Glasgow's Queen's Dock in World War 2

EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND boarding Pilot in the Firth of Clyde

Carebeka coaster SPARTA goes aground at Berwick on the east coast of Scotland

   The Dutch general cargo coaster SPARTA went aground on the estuary of the River Tweed at Berwick on the East coast of Scotland.

   Heavy seas were running outside the port and SPARTA, despite being warned that the port was closed to shipping, attempted to enter and crossed the sandbar at the entrance and grounded about 100 metres up the estuary.

   A Coastguard rescue team stood by and an attempt was made to free the vessel but she remained fast aground.

Blue Star Line's PARAGUAY STAR fouls port anchor of Van Nievelt, Goudriaan's ALPHERAT

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.

Ropner's DEERPOOL closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for U.S. Gulf Ports

Undated Clan Line & Holt Shipping Itineraries possibly for around 1955

This listing was found in Clan Line company correspondence.   There was no date on the pages and we have suggested that 1955 may be relevant as the list was in papers for around that time.

However if anyone can suggest a more appropriate date then please let us know.

Map of Irvine Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) in 1908

Ross & Marshall's coastal general cargo vessels around West of Scotland on 13th March 1968

DAWNLIGHT 1 had arrived from Brodick (Isle of Arran) and now at Glenarm (Northern Ireland) loading Lime for Stranraer, for the account of J. Smith

 MOONLIGHT on passage from Workington (England) to Ayr.  P.M. at Ayr and loading Bagged Malt for Bruicladdich, Isle of Islay, for the account of Bruichladdich Distillery.

 POLARLIGHT on passage from Lochboisdale (South Uist, Outer Hebrides) where she had discharged a part cargo of Coal from Ayr, to Portree, Isle of Skye with the remaining part cargo of Coal (account of Beaton, Coal Merchants)

 RAYLIGHT at Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay, discharging empty whisky casks which she had loaded at Paisley (for various accounts)

 WARLIGHT on passage from Paisley to Port Ellen, Isle of Islay with a cargo of bricks, etc. (for account of Costain & Sons)

 STORMLIGHT at Craighouse, Isle of Jura, loading casks of whisky for Paisley (account of J & J Distillers) and building materials for Paisley (account of Bovis Ltd.)

 TOWARD LASS on charter from William Burke and on hire to U.S. Navy at Holy Loch for 3^rd day

GEORGINA V EVERARD arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with a cargo of clinker from London

DEVON COAST leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Belfast

Vessels due or expected by Glasgow Harbour & Traffic Dept. dated 30 April 1962

P & O cargo liner SHILLONG in collision with two dhows in the Suez Canal

The Suez Canal Authority at Port Said reported that the P & O cargo liner SHILLONG on passage from Hamburg to Kobe was southbound in the Suez Canal at Km 76.7 when she was in collision with two dhows which had drifted in the centre of the Canal and were unable to clear passage due to lack of wind, despite repeated warning signals by SHILLONG.

   DHOW No 79 is alleged to have sustained a broken mast and DHOW No. 336 sank with her full cargo of gravel.

   A Canal Authority crane later lifted the sunken Dhow in pieces and dumped them on the east bank.

Advertisment for sailings in 1902 from Ardrossan to Belfast and Portrush (Northern Ireland)

Elder Dempster Lines cargo ship SWEDRU struck Apapa Wharf, Lagos while berthing at the port

      Lagos Port Authority reported that the Elder Dempster Lines cargo ship SWEDRU struck Apapa Wharf while berthing at the port.   The vessel had experienced a fault in her steering gear and had sustained a twisted stem. 

   She left later that day for DUALA

Woman passenger from Bank Line's cargo ship ROSEBANK is killed by a terrorist grenade at Aden

      A British woman passenger from the Bank Line cargo ship ROSEBANK was killed by a grenade at Aden.

   The ship was bunkering with fuel oil at the buoys in Aden Harbour and the woman and her husband and a number of other Britons from the vessel had gone ashore and were standing outside a restaurant when a terrorist threw a grenade at them.

   The woman was killed and her husband and three others from her party were injured.   A number of Arabs in the vicinity were also injured in the explosion and the killer immediately ran off.

   British Army personnel were quickly at the scene and the injured Britons were taken to the Army Hospital for treatment.

   An Official at Aden, which is a British Protectorate, stressed that passengers and crews from ships should not go ashore as terrorists had murdered six people in the previous two weeks.

Fire in number 1 hold of LAIRDSGLEN at Dublin

   A fire broke out in number 1 hold of the Burns & Laird coastal cargo ship LAIRDSGLEN while she was at Dublin and loading cargo for Glasgow.  

   The fire was quickly brought under control and extinguished and some cargo was damaged but the vessel herself was not thought to have been damaged.   The damaged cargo was discharged back to the dockside.

Brasilian Steamer ITAPURA launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon

CLAN MACTAVISH arrives in Glasgow from Aden via Belfast

Donaldson Line's LAURENTIA opens for receiving cargo for Montreal

DONALDSON  LINE

GLASGOW  to  MONTREAL  P.Q.

s.s.  LAURENTIA  Receiving 15^th – 22^nd April

GLASGOW to MONTREAL, TORONTO and HAMILTON, Ont.

m.s.  GEERTJE BUISMAN

Receiving 25^th April – 29^th April

Also  SERVICE  to  RIVER  PLATE

For freight rates apply 14 St Vincent Place (CENtral 3901)

and for Passenger Fares phone CITy 8577

The QUEEN MARY undergoing restoration at her permanent berth at the Glasgow Science Centre. 

Jim McIntosh writes:

   I am on holiday in Glasgow (born in Pollokshaws) and touring the West of Scotland for the next four weeks.

   The QUEEN MARY undergoing restoration at her permanent berth at the Glasgow Science Centre.  

   This is the first time that I have seen her since about 1970 when we emigrated to Sydney. Australia and I was aghast at seeing that horrendous yellow colour on her funnels.   The buff colour she had in the Caledonian Steam Packet days suited her much better, as did the wider single funnel.

   Surely the restorers could have had a buff paint mixed at one of the Glasgow Hardware Stores.    

Derelict and disused Govan Drydocks, Govan, Glasgow on 16 September 2017

   In the first image you will see in the background the tall Glasgow Tower of the Glasgow Science Centre at Pacific Quay (the quay was formerly called Plantation Quay).

   Just below the tower are the twin yellow funnels (Americans call them Stacks) of the former Clyde excursion steamer QUEEN MARY 11, but now known simply as QUEEN MARY.

GLENLEE at the Riverside Museum, Glasgow

Noticeboard for the free-of-charge small passenger ferry which runs the short distance across the River Clyde from the public car park at Govan directly to a pontoon beside the GLENLEE at the Riverside Museum

GLENLEE at the Riverside Museum of Transport, Pointhouse, Glasgow.   The Museum is built on the land which once housed Inglis Shipyard at Pointhouse, the West Basin (now infilled) and Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow.

Pontoon at River Kelvin adjacent to the Riverside Museum of Transport, Glasgow.    

PORT LAUNCESTON closes for receiving cargo at London for Australia

PORT   LINE

AUSTRALIA  VIA   CAPE

PORT LAUNCESTON      Closing London March 26

8 King George V Dock

Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Launceston and Hobart                                     

Closing March 23 for Tasmanian cargo

PORT MELBOURNE    Closing Hamburg April 8,

Antwerp April 10,  London April 16 (8 King George V Dock)

Melbourne, Sydney,  Launceston and Hobart                                     

Closing April 13 for Tasmanian cargo

NEW  ZEALAND  VIA   PANAMA

TREWELLARD     Closing London April 8

for  Lyttelton and Timaru, via Suva

PORT  LINE  LIMITED,

CUNARD  HOUSE,   88 LEADENHALL  STREET,

LONDON  E.C.3.    Phone  AVEnue 1270

IRISH ELM arrives in Glasgow with a cargo of grain from Philadelphia (U.S.A.)

   Irish Shipping’s cargo ship IRISH ELM arrived at berth 3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow at 1525 on 19^th March 1957.

   Two Clyde Shipping Company tugs brought her to the berth and she tied up with her head west (that is heading downriver) and drawing 24’ 02” forward and 26’ 00” aft and was carrying 7,500 tons of grain from Philadelphia U.S.A.   Her Agent in Glasgow was the John S Braid Company.

   At 1100 on 20^th March, to position the ship for unloading, IRISH ELM shifted along the quayside to berth 2, her draught being unchanged.

   Clyde Navigation Trust began unloading the grain to the adjacent huge Meadowside Granary at 1300 on 20^th March and completed discharge at 1815 on 25^th March.

   On 22^nd March the harbour oiler SHELL MEX 5 came alongside and bunkered her with 300 tons of fuel oil and on 25^th March SHELL MEX 5 again came alongside, this time bunkering her with 220 tons of fuel oil.

   Assisted by two Clyde Shipping tugs, IRISH ELM left her berth light ship (= no cargo on board = empty of cargo) at 2155 on 25^th March and, drawing 11’ 00” forward and 18’ 00” aft, made her way down the River Clyde and out past Ireland and across the Atlantic Ocean to Key West in Florida, U.S.A. for orders.   Quite quaintly, the Dock Log-Book describes Key West as “Quay West.”

UGANDA leaves Leith on a cruise to Vigo, Gibraltar, Malaga and Lisbon

Girl stows away on Royal Navy submarine H.M.S. WALRUS

   Incredible as it may sound a girl stowed-away on a British Navy Submarine.

   The Royal Navy submarine H.M.S. WALRUS had been at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. on a courtesy visit after completing Naval exercises in the Atlantic and had left Baltimore on passage for the Holy Loch in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.

   About five hours after leaving Baltimore a girl stowaway was found hiding in the submarine’s conning tower.   She said that she wanted to go to England to see her father who was stationed there with the U.S. Military.

   The submarine returned to Baltimore and Police removed the girl from the ship.

   H.M.S. WALRUS is a Porpoise class submarine and was built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock.   She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1961, is 290 feet long, has a complement of 71 men and has 8 torpedo tubes and carries 30 torpedoes.

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Elder Dempster Lines sailings to West Africa in May and June 1957

ELDER  DEMPSTER  LINES

 Head Office :  India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool 2

Agencies at Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow.

London Freight Agents : Killick Martin & Co. Ltd.,

Dunster House, 20 Mark Lane, London, E.C.3.

Palm Line Ltd., Unilever House, Blackfriars, London E.C.4.

Guinea Gulf Line Ltd., India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool 2

MAIL  PASSENGER  &  CARGO  SERVICES

U.K. and CONTINENT  and   U.S.A. and CANADA

to and from  WEST AFRICA

CANADA TO SOUTH AFRICA

CALCUTTA TO WEST AFRICA

FROM  LIVERPOOL            Cargo received

GAMBIA PALM               May 27-29

(North No. 2 Queen’s Dock) for Freetown

SHONGA                       June 1-5 for Takoradi

May 24-31 for Cape Coast, Winneba, Accra

(S.W. Brunswick Dock)

ACCRA            May 30 – June 6

( S E No. 1 Canada Dock) for

Freetown, Takoradi, Apapa

 FROM  SWANSEA   (via Liverpool)

EBOE          May 23 – June 1

( “F” Shed Kings Dock) for

Freetown, Takoradi, Accra, Lagos, Apapa,

Duala, Victoria, Calabar

FROM  GLASGOW   (via Liverpool)

KADUNA     Dates to be announced

(Berth to be arranged) for

Freetown, Takoradi, Accra, + Cotonou,

Apapa, Port Harcourt, Duala, Victoria,

*Tiko, Calabar

FROM  LONDON

SAPELE PALM

(13/14 Tilbury Dock)   

June 3-11 for Apapa

June 3-7 for

Lagos, Calabar, Victoria, *Tiko, Duala

FROM  CONTINENT

EGORI       Antwerp June 8,  Bremen June 11

Hamburg June 15,  Rotterdam June 19  for

Dakar, Takoradi, Lagos, Port Harcourt

* If sufficient inducement

+ Limited quantity only

 All Sailings and itineraries are subject to alteration or

cancellation without notice, and all bookings are made subject to Terms and Conditions of Carrier’s B/L.

Additional e-mail :   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 ? ”

Ben Line on 24 and 25 April 1966

BENARMIN at London 24 April for Hamburg

BENARTY at Singapore 25 April for Hong Kong

BENATTOW at Rejang 24 April for Bugo

BENCLEUCH at Port Said 25 April for Aden

BENDEARG at London 24 April for Suez

BENDORAN at Hong Kong 24 April for Singapore

BENGLOE at Yokohama 24 April for Kaohsiung

BENHIANT left Bugo 25 April for Rejang

BENLOYAL left Port Swettenham 24 April for Aden

BENMACDHUI at Bangkok 22 April for Hong Kong

BENMHOR at London 25 April for Port Said

BENNEVIS at Singapore 25 April for Port Swettenham

Hain-Nourse cargo ship TRENEGLOS in collision with the Greek tanker JOANNA V at Beira

The Beira Port Authority in Mozambique reported that the British cargo ship TRENEGLOS had been in collision with the Greek tanker JOANNA V in Beira Port.

   The tanker had arrived about two weeks previously amid controversy about bringing oil to Beira in contravention of the British Royal Navy blockade of oil imports which could be going to Rhodesia.

   JOANNA V sustained damage to her stern.   There was no report of any damage to TRENEGLOS, a general cargo ship 505 feet long and 9,976 gross tons and owned by New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London, and managed by Hain-Nourse Ltd, London.

Additional note : Does anyone have details of JOANNA V ?

MANCHESTER MERCHANT makes a distress call reporting a fire in a hold

   The U.S. Coast Guard at New York reported that the British freighter MANCHESTER MERCHANT had radioed a distress call asking for assistance in tackling a fire in a hold which is next to a hold containing 600 tons of fuel oil.

   The ship is in the North Atlantic about 450 miles from Cape Race, Newfoundland, and on passage from Jacksonville, Florida with a general cargo to Belfast and Manchester.   She has a crew of 46 and is carrying 12 passengers.

   MANCHESTER MERCHANT was built by Barclay Curle’s Blythswood Shipbuilding Company at Whiteinch, Glasgow in 1951 and is a general cargo ship of 7,651 gross tons and owned by Manchester Liners of Manchester, England.

   The Coast Guard later advised that MANCHESTER MERCHANT had cancelled her earlier distress call and that the fire was now under control.

P & O / B. I. Sailings from U.K. and Continent in June and July 1957

P & O  /  B. ­I.

FREIGHT  &  PASSENGER  SERVICES

With liberty to proceed via Suez, The Cape or Panama

P & O  SAILINGS

Australia  (Closing Dates)

(s)  PINJARRA  ….  London (9 KGV Dock) May 27

Marseilles June 1   Genoa June 3

ADELAIDE,  MELBOURNE,  GEELONG  and  SYDNEY

(s)  ¶  STRATHEDEN  ….  London (Tilbury Dock)

June 19 (Sydney cargo),  June 20 (other ports)

ADELAIDE,  MELBOURNE  and  SYDNEY

(s)  BALLARAT  …. Middlesbrough June 17

   London June 29 (Sydney cargo),  July 1 (other ports)

MELBOURNE,  GEELONG  and  SYDNEY

¶  Refrigerated Space

(s)  Via Suez

Far East via Suez  (Closing Dates)

‡ (r)  SUNDA  …. Southampton May 25

* (r)  CORFU  ….  Southampton May 29

§ ¶ (r)  SALSETTE  …. (a) London June 5

London June 6   Southampton June 11

(a)  Manila,  Hong  Kong,  North China cargo

¶  (r)  SALMARA  ….  (a) London June 12

Antwerp May 27,  London June 13,  Rotterdam June 17

(a)  Manila,  Hong  Kong,  Japan,  North China cargo

*  Penang,  Singapore,  Hong  Kong

‡  Penang,  Port  Swettenham,  Singapore,  Manila,

Otaru,  Yokohama,  Nagoya,  Kobe  and  † Shanghai

¶  Port  Swettenham,  Singapore,  Manila,  Hong  Kong,

† Hsinkang  and  † Tsingtao

§  Also calls Penang

(r)  Refrigerated Space

†  Licensed cargo only

∏  Also calls Otaru,  Yokohama,  Nagoya  and  Kobe

All vessels take cargo for Bangkok with transhipment at Singapore

P & O  &  B. I.  JOINT  SERVICE

COLOMBO,  MADRAS,  CALCUTTA

via  SUEZ

(Closing Dates)

With liberty to call at other Indian and East and West Pakistan Ports

KARMALA  (P & O)  … Rotterdam June 12

Antwerp June 14,   Middlesbrough June 18,  London June 20

* CHILKA  (B.I.)  ….  Middlesbrough June 21,

Antwerp June 25,  Rotterdam June 27,  London July 4

§  CHINKOA  (B.I.)  ….  Hamburg June 28,

Antwerp July 3,  Rotterdam July 6,  Middlesbrough July 10,  London July 18

§  SOCOTRA  (P & O)  ….  Middlesbrough July 19

Rotterdam July 23,  Antwerp July 25,  London August 1

* Calls Port Sudan and Aden

§  Calls Aden

BOMBAY  &  KARACHI  via  SUEZ

(Closing Dates)

 (With liberty to call at other Indian and Pakistan Ports.  

Cargo also accepted under through Bills of Lading via

Bombay to Bedi Bunder, Navalakhi, Port Okha, Bhavnagar, Seychelles, Cochin, and Persian Gulf Ports etc.)

DONGOLA  (P & O)  Marseilles May 28,  Genoa May 30

¶  TREVEAN  (P & O)  ….  Antwerp May 29

London May 6,  Marseilles June 16,  Genoa May 18

§  PADANA  (B.I.)  ….  Middlesbrough June 9,

Rotterdam June 13,  Antwerp June 15,  London June 22

A  STEAMER  (P & O)  ….  Middlesbrough June 26,

Rotterdam June 30,  Antwerp July 3,  London July 11

¶  Also calls Gibraltar if sufficient inducement

§  Also accepts cargo for Jeddah, Massawa and Aden

B.I. RED SEA SERVICE

(CLOSING DATES)

PORT SUDAN,  JEDDAH,  MASSAWA AND ADEN

VIA SUEZ

* PADANA  ….  Middlesbrough June 9

Rotterdam June 13,  Antwerp June 15,  London June 22

*  Not calling Port Sudan

The above vessel has liberty to call at Ceuta or Algiers

B.I. TO  EAST  AFRICA

(CLOSING DATES)

†  KENYA  ….  London June 4

†  Also calls Nacala

P & O  SAILINGS  APPLY :

122 Leadenhall Street,  E.C.3    (AVEnue 8000)

14/16 Cockspur Street,  S.W.1   (WHItehall 4444)

ESCOMBE McGRATH & CO. LTD.,

4 Lloyds Avenue,  E.C.3.   (ROYal 9181)

Zetland Buildings, Middlesbrough   (M’bro 2381)

G.S.N. CO. LTD.,  91 Bothwell Street,  Glasgow  C.2.

(CENtral 2803 & 6643)

B. I.  SAILINGS  APPLY :

B.I.S.N. CO. LTD.,  One Aldgate, E.C.3.   (ROYal 4535)

GELLATLY, HANKEY & CO. LTD.,

One Aldgate, E.C.3.   (ROYal  1272)

GOSMAN & SMITH LTD.,   Middlesbrough and

Newcastle to Bombay, Kathiawar Ports & Karachi,

96/98 Leadenhall Street,  E.C.3.   (AVEnue 5171)

WALTONS (MIDDLESBROUGH) LTD.,

Zetland Buildings, Middlesbrough      (M’bro 3086)

British India Steam Navigation Company Postcard of RAJULA on Madras-Nagapattinam-Straits Service

Company Postcard of RAJULA.

   On the reverse side of the card is

B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.           MADRAS – NAGAPATTINAM-

s.s. “RAJULA”                                 STRAITS SERVICE

8496 tons 

Ice on the River Clyde at Glasgow Harbour

Former Admiralty Jetty (now used by yachtsmen and small boats) in Gourock Bay

   Contributed by Jim McKenzie :

 I was brought up in Gourock and remember the jetty being often used by small RMAS (Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service) vessels.   The big Ocean-going tug ROYSTERER (or was it ROLLICKER ?) always seemed to be a permanent fixture at the jetty.

Something I often wondered about was why this big tug was stationed in Gourock Bay, which is relatively remote, when the tug could have been berthed at the Admiralty bases at Great Harbour, Greenock or across the water at R.N. Base at the Gare Loch.

British trawler OTHELLO reported on fire 100 miles off Norway and crew taken off

   The Norwegian Coastguard reported that the British fishing trawler OTHELLO owned by Associated Fisheries Ltd. of Hull was on fire about 100 nautical miles off the coast of Norway.   The crew have been taken aboard another British trawler, the ROSS AQUILA, owned by the Ross Group of Grimsby.

   OTHELLO was built in 1966 by Yarrow & Co. Ltd. at Scotstoun, Glasgow and is 224 feet-long and employed in fishing in the deep-sea and middle-waters off Norway and Iceland

Ellerman's CITY OF OTTAWA opens for receiving cargo at Glasgow for the Persian Gulf

PERSIAN   GULF

FROM

SCOTLAND

STRICK  &  ELLERMAN  LINE

m.v.  “CITY OF OTTAWA”

Receiving Glasgow  ….  12^th – 20^th April

for

KUWAIT,   BAHRAIN,   KHORRAMSHAHR,

BASRAH  (BAGHDAD,   MOSUL,   KIRKUK)

DAMMAM,   UMM  SAID,   DUBAI

m.v.  “TRECARRELL”

Receiving Grangemouth  ….  12^th – 18^th April

for

BANDAR  SHAHPUR,   KHORRAMSHAHR,

BASRAH  (BAGHDAD,   MOSUL,   KIRKUK)

DAMMAM

 For further details, apply

FRANK  C.  STRICK  (GLASGOW)  LTD.,

95  BOTHWELL  STREET,   GLASGOW  C.2.

Phone  CITy  6131

February 1946 Advert by McCallum, Orme & Co. Ltd for their sailings from Glasgow to West Highlands

GLASGOW  AND  WEST  HIGHLANDS

For  Islay,  Colonsay,  Oban,  Iona,  Mull,

Coll,  Tiree,  Skye,  Harris,  Uist  &  Barra

McCALLUM,  ORME  &  CO.  LTD.,

45  UNION  STREET,   GLASGOW  C. 2.

 Carrying  Subject  to  Conditions  on  Sailing  Bill

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

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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B.P. Tanker BRITISH CAVALIER lands a sick crewman at Gourock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland

   The 32,184 gross ton B.P. oil tanker BRITISH CAVALIER had to make a full 180° turn in the Firth of Clyde to land a sick crewman.

   The ship had left Finnart Oil Terminal in Loch Long after discharging a cargo of crude oil from the Middle East and was on her way out from the Clyde when a crewman was reported to be seriously ill.

   The Master turned the 760-feet long ship in the Firth of Clyde off Arran and brought her to Gourock where a Clyde Pilot vessel came alongside the tanker and took the man to Gourock Pier where an ambulance was waiting to take him to Hospital.

Dorland Agency Advert in William Sloan Company Correspondence

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSROCK leaves Greenock for Belfast and shelters from Gale in Loch Ryan

Dredger CRAIGIEHALL and HOPPER NO. 9 at work in the River Clyde

New passenger Liner EMPRESS OF BRITAIN launched by Fairfield Shipbuilders, Govan, Glasgow

Aznar Line's MONTE URQUIOLA struck Tower Bridge, London, when arriving from Canary Islands

   The 7,723 gross ton Spanish passenger and cargo ship MONTE URQUIOLA struck Tower Bridge, London, as she was passing through the bridge on her way upriver to the Upper Pool to berth at New Fresh Wharf.

   The ship, owned by the Aznar Line of Bilbao, was arriving with passengers and a cargo of fresh fruit from the Canary Islands and  sustained only slight damage to her port side

Ben Line's BENDORAN closes at London for receiving cargo for Singapore and Bangkok

BEN   LINE

TO

FAR   EAST

(r)  BENDORAN  ….  Closing London March 24

for Singapore and Bangkok

‡  BENWYVIS  …. 

Closing Antwerp Mar 25  ..  London Mar 29  ..  Southampton Apr 2

for  Penang,  Singapore,  Port Swettenham,  Hong  Kong

BENATTOW

Closing Hamburg Mar 25,  Antwerp Apr 1,  London Apr 8

for Singapore,  Bangkok,  Manila,  Cebu

‡  BENLAWERS

Closing Hamburg Apr 6  ..  Middlesbrough Apr 12  …  London Apr 17

for Penang,  Port Swettenham,  Singapore,  Hong Kong

BENALBANACH

Closing Hamburg Apr 15  …  London Apr 23

for  Singapore,  Port Swettenham,  Bangkok

‡ Keelung with transhipment    (r) Refrigerator space

London Loading Berth :  C Shed, Victoria Dock

KILLICK MARTIN & CO. LTD. (Brokers)

20 Mark Lane, E.C.3.    MINcing Lane 3100  (32 lines)

WM. THOMSON & CO., EDINBURGH  Managers

Barge CW3 working at new construction at Western Ferries Terminal at McInroy's Point, Gourock

Can anyone tell any details of this barge and what is being constructed ?

SOUND OF SOAY at McInroy's Point, Gourock, Firth of Clyde

SOUND OF SOAY operates on the Western Ferries passenger and vehicle service in the Firth of Clyde between McInroy’s Point and Hunter’s Quay, Dunoon.   The ship was built at Cammell Lairds shipyard in Birkenhead in 2013 and can carry 54 cars.

Sealink "We'll show you the way to Europe" poster around 1962

Watt Memorial College, Dalrymple Street, Greenock pre-sea Cadet course and sailing in a lifeboat

   In the 1960’s the pre-sea Navigating Cadet course at the Watt Memorial College, Dalrymple Street, Greenock used a ship’s lifeboat for practical experience in boat-handling, rowing, sailing and berthing.

   The boat was kept at what was referred to as “Gourock Yacht Club” but now known as “Royal West of Scotland Amateur Boat Club” at their Clubhouse at the Gourock end of Greenock Esplanade.   The boat was rowed and sailed around the lower Firth and Tail-of-the-Bank and Gare Loch and the Cadets were given experience in commanding the others in rowing and also in bringing the boat alongside the stone slipway.

   Captain John Pearson, who taught the Cadets, was in charge of the boat and it is interesting to note that he was President of the Club from 1967 to 1970 as is shown on the Wall-Plaque in the Clubhouse.

The Clubhouse and shore

The slipway where the Cadets practiced bringing the lifeboat alongside.  The approach was made under oars and the Cadet at the tiller gave appropriate orders to the rowers and steered the boat to bring the boat gently to rest at the slip.

Landing craft RED BARONESS arrives in Old Dock of Troon Harbour

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Clan Line's CLAN CAMPBELL calls at Honolulu to load coal bunkers

Contributed by Graeme McIver

HONOLULU STAR BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1915
The British steamer Clan Campbell
carrying a cargo of about 7500 tons of
sugar and hemp from the Philippines,
came into the harbor this morning to
take bunkers. William H. Price is her
master. She will go to New York, and
Boston via Panama 

Officers of Clan Line's CLAN FORBES probably around 1914 time

Contributed by Graeme McIver

Booker Line's ARAKAKA opens at Liverpool for receiving cargo for Demerara

BOOKER   LINE

LIVERPOOL – DEMERARA direct

ARAKAKA  ….  Receiving Mar 18 / Apr 8

N. W. Harrington Dock

For Freight, Passage, etc. apply to

London Agents : BOOKERS SHIPPING & TRADING CO. LTD.,

10/12 Little Trinity Lane, E.C.4.

or Owners

BOOKER LINE LTD.,

Martins Bank Building,  Water Street,  Liverpool 2

From WIKIPEDIA  

Demerara (Dutch: Demerary) is a historical region in the Guianas on the north coast of South America which is now part of the country of Guyana. It was a Dutch colony until 1815 and a county of British Guiana from 1838 to 1966. It was located about the lower courses of the Demerara River, and its main town was Georgetown.

The name "Demerara" comes from a variant of the Arawak word "Immenary" or "Dumaruni" which means "river of the letter wood". Demerara sugar is so named because originally it came from sugar cane fields in the colony of Demerara. 

Everard's coastal tanker ANONITY arrives at Clydebank with fuel oil from Ellesmere Port

   Everard’s coastal tanker ANONITY arrived at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, River Clyde on 12^th August 1963 at 1700.

   She had come from Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, England and tied up at berth 5 with her head north and was carrying 846.75 tons of fuel oil and her draught forward was 12’ 04” and aft 14’ 10”.

   Discharging commenced at 1830 on 12^th August and was completed at 0110 on 13^th August.

   On 12^th August she bunkered 30 tons of marine diesel fuel oil.

At 0613 on 13^th August, light-ship (that is = empty of any cargo) and drawing 7’ 06” forward and 13’ 06” aft she left Rothesay Dock and left the Clyde for sea, to await orders from her owners directing her to somewhere for her next cargo.

Plaque presented by RNAS H.M.S. GANNET to the "Tea Dancers" at Troon Concert Hall, Troon

Plaque presented by 819 Squadron Royal Naval Air Station H.M.S. GANNET at Prestwick to the "Tea Dancers" at Troon Concert Hall, Troon

Vessel 1710 U in Great Harbour, Greenock

Can anyone please supply details of this vessel ?

Tug S D KYLE OF LOCHALSH in Great Harbour, Greenock

Can anyone please supply details of this vessel ?

CLAN CAMPBELL sunk by German U-boat U-39 in the Mediterranean

On 3^rd April 1916 CLAN CAMPBELL was on passage from Tuticorin (India) to Glasgow with a general cargo when she was torpedoed, shelled then sunk by German U-boat U-39 (Commander Walter Forstmann) in the Mediterranean, 29 miles south east of Cape Bon, in position 36° 47"N  11° 33"E and there were no casualties.

Crew List for CLAN CAMPBELL in 1915

Contributed by Graeme McIver

Reference:
BT 400/3990/2  

Description:

Ship: Clan Campbell; Official number: 136320. 

W H Price; rank/rating, Master; age, 57; place of birth, Liverpool; previous ship, Clan Macdougall. 

W P Smith; rank/rating, 1st Mate; age, 36; place of birth, Glasgow; previous ship, Clan Macquarrie. 

W Pollock; rank/rating, 2nd Mate; age, 30; place of birth, Swatow, Nbbs; previous ship, Clan Sutherland. 

J W Durling; rank/rating, 3rd Mate; age, 23; place of birth, London; previous ship, Clan Macdonald. 

John S Munro; rank/rating, 4th Mate and Assistant Wireless; age, 24; place of birth, Edinburgh; previous ship, Oriflamme. 

N Grady; rank/rating, Carpenter; age, 38; place of birth, Govan; previous ship, Clan Mcarthur. 

J H Morton; rank/rating, Steward; age, 39; place of birth, Dublin; previous ship, Clan Urquhart. 

Charles McIver; rank/rating, 1st Engineer; age, 43; place of birth, Cookstown; previous ship, Clan Macbride. 

John Creber; rank/rating, 2nd Engineer; age, 48; place of birth, Devonshire; previous ship, Clan Macewan. 

J M Arnott; rank/rating, 3rd Engineer; age, 25; place of birth, Ibrox; previous ship, Clan Macintyre. 

Thomas D Symons; rank/rating, 4th Engineer; age, 23; place of birth, Selkirk; previous ship, Clan Murray. 

Andrew C Fraser; rank/rating, 5th Engineer; age, 21; place of birth, Kirkaldy; previous ship, first. 

L G Sparks; rank/rating, Wireless Operator; age, 18; place of birth, Bristol; previous ship, first. 

Richard Hay; rank/rating, Apprentice; year of birth, 1895; place of birth, Leith; Indentured at Glasgow in 1911. 

Frederick Joseph Hurst; rank/rating, Apprentice; year of birth, 1896; place of birth, Londonderry; Indentured at Liverpool in 1913. 

Palm Line vessels in mid-March 1957

AFRICA PALM arrived Takoradi 15 March from Sapele

ASHANTI PALM arrived Douala 13 March for Liverpool

ASHANTI PALM sailed from Douala 14 March for Accra

ASHANTI PALM arrived Accra 17 March

BAMENDA PALM arrived Freetown 15 March from Port Harcourt

BENIN PALM arrived Freetown 15 March from Warri

BENIN PALM sailed from Freetown 15 March for Hamburg

DAHOMEY PALM sailed from Sapele 16 March for London and Tyne

GAMBIA PALM sailed from Lagos 16 March for Douala

LAGOS PALM arrived Liverpool 16 March from west coast Africa

MATADI PALM arrived Abonnema 16 March from London

MATADI PALM sailed from Abonnema 16 March

NIGER PALM sailed Takoradi 14 March for Lagos

NIGER PALM arrived Lagos 16 March from Takoradi and London

OGUTA PALM arrived Accra 15 March from London

OPOBO PALM sailed from Liverpool 16 March for west coast Africa

SAPELE PALM arrived Freetown 15 March from Antwerp

SAPELE PALM sailed from Freetown 15 March for Sapele

TAKORADI PALM sailed from Las Palmas 14 March

Bullard Kings UMTATA closes at Middlesbrough for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

NATAL   LINE

TO

SOUTH  AFRICA

Cargo and Passenger Service

U.K.  and  CONTINENT  to

CAPE  TOWN,   PORT  ELIZABETH,

EAST  LONDON,   DURBAN,

LOURENCO  MARQUES   and   BEIRA

UMTATA  Closing Middlesbrough May 29,

Antwerp June 1,  and  London June 6

For rates of Freight etc., apply —

BULLARD,  KING  &  CO.  LTD.,

61  GRACECHURCH  STREET,   LONDON,  E.C.3

Telephone  Mansion House 5681

Telegrams  “Baronet, Bilgate”

MIDDLESBROUGH —  T. A. Bulmer & Co. Ltd.

ANTWERP — John P. Best & Co.,  34-35 Groenplaatz

Port Line's PORT HARDY closes for receiving cargo at London for Australian Ports

PORT   LINE

AUSTRALIA  via  CAPE

PORT HARDY  ….  Closing 8 King George V Dock, London Nov 22

for   ADELAIDE,   MELBOURNE,   SYDNEY,   BURNIE,

BEAUTY  POINT  and/or INSPECTION HEAD  and   HOBART

PORT TOWNSVILLE  …. 

Closing Hamburg Nov 24   Antwerp Nov 26  and

8 King George V Dock, London Dec 6

for  ADELAIDE,   MELBOURNE,   SYDNEY,   BRISBANE

NEW  ZEALAND  via  PANAMA

CRAGMOOR  ….  Closing 17/19 Royal Albert Dock, London Nov 21 for

PORT  CHALMERS  &/or  DUNEDIN  &  NEW  PLYMOUTH  (via  Suva)

PORT  LINE  LIMITED

CUNARD  HOUSE,  88  LEADENHALL  STREET,

LONDON     Phone   AVEnue 1290

Liberty ship PONCE DE LEON aground off Dunoon and Clyde puffers lightening her of cargo

From Wikipedia : Juan Ponce de León 1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first known European expedition to La Florida, which he named during his first voyage to the area in 1513. Though in popular culture, he was supposedly searching for the Fountain of Youth, there is no contemporary evidence to support the story, which is likely a myth.

Ponce de León returned to southwest Florida in 1521 to lead the first large-scale attempt to establish a Spanish colony in what is now the continental United States. However, the native Calusa people fiercely resisted the incursion, and de León was seriously wounded in a skirmish. The colonization attempt was abandoned, and its leader died from his wounds soon after returning to Cuba. He was interred in Puerto Rico, and his tomb is located inside of the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in San Juan.

Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel EURYBATES receiving cargo at Glasgow for the Far East and Indonesia

ALFRED  HOLT  &  Co.

BLUE  FUNNEL  LINE

GLASGOW,   BIRKENHEAD

and  SOUTH  WALES

to

FAR  EAST  and  INDONESIA

† EURYBATES  ….  Receiving now at Glasgow

Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 24

for  PORT  SAID,    JEDDAH,   PENANG

PRAI,  PORT  SWETTENHAM,  

SINGAPORE,   BANGKOK,   LABUAN

†(R)  AUTOMEDON  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 24

for  BELAWAN,   DJAKARTA,   TJIREBON,

SAMARANG,   SURABAYA,   BALIK  PAPAN,

*MACASSAR  via Amsterdam and Malayan Ports

†(R)  ANTILOCHUS  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 29

for  PENANG,   PRAI,   PORT  SWETTENHAM,

SINGAPORE,   BANGKOK,   HONG  KONG,

*KEELUNG,   *KOBE,   *YOKOHAMA

MELAMPUS  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Dec 2

for  PENANG,   PRAI,   PORT  SWETTENHAM,

SINGAPORE,   *BANGKOK,   SUNGEI  GERONG

†Receiving now    (R) Refrigerator space

*With transhipment

Before despatch of goods Shippers must apply—

ALFRED HOLT & CO.,  Liverpool.

McGREGOR, GOW & HOLLAND LTD.,  London

or

BURGESS & CO. LTD.,  Swansea

T. H. COUCH LTD.,  Swansea

JONES, HEARD & CO. LTD.,  Newport

ROXBURGH, COLIN SCOTT,  Glasgow

Carriers’ option to proceed via other port

to load and discharge cargo

Conducting their business in Great Waters at the end of March 1961

AMERICAN BANKER from London at Hampton Roads March 28

APAPA at Takoradi March 28 for Lagos

BENAVON from Hong Kong at Hamburg March 29

BENCLEUCH from Hong Kong left Singapore March 29

BENLOMOND from Hamburg at Singapore March 29

BENMACDHUI left Hamburg March 29 for Immingham

BENVANNOCH from East Java left Muntok March 29

BENVRACKIE from Bangkok left Port Swettenham March 29

CANBERRA STAR from Glasgow at Port Elizabeth March 28

CANTON at Southampton March 29 for Hong Kong

CEDRIC at Auckland March 29 for Lyttelton

CHINDWARA left Madras March 28 for London

CITY OF DURHAM from Glasgow at Tanga March 28

CITY OF ELY left Cochin March 29 for London

CITY OF EXETER left Cape Town March 29 for London

CITY OF LIVERPOOL left Liverpool March 28 for Bombay

CITY OF MANCHESTER at Lourenco Marques March 28 for London

CORNWALL left Melbourne March 28 for London

DURANGO at Santos March 28 for Buenos Aires

EBRO at Vitoria March 28 for London

EMPRESS OF ENGLAND at Liverpool March 29 from New York

EVA JEANETTE from Glasgow at Hampton Roads March 28

HIMALAYA left Fremantle March 29 for London

IXION at Brisbane March 29 from Glasgow

KADEIK at Cape Coast March 29 for London

NORDIC at Fremantle March 28 from Glasgow

OTAKI at Fremantle March 29 for Brisbane

QUEEN ELIZABETH from Southampton at New York March 29

RANGITIKI left Wellington March 28 for London

SINALOA from Southampton at Kingston (Jamaica) March 28

SURREY left Aden March 28 for London

TARANAKI left Napier March 29 for Southampton

WAROONGA left Suez March 28 for Sydney

WORCESTERSHIRE at Colombo March 29 for Rangoon

WOODARRA at Brisbane March 29 for London

YOMA from Glasgow left Suez March 29

P. D. Hendry & Sons of Glasgow in 1960

P. D. HENDRY & SONS  …  in 1960

 Managing : Herries Shipping Lines Ltd.

 Office : 121 St Vincent Street, Glasgow C.2.

Telegraphic Address : “Loadline”

Telephone : Central 0901

Telex : 77-112

Partner : J. H. Henderson

Superintendents : McArthur Morison & Co.,

                             40 St Enoch Square, Glasgow C.1.

HERRIESDALE  (a 3-island general cargo coastal motor ship) 538 gross, 275 net, 10 knots, built 1937, bought 1957

  ..................................................................................................................

Anchor Line's new ship SIDONIA on her maiden voyage from Rotterdam to and at London

ROTTERDAM towards and at LONDON

0100  Starboard side to quay.   All Company and Port Regulations strictly observed.   Continuous gangway watch, fire and security patrol maintained.   Moorings tended.

0400  Cloudy, fine and clear.  Light airs, force 1.   Barometer 29/65     Air temperature 49°

0600  All Bridge and Navigation Gear tested.   Steering gear and whistle …? …..

0700  Pilot M.B.Tegelaar on board. 

0734  Bridge and Engine Room clocks synchronised.  Master's orders and Pilot's advice.

0756  Let go for'd.

0757  Let go aft.

0759  Slow ahead.   Helm and engine.

0800  Light airs, force 1.  Barometer 29/70.  Air temperature 50°

0802  Let go after tug.

0803  Let go for'd tug.

0812  Waalhaven Harbour.

0920  Poortershaven abeam to starboard.

0932  No. 4 Beacon abeam.

0946  Hook.

1018  RFA (Rang full away /rang full ahead) on passage.  Maas buoy bearing 329° distant 1 mile.

1020  Log streamed.

1100  Course 249°

1130  Crew wearing lifejackets exercised at boat and fire drill.  All LSA and FFA (… = Life saving appliances and fire fighting appliances) examined.

1200  Course 261°  Distance run 27 miles. Slight sea and low swell, overcast, fine and clear.  Wind NW (… = coming from the North West) force 3.   Barometer 29/75   Air temperature 51°

1207  Green wreck buoy bearing 171°T distant 1.2 miles °  (Remainder of line ????? is unreadable)

1300  Course 249°

1400  Course 263°   Light airs force 1, sea smooth force 1, Barometer 29/70, Air temperature 55° 

1448  GALLOPER LIGHTVESSEL bearing 353°T distance 3 miles

1457  GALLOPER LIGHTVESSEL bearing 037°T distance 4.1 miles

1500  Course 320°  

1551  SUNK LIGHTVESSEL bearing 290°distance 1 mile   Master's orders     Engines Half Ahead    EOP ( .. = what is this ????)   Approaching Pilot Cutter.

1600  Light airs force 1, Sea smooth, force 1, Barometer 29/64, Air temperature 56°

1604 ½  Master's orders and Pilot's advice.   Half ahead, helm and engines at Master's Orders and Pilot's Advice as per movement book.

1720  MID BARROW LIGHTVESSEL abeam to port    

1741  West Barrow buoy abeam to starboard

1800  Light airs, force 1.   Barometer 29/68   Air temperature 55°

1801  No.1 Sea Reach Buoy     Pilot Cairns disembarked.

1930 ½  Tilbury Landing Stage abeam to starboard.

1953  Stoneness Buoy abeam

2000  Light airs, force 1.   Barometer 29/69   Air Temperature 52°

2045  Tug SUN V fast for'd.

2051  Margaret Ness Point abeam to starboard

2113 ½  Vessel entering lock

2112  Lines ashore for'd and aft

2120  Vessel secure.

2140 ½  Vessel clear of lock.

2142  Vessel passing through oil in dock.

2211  Vessel secure for'd and aft, starboard side to quay.

2212  RWFE (.. = Rang finished with engines).   All Company and Port Regulations strictly complied with.   Continuous gangway.

2400  Starboard side to quay.   Light airs, force 1.   Barometer 29/72    Air Temperature 49°

0200  Kidde Marine Smoke Detector run continuously.

Draught sailing                       Draught arriving

Fw'd  10' 03”                         Fw'd  10' 03”

Aft     20' 03”                         Aft     20' 03”

Mid   15' 03”                         Mid    15' 03”

Regulation Lights lit from Sunset to Sunrise

Donaldson Line's LAKONIA on voyage 109 in 1914 from Glasgow to Canada and U.S.A.

LAKONIA

Voyage 109 to Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) and Baltimore and Newport News (U.S.A.) via St. John's (Newfoundland)

Captain W. E. Mitchell

3 Mates

1st Mate Johnstone   £14

2nd Mate Hartley      £11

3rd Mate McKenzie  £9

Carpenter                 £7  5/-

Bosun                       £6  5/-

8 AB's                      £5  10.-

1 O.S.                       £3  10/-

1 O.S.                       £2  10/-

Chief Steward Ritchie   £8

2nd Steward                    £4  5/-

Assistant Steward          £3

Apprentice Passmore     -

5 Engineers

Chief Engineer Young  £18

2nd Engineer Carswell   £13  10/-

3rd Engineer Anderson  £9  10/-

4th Engineer Johnston   £7  10/-

5th Engineer Orr           £6

Storekeeper                  £5  15/-

3 Donkeymen & Firemen   £5  15/-

8 Firemen                    £5 10/-

4 Trimmers                 £4  10/-

Ship's Cook & Baker £7

Assistant Cook & Baker  £4  10/-

43 Hands

1914

June 18  5.30p.m. sailed from Glasgow, draft fwd 24' 04' and aft 25' 00'

June 28 arrived St. John's, Newfoundland

July 3 sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland

July 7 arrived Saint John, New Brunswick

July 11 sailed from Saint John, New Brunswick

July 15 arrived Baltimore

July 19 sailed from Baltimore

July 20 arrived Newport News

July 24 sailed from Newport News

Aug 6 arrived Glasgow

50 Days over Voyage

Donaldson Line of Glasgow - Offices and Agents

DONALDSON LINE of Glasgow — Offices and Agents

DONALDSON BROTHERS & BLACK LIMITED — MANAGERS

THE DONALDSON LINE LIMITED

CLYDE STEVEDORING COMPANY LIMITED

Head Office : 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow C.1.

Dock Office : Prince’s Dock, Glasgow S.W.1

London Office : 31-35 Fenchurch Street, London E.C.3.

Store & Repair Works : 219 Govan Road, Glasgow S.W.1.

AGENTS

 United Kingdom

BELFAST                       Anchor Line Limited

BRISTOL                       The Cunard Steam-Ship Co. Ltd.

CARDIFF & BARRY    T. T. Pascoe Ltd.

LIVERPOOL                 The Cunard Steam-Ship Co. Ltd.

MILFORD HAVEN      Stockwood, Rees & Co. Ltd.

NEWPORT, MON        Jones, Heard & Co. Ltd.

SWANSEA                   T. H. Couch Limited   

Canada

The Cunard Steam-Ship Co. Ltd. — General Agents

MONTREAL              TORONTO           HALIFAX  N.S.

QUEBEC                                           SAINT JOHN  N.B.

With Sub-Agents at

HAMILTON                THREE RIVERS       SARNIA

PORT COLBORNE      PORT ALFRED        HUMBERSTONE

Newfoundland

ST. JOHN’S  N.F.                A. Harvey & Co. Ltd.

United States of America

NEW YORK                      Funch, Edye & Co. Inc.

Panama Canal Zone

BALBOA                           Payne & Wardlaw

CRISTOBAL                     Payne & Wardlaw

Nederlands Antilles

CURAÇAO                        S. E. L. Maduro & Sons Inc.

South America

BUENOS AIRES              Blue Star Line de la Argentina

MONTEVIDEO                Soc. Anon. J. R. Williams (Montevideo)

RIO de JANEIRO             Wilson, Sons & Company

RIO GRANDE do SUL      Cranston, Woodhead & Co. Ltd.

SANTOS                        Grant & Cia. Ltda.

Teneriffe

SANTA CRUZ                 Hamilton & Company

 New Zealand

WELLINGTON              The New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.

Suez Canal

PORT SAID                   William Stapledon & Sons

Loading Notice for Harrison Line sailings from Glasgow in March and April 1961

HARRISON   LINE

BARBADOS,   TRINIDAD,   *DEMERARA,

*WINDWARD  and  LEEWARD  ISLANDS,

MARACAIBO

*By transhipment

“ FORESTER “  ……  Closing Glasgow April 7

CRISTOBAL  (COLON),   PANAMA,

LIMON  and  CENTRAL  AMERICA

“PACIFIC RELIANCE”  …..  Closing Glasgow March 22

LIVERPOOL  to  KINGSTON,

VERA  CRUZ,  TAMPICO  and  BELIZE

“ARBITRATOR”  …..  Closing Glasgow March 27

Full particulars apply to the Agents :

Messrs. PRENTICE, SERVICE & HENDERSON LTD.,

68  GORDON  STREET,   GLASGOW  C. 1.

Bad weather stops the public visiting the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. WASP at Tail-of-the-Bank, Greenock

   Plans to allow the public to visit the U.S. Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. WASP at the Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock were cancelled today due to strong winds and rough seas.

   It had been intended, as had happened yesterday when about 700 people had visited the Carrier, that the public were to be taken from Greenock by the ship’s boats to the WASP, but it was felt that the weather made it too dangerous to operate the boats and there would be difficulties in members of the public embarking and disembarking at the Carrier.

   WASP (CVS-18), classified as an anti-submarine carrier and other American warships of Carrier Division 14 under the command of Rear Admiral Paul D. Buie, is on an operational visit to the Clyde and this is not her first visit to Greenock.   She had called there in the Autumn (Fall) of 1952 when taking part in the NATO “Exercise Mainbrace” in which naval vessels from U.S.A., Britain, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Netherlands and Belgium operated in the Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, North Sea and near the Jutland Peninsula and the Baltic Sea, and the objective of the exercise was to convince Denmark and Norway that their countries could be defended from attack by the Soviet Union.                       

Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. in 1960

Contributed by Charlie & Misty Fennelly, New Jersey, U.S.A.

FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Ltd.  …  in 1960

 Office : 138 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.3.

             Telegraph  “Sarculus, Stock”   Telephone Avenue 1041

Marine Superintendent : J. J. YOUNGS, O.B.E., D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.

Superintendent Engineer : R. R. STRACHAN

Naval Architect : R. A. BEATTIE

SERVICES

United Kingdom, Canada and U. S. A. to and from Australia and New Zealand

FLEET in 1960

ADEN  9943 gross tons built 1943

CORNWALL  7583 gross tons built 1952

CUMBERLAND  11,281 gross tons built 1948

DEVON  9,940 gross tons built 1946

DORSET  10,108 gross tons built 1949

DURHAM  10, 984 gross tons built 1934

ESSEX  10,936 gross tons built 1954

GLOUCESTER  8,532 gross tons built 1941

HERTFORD  11,276 gross tons built 1948

HUNTINGDON  11,281 gross tons built 1948

LINCOLN  12,780 gross tons built 1958

MIDDLESEX  8.284 gross tons built 1953

NORTHUMBERLAND  10,335 gross tons built 1955

NOTTINGHAM  6,689 gross tons built 1950

SUFFOLK  11,145 gross tons built 1939

SURREY  8,227 gross tons built 1952

SUSSEX  11,272 gross tons built 1949

Additional comment by Charlie & Misty Fennelly :

   Does anyone have any memories or stories or images / photographs of these vessels which they can put on this site ? 

United States Lines in 1960

Contributed by Charlie & Misty Fennelly, New Jersey, U.S.A.

UNITED  STATES  LINES  Co.  …….  in 1960

Head Office :  1 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y., U.S.A.

                        Telegraph  “Seapost”    Telephone  Digby 4-5800

London Offices : United States Lines Operations Inc.

European Executive Offices : 58 St. James’s Street, London S.W.1

       Telegraph  “Seaurop Picc, London”    Telephone Whitehall 5454

Passenger Office : 50 Pall Mall, London S.W.1.

      Telegraph  “Seapostes, London”    Telephone Whitehall 5454

Freight Office : 38 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.3.

     Telegraph  “Lerum, Fen, London”    Telephone Royal 6677

SERVICES — Passengers and cargo

East Coast U.S.A., U.K., Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

East, Gulf and West Coast U.S.A., Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Hawaii and Hong Kong

SOUTH ATLANTIC SERVICE — Cargo

U.K. and European Ports to Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami 

FLEET  …… in 1960

AMERICA Passenger liner built 1939

AMERICAN ANGLER built 1945

AMERICAN ARCHER built 1945

AMERICAN BANKER built 1945

AMERICAN BUILDER built 1945

AMERICAN CHIEF built 1944

AMERICAN CLIPPER built 1945

AMERICAN FARMER built 1945

AMERICAN FLYER built 1945

AMERICAN FORESTER built 1945

AMERICAN FORWARDER built 1945

AMERICAN GUIDE built 1945

AMERICAN GUNNER built 1943

AMERICAN HARVESTER built 1945

AMERICAN HUNTER built 1943

AMERICAN IMPORTER built 1945

AMERICAN LEADER built 1946

AMERICAN MANUFACTURER built 1945

AMERICAN MERCHANT built 1945

AMERICAN MILLER built 1943

AMERICAN PACKER built 1943

AMERICAN PILOT built 1945

AMERICAN PLANTER built 1943

AMERICAN PRESS built 1945

AMERICAN PRODUCER built 1943

AMERICAN RANGER built 1945

AMERICAN REPORTER built 1945

AMERICAN SCIENTIST built 1943

AMERICAN SCOUT built 1945

AMERICAN SHIPPER built 1945

AMERICAN TRAPPER built 1943

AMERICAN TRAVELER built 1946

AMERICAN VETERAN built 1945

PIONEER COVE built 1946

PIONEER GEM built 1945

PIONEER GLEN built 1945

PIONEER ISLE built 1944

PIONEER MAIN built 1952

PIONEER MART built 1953

PIONEER MILL built 1953

PIONEER MING built 1953

PIONEER MINX built 1953

PIONEER MIST built 1953

PIONEER MOOR built 1953

PIONEER MUSE built 1953

PIONEER MYTH built 1953

PIONEER REEF built 1943

PIONEER STAR built 1945

PIONEER SURF built 1945

PIONEER TIDE built 1946

SOUTHLAND built 1944

SOUTHPORT built 1944

SOUTHSTAR built 1944

SOUTHWIND built 1944

UNITED STATES Passenger liner built 1952 

Additional comment by Charlie & Misty Fennelly :

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January 1871 Advertisment by Anchor Line for passenger sailings from Glasgow to New York

“ ANCHOR “  LINE  OF

TRANSATLANTIC  STEAM-PACKET  SHIPS

The Steamers of this Line will be

despatched as follows :—

FROM  GLASGOW  FOR  NEW  YORK

EVERY  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY

(Calling at Moville, Lough Foyle, on following day, to embark Passengers)

Saloon Cabin —

£12 12s,  £13 13s,  £14 14s  and  £15 15s

According to Accommodation and Situation of berths

Intermediate  ………. £8 8s

Steerage  ………..…..£6 6s

Steerage Passengers are Booked Through, via New York

to BOSTON and QUEBEC at same Rates of

Passage as to New York.   They are also forwarded to

all Railway Stations in the United States of America

and in the Dominion of Canada, as Safely, Speedily,

Comfortably, and Cheaply as by any other Route or Line.

For further particulars, apply to

HANDYSIDE  AND  HENDERSON

96 ½ Foyle Street, Londonderry ; or

51 Union Street, Glasgow ; or

J. BROWN & SON, House and Insurance Agents, Kilmarnock

A. & J. MACKIE, House and Insurance Agents, Kilmarnock

ROBT. BROWN, Ayr

W. McJANNET, Ardrossan

JOHN SERVICE, Kilwinning

JOHN McKENNA, Girvan

ROBT. MENZIES, Kilbirnie

JOHN GRIMWOOD, Saltcoats

MR. A. ANDREW, Irvine

THOMAS SHIELDS, Cumnock

M. ROBERTSON, Galston

JAMES SMYTH, Postmaster, Dalmellington

Advert for P & O Passenger sailings to Australia and East via Suez in Nov & Dec 1957 and Jan 1958

P. & O.  SAILINGS

AUSTRALIA  and  the  EAST

via  SUEZ

Ship and Captain                    From                      To       

 STRATHMORE                    London                  Colombo          

H. P. Maller                           November 11         and Australia

CORFU                                 Southampton         Bombay

G. A. Wild                            November 15         Colombo

                                                                       Malaya

                                                                       Hong Kong

*HIMALAYA                     London                   Bombay

R. G. Freeman                November 15         Colombo

                                                                 and Australia

 CARTHAGE                      Southampton           Bombay

W, T. C. Lethbridge           December 13           Colombo

                                                                            Malaya

                                                                            Hong Kong

 CHUSAN                           London                    Bombay

J. C. W. Last, O. B. E.       December 17           Colombo

                                                                           Malaya

                                                                           Hong Kong

                                                                           Japan

IBERIA                             London                    Colombo

C. E. Pollitt                       December 18           and Australia

STRATHEDEN                London                    Bombay

K. A. H. Cumming           January 7                 Colombo

                                                                          and Australia

CANTON                       Southampton            Bombay

G. K. Fox                        January 9                 Colombo

                                                                        Malaya

                                                                        Hong Kong

*Calls Gibraltar

 For fares and accommodation, apply to your

local TRAVEL AGENT or

P. & O.,  14/16 COCKSPUR STREET,

LONDON,  S. W. 1

PACIFIC UNITY closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for North Pacific ports of U.S.A. and Canada

FURNESS   LINES

GLASGOW  DIRECT  TO

LOS  ANGELES,

SAN  FRANCISCO,   SEATTLE,

VICTORIA,   VANCOUVER

s.s. PACIFIC UNITY  …………  Closing April 8

s.s. PACIFIC NORTHWEST  ….  Closing April 29

FURNESS  WITHY  &  CO.  LTD.,

19  ST  VINCENT  PLACE      Cen 3193/6

British coaster J B KEE near Isle of Man broadcasts an SOS and Swedish ship KARIN THORDEN responds

Contributed by Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England)  

   An SOS message was picked up from the general cargo coaster J. B. KEE reporting that her cargo had shifted and that she had a heavy list to starboard.   She gave her position as 11 miles west of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, England.

   The Swedish cargo ship KARIN THORDEN reported that she was going to her assistance.

   J. B. KEE is owned by J. B. Kee (1930) Ltd. of Ramsey, Isle of Man (the company is associated with Ramsey Steamship Company).

    KARIN THORDEN is a refrigerated / general cargo ship owned by Rederi Arabas of Uddevalla, Sweden and managed by Rederi Thorden Line also of Uddevalla.

P & O cargo liner SOMALI leaves Grangemouth for Far East ports

P.  &  O.  SAILINGS

GRANGEMOUTH  to  FAR  EAST

s.s.  “SOMALI”  …..  6^th November 1957

for   Penang,   Port  Swettenham,   Singapore,

Manila,   Hong  Kong,   Otaru,   Yokohama,

Nagoya,   Kobe,   *Hsinkang,   *Tsingtao

and   *Shanghai