many enjoyable years with Harrison Line of Liverpool.

 

One of the memories when on the West Indies run was when in the Caribbean and in the ship’s crew mess or over the ship’s loudspeakers music was played.  

Harry Belafonte was always enjoyed, and when he sang Matilda, Coconut woman  and island in the sun all over the ship the crew would accompany him, singing out loudly, especially the word Matilda .   It it was amazing to hear everyone blasting out Matilda  at the top of their voices.

 

A few years after leaving Harrison’s I was at Bidston Dock and met an old shipmate from TACTICIAN and ADVENTURER.  He was walking his dog.  It’s name was Matilda.

 

A question for everyone, for something that has puzzled me was in Belafonte's song Matilda, who was Matilda and what was her story.    Does anyone know?

 

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AHMADU BELLO  (1963-1981) of Nigerian National Line

Contributed by J. (Engineer, London)  by e-mail 22 April 2024

   Does anyone remember AHMADU BELLO (1963-1981) a general cargo ship of Nigerian National Line : a frequent visitor to London, Birkenhead, Glasgow and Tees Dock.

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Walter Runciman / Moor Line’s CRAGMOOR

 

E-mail received 26 August 2022

I was staggered to read about Moor Line’s CRAGMOOR in your Latest Entries.   My father sailed in that ship in 1961-62.  Mostly a Newcastle and Sunderland crew.    Have you the details of those times.

 Name is not shown, by request.

 Douglas replies :    Yes, I’ve got the details from the Chief Officers Log Books.   There’s an awful lot in the books, maybe 100 large pages or so and masses of daily detail.   Let me know on CONTACT US what you actually want and I’ll see what can be done.  Thanks for your message.

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Does anyone remember Hogarth’s BARON FORBES which was

scrapped in 1953

and

Tracing a discharge book left aboard in 1959.

 E-mail 13 November 2020

From Murdo MacPherson

 Does anybody remember the rent boat BARON FORBES an old

ex-german ship the worst ship I sailed in she was scrapped

in 1953,  forecastle accommodation one trip was enough

The captain Mcphail was strict
ps I left my discharge book on an Everard ship in Goole

in 1959 got any ideas how I can trace it

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Isthmian Steamship Lines of USA

E-mail October 10  2020 

 From Bobby Ford  (USA)

Do you have anything about Isthmian Steamship Lines,

or anyone remember them, who did freighter service

from India and Far East in 1950 / 60’s.

   Any memories of the "STEEL" boats  ?

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What do you want (or not want) on this website ?

    It is the time of year to ask you, the readers, what you want  -  or

do not want  -  on this website.

    More of this, or less of that, or maybe something new ?

    Please let us know what you want, so that we can try to provide the material which is of interest to YOU.

    Also we are always interested in receiving material from our readers.   So, wherever you are in the world, how about sending

stories, images or items to put in the website ?

 Thank you.  11 August 2020

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Information needed on Cunard Line's ASCANIA (1911-1918)

10th August 2020    E-mail from a viewer. 

Cunard Lines ASCANIA  (1911-1918)

 I am wondering if you might have more information and pictures

on the Vessel Ascania - Shipping line Cunard 1911-1918

Master - SGS Mihal.

This is a ship that my grandfather travelled from Southampton,

England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1914.

Please any information would help.

Thank You

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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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