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What/When	Ship
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)
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  “        You ask in 1. Why we do it.    Simply, we all have a long-time, passionate and absorbing interest in shipping.   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 send 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.
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	BENLEDI (1965-1972 General cargo liner 563 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENLEDI left Hamburg (Germany) for London (England, UK)
Sailing for London (England, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Hamburg (Germany) Net Tonnage 6,522 Gross Tonnage 11,898 Deadweght Tonnage 13,785
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	BENVALLA (1962-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVALLA at Antwerpen ( = Antwerp, Belgium) for Hamburg (Germany)
Ship's location Antwerpen ( = Antwerp, Belgium) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hamburg (Germany)
News Event Wednesday, April 5, 1967 @ 0800	ANDANIA (1960-1969 Refrigerated / General cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line)	Own Page
Cunard Line's ANDANIA from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) at New York (USA)
Ship's location New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) Gross Tonnage 7,004 Deadweght Tonnage 9,560
Cunard Line She served Cunard from 1959 to 1969, then was transferred to the associated Brocklebank Line and renamed "MACHARDA" 3rd May 1960 The Cunard cargo liner ANDANIA (6,950 tons) built by William Hamilton and Company, Port Glasgow, begins her maiden voyage from Glasgow today and inaugurates a Cunard cargo service from the Clyde and Liverpool to ports in the Gulf of Mexico. She is a 17-knot ship, powered by steam turbines, and will carry 7,500 tons of cargo, including edible oil and perishable stuffs for which she has refrigerated space.    She may also be quickly converted from general cargo to grain carrying. The ANDANIA makes Cunard history as the first of the company’s ships designed for service in the St Lawrence Seaway and also to negotiate the Manchester Ship Canal. To allow her to pass under the canal bridges, her two topmasts are telescopic, her radar mast is hinged, and her funnel top is removable.   The funnel is tapered and built into the superstructure, bringing a new look to the Cunard cargo fleet. A sister ship, the ALAUNIA, which will be joining the ANDANIA in the Autumn, is being launched next week by William Hamilton and Company.
News Event Tuesday, November 11, 2025 @ 1234	ISLE OF LEWIS (in 2022 Ro-ro ferry of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Further disruption on CalMac's ISLE OF LEWIS as ferry remains foot-passenger-only
Ship's location Ullapool - Stornoway service Port of Registry Glasgow
From BBC Scotland Online News 11 November 2025 Further disruption to Stornoway to Ullapool ferry Image source,Getty Images Image caption, MV Isle of Lewis has a problem with a car deck ventilation system Published 11 November 2025, 12:34 GMT Updated 2 hours ago A passenger-only service remains on one of CalMac's busiest routes due to an ongoing fault with a ferry. MV Isle of Lewis has been unable to carry vehicles on sailings between Stornoway and Ullapool since the end of last week because of a technical problem with the car deck's ventilation service. CalMac also warned strong winds would cause additional disruption. A number of sailings on Wednesday and Thursday have already been cancelled, external. MV Loch Seaforth, the largest ship in the CalMac fleet which normally serves the Ullapool Stornoway route, is in dry dock at Leith.
News Event Thursday, April 6, 1967 @ 1400 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	EMPRESS OF ENGLAND (1957-1970 Passenger Liner 640 feet long of Canadian Pacific Steamships, Liverpool : 1975 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Woman misses "All Visitors Ashore" on EMPRESS OF ENGLAND at Greenock and goes to Canada
Ship's location Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived from Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 25,585 Sailing for Canada Deadweght Tonnage 8,910 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Outward cargo Passengers Ships agent Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
News Event Friday, April 7, 1967 @ 1000		Own Page
1967 Advert by Denholm's of Glasgow for Navigating and Engineer Cadets
News Event Friday, April 7, 1967 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	NORNA (1959-1987 Fishery protection cruiser IMO 7647003 : 195 feet overall of Scottish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)	Own Page
Norwegian's honour Master and Chief Officer of NORNA for answering distress call at Orkney Isles
Vessel Master Captain James MacKinnon Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 117 Gross Tonnage 580
News Event Friday, April 7, 1967 @ 1200 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PARMA (1967 - 1974 Refrigerated Banana Carrier : 501 feet overall of F. Laeisz, Hamburg : 1993 scrapped at Chittagong, East Pakistan / Bangladesh)	Own Page
Banana Carrier PARMA launched at Scott's Shipyard, Greenock
Ship's location Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Hamburg (Germany) Gross Tonnage 5,587
Image contributed by "Jimmy the Bunnet" Greenock
News Event Friday, April 7, 1967 @ 1000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BEVER (in 1967 Salvage Vessel at Oban)	Own Page
Dutch Salvage Engineer injured on BEVER whilst working on salvaging in Oban Bay (Scotland)
Ship's location Oban Bay (Scottish Highlands, UK) Port of Registry Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
News Event Thursday, June 30, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	MAYA (in 1966 General cargo ship in Glasgow and Cyprus)	Own Page
MAYA arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland) with a cargo of potatoes from Famagusta (Cyprus)
Arrived from Famagusta (Cyprus) Reg Tonnage 1,326 Arrived in berth Queen's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Potatoes
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	INGER ANDREASEN (in 1966 at Glasgow and Cork)	Own Page
INGER ANDREASEN arrives in Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) from Cork (Eire / Ireland)
Arrived from Cork (Eire / Ireland) Reg Tonnage 236 Arrived in berth Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BORDAGAIN (in 1966 at Glasgow and Denmark)	Own Page
BORDAGAIN left Glasgow (Scotland, UK) for Mariager (Denmark)
Sailing for Mariager (Denmark) Reg Tonnage 1,705 Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	TINTO (in 1966 at Dumbarton)	Own Page
TINTO arrived at Dumbarton (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berth Dumbarton (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, June 30, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PACIFIC STRONGHOLD (1958-1971 Cargo liner 501 feet long of Furness Withy Line, London)	Own Page
PACIFIC STRONGHOLD left Glasgow (Scotland, UK) for Manchester (England, UK)
Sailing for Manchester (England, UK) Port of Registry London Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 9,439 Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Ships agent Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., 19 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. CENtral 8193
News Event Thursday, June 30, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ASTRID ELIZABETH (in 1966 at Glasgow and Belfast)	Own Page
ASTRID ELIZABETH left Glasgow (Scotland, UK) for Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Reg Tonnage 5,966 Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 1000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	HMS MAIDSTONE (1938-1978 Submarine Depot Ship 497 ft (151 m) of Royal Navy, London : 1978 scrapped at Inverkeithing, Fife)	Own Page
HMS MAIDSTONE left Royal Naval Base Faslane (Gare Loch, Firth of Clyde) for Great Harbour, Greenock
Sailing for Great Harbour, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Admiralty (Royal Navy, London) Sailed from berth HMNB (= Her Majesty's Royal Naval Base) Faslane (Gare Loch, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Ships agent Admiralty (= Royal Navy, London, UK)
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PACIFIC NORTHWEST (1954-1971 General and refrigerated cargo liner 501 feet long of Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974)	Own Page
PACIFIC NORTHWEST left Tail-of-the-Bank, the anchorage off Greenock for Gare Loch (Firth of Clyde)
Sailing for Gare Loch (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (U.K.) Sailed from berth Tail-of-the-Bank, the anchorage off Greenock (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 5,529 Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Gross Tonnage 9,442 Ships agent Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., 19 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. CENtral 8193 Deadweght Tonnage 11,410
Why would PACIFIC NORTHWEST be going to the Gare Loch ?
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	OLYMPIC LAUREL (in 1966 at Glasgow)	Own Page
OLYMPIC LAUREL left Glasgow (Scotland)
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	INGA BASTIAN (in 1966 at Glasgow and Runcorn)	Own Page
INGA BASTIAN left Glasgow (Scotland) for Runcorn (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, UK)
Sailing for Runcorn (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, UK) Reg Tonnage 949 Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board
News Event Wednesday, June 29, 1966 @ 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 Yokohama (Japan) for Keelung (Taiwan)
Ship's location Yokohama (Japan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailing for Keelung (Taiwan) Gross Tonnage 9,767
News Event Thursday, June 30, 1966 @ 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 Kaohsiung (Taiwan) for Hong Kong
Ship's location Kaohsiung (Taiwan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hong Kong
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENARMIN (1963-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENARMIN at Southend-on-Sea (Thames Estuary, England) for Suez (Egypt)
Ship's location Southend-on-Sea (on north side of Thames Estuary, 40 miles (64 km) from central London, England) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailing for Suez (Egypt) .. the southern exit from the Suez Canal which leads to the Red Sea Net Tonnage 6,486 Gross Tonnage 11,362 Deadweght Tonnage 13,015
Why would BENGLOE and BENARMIN both, at the same time, be at Southend on the Thames Estuary (near London, England) obviously loading for Suez (Egypt)  ?    Any suggestions, please.
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 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 Southend-on-Sea (Thames Estuary, England) for Suez (Egypt)
Ship's location Southend-on-Sea (on north side of Thames Estuary, 40 miles (64 km) from central London, England) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Suez (Egypt) .. the southern exit from the Suez Canal which leads to the Red Sea
Why would BENGLOE and BENARMIN both, at the same time, be at Southend on the Thames Estuary (near London, England) obviously loading for Suez (Egypt)  ?    Any suggestions, please.
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENHIANT (1960-1970 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENHIANT at London (England, UK) for Hull (England, UK)
Ship's location London (England, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hull (England, UK)
News Event Friday, July 1, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENHOPE (1962-1972 General cargo liner 497 feet long 15 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENHOPE left Penang (Malaya) for Malacca (Malaya)
Sailing for Malacca (Malaya) Port of Registry Leith Sailed from berth Penang (Malaya) Net Tonnage 6,195 Gross Tonnage 9,952 Deadweght Tonnage 11,660
She was completed in 1945 at Lithgow's Shipyard at Port Glasgow, as EGIDIA for Anchor Line of Glasgow. In 1962 she was sold to William Thomson's Ben Line and renamed BENHOPE. Her end came in 1972 when she arrived for breaking up by Jui Fa Steel & Iron Works Co. Ltd. Shipbreakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. NOTE : Just for interest ... Kaohsiung in Taiwan is pronounced as COO-SHUNG.
News Event Friday, July 22, 1966 @ 1700	RAVNEFJELL (1955-1967 General cargo liner 304 feet long of A/S Falkefjell / Olsen & Ugelstad, Norway : Scrapped 1985)	Own Page
RAVNEFJELL closes at Glasgow for cargo for Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Oslo (Norway) Sailing for Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago Ships agent J. C. Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow C.1. Tel. DOUglas 7101
News Event Thursday, July 17, 2025 @ 1000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate		Own Page
British Royal Navy Divers recover items from 17th Century sunken Maltese ship off Libya
Ship's location Mediterranean Sea off Tripoli (Libya)
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ELPENOR (1954-1978 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool))	Own Page
ELPENOR arrives in King George V Dock, Glasgow from Elderslie Drydock, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Arrived from Elderslie Drydock, Scotstoun, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,757 Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891
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News Event Wednesday, July 20, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	MEUSE (1953 - 1970 general cargo coaster 160 feet overall 1953-1962 Wm. H. Muller & Co, Rotterdam then 1962-1970 Wm H Muller & Co., London)	Own Page
MEUSE arrives at Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) from Rouen (France) via Manchester (England)
Arrived from Rouen (France) via Manchester (England, UK) Port of Registry 1953-1962 Rotterdam and then 1962-1970 London Arrived in berth Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival General cargo
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 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 (Scotland, UK) from Antwerp via Belfast
Arrived from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) via Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Arrived in berth Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival General cargo
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLAN MACTAGGART (1949-1971 General cargo ship 507 feet overall of Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd / Clan Line)	Own Page
CLAN MACTAGGART arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) from Leghorn (Italy)
Arrived from Leghorn (Italy) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel 041 221 7050 Telex 778133
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News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LIVANITA (1962-1978 Ore carrier 604 feet overall of Ugland Shipping A/S, Grimstad : Scrapped in 1984)	Own Page
LIVANITA arrives at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow with Iron Ore from Narvik (Norway)
Arrived from Narvik (Norway) Port of Registry Grimstad (Norway) Arrived in berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 18,542 Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Deadweght Tonnage 27,160 Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation)
Contributed image by "Boro" and LIVANITA was renamed HOPPET for scrapping at Ningpo, Japan.
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SIRANDA ((1949-1966 Oil Tanker of Tschudi & Eitzen, Norway : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan))	Own Page
Tanker SIRANDA arrives at Dunglass Oil Terminal (River Clyde, Scotland) from Milford Haven (UK)
Arrived from Milford Haven (Wales, UK) Port of Registry Norway Arrived in berth Dunglass Oil Terminal (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 16,000 Cargo carried on arrival Oil
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	HERMAN BODEWES (1965-1977 General cargo coaster 226 feet long of Rederij m.s. "Herman Bodewes," / Fa J Seven, Hoogezand)	Own Page
HERMAN BODEWES arrives at Glasgow with general cargo from Bordeaux (France)
Arrived from Bordeaux (France) Port of Registry Hoogezand (The Netherlands) Arrived in berth Queen's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 308 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Gross Tonnage 500 Deadweght Tonnage 1,150
News Event Wednesday, July 20, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	JOHN HELLESKOV (1965-1970 General cargo ship 244 feet long of Rederi Helleskov, Copenhagen : 1997 sunk at Kingston, Jamaica)	Own Page
JOHN HELLESKOV leaves Glasgow for London (England, UK)
Sailing for London (England, UK) Port of Registry Kobenhaven (Copenhagen, Denmark) Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board
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News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	KHUZISTAN (1955-1973 General cargo ship of Frank C Strick / Strick Line, London :1977 scrapped after engine damage.) )	Own Page
Strick's KHUZISTAN leaves Glasgow for Manchester (England, UK) then for the Arab / Persian Gulf
Sailing for Manchester (England, UK) then Arab / Persian Gulf Port of Registry London Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,523 Ships agent Frank C. Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Phone CITy 6131
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	AJAX (1958-1972 General cargo ship 492 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's AJAX leaves King George V Dock, Glasgow for Liverpool (England, UK) then the Far East
Sailing for Liverpool (England, UK) then the Far East Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,969 Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891
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News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ILESHA PALM (1961-1979 General cargo ship IMO 322822 : 460.4 feet overall of Palm Line, London : 1984 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Balochistan, Pakistan)	Own Page
ILESHA PALM left Glasgow for Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Sailing for Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 2,759 Outward cargo Light ship ( = empty of cargo / no cargo on board) Gross Tonnage 5,652 Deadweght Tonnage 8,900
Lovely ship, excellent crew.  Contributed with fond memories of the Coast by ex-Palmer (Epsom, England)  ... Burutu, Enugu, Andoni, Lagos, Lobito .........    Any other Palmers still around ?
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ALI DAMHOF (1957-1974 General cargo coaster 50.59m 154 feet long 10 knots of J Damhof, Delfzijl)	Own Page
ALI DAMHOF left Glasgow for Land's End ..(often referred to as LEFO = Land's End) for orders
Sailing for Land's End (South coast of England, UK) ....(often referred to as LEFO = Land's End) for orders Port of Registry Delfzijl.((Holland) Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 294 Outward cargo Light ship ( = empty of cargo / no cargo on board) Gross Tonnage 499 Deadweght Tonnage 700
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News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SOUTH AFRICAN PIONEER (1957-1966 General cargo ship 490 feet overall of South African Marine Corporation, Cape Town : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
SOUTH AFRICAN PIONEER left Glasgow for Swansea (Wales, UK) and Cape Town (South Africa)
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Kaapstad (Pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town") Sailing for Swansea (Wales, UK) and Cape Town (South Africa) Net Tonnage 5,785 Outward cargo General cargo Gross Tonnage 9,684
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENARMIN (1963-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENARMIN 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) Sailing for Hong Kong Net Tonnage 6,486 Gross Tonnage 11,362 Deadweght Tonnage 13,015
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENAVON (1949-1970 General cargo ship 483 feet overall of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
BENAVON at Hamburg (Germany) for Middlesbrough (England, UK)
Ship's location Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Middlesbrough (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 8,079 Deadweght Tonnage 11,270
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1800 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 left Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) for Hamburg (Germany)
Sailing for Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Net Tonnage 4,674 Gross Tonnage 7,845 Deadweght Tonnage 11,500
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENNACHIE (1966-1971 General cargo ship of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1971 Scrapped)	Own Page
BENNACHIE on a homeward voyage left Penang (Malaysia) for Aden (Yemen)
Sailing for Aden (Yemen) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Penang (Malaysia) Gross Tonnage 8,738
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENNEVIS (1959-1973 General cargo liner of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENNEVIS left Suez (Egypt) into the Red Sea after transiting southbound through Suez Canal for Aden
Ship's location Leaving Suez (Egypt) into the Red Sea after transiting southbound through the Suez Canal Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailing for Aden (Yemen) Gross Tonnage 7,591
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 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
Ben Line's BENVALLA at Suez (Egypt) probably waiting to join a northbound convoy through Suez Canal
Ship's location Suez (Egypt) ... probably waiting to join a northbound convoy through the Suez Canal Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hamburg (Germany)
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 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
Ben Line's BENVORLICH at Nagasaki (island of Kyushu in Japan) for Keelung (Taiwan)
Ship's location Nagasaki (island of Kyushu in Japan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailing for Keelung (Taiwan) Gross Tonnage 9,767
News Event Wednesday, July 20, 1966 @ 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
Cunard Liner SYLVANIA left Liverpool for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK
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 Liverpool (England, UK) Net Tonnage 11,679 Ships agent Cunard Line, Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 22,017 Deadweght Tonnage 9,345
Contributed : Cunard Line postcard
News Event Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 1245	CALEDONIAN ISLES (1993- Passenger and vehicle ferry 308 feet 94m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
CALEDONIAN ISLES with bow thruster problems in Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)
Ship's location Berths 9,10 and 11 Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock Pier, (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 5,221
Contributed by Veronika
News Event Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 1247	OSPREY (in November 2025 Port Control Launch of Associated British Ports at Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)	Own Page
OSPREY Port Control Launch at Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Port of Ayr, Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Contributed by Veronika
News Event Friday, November 7, 2025 @ 1900	ISLE OF LEWIS (in 2022 Ro-ro ferry of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
CalMac Ferry ISLE OF LEWIS has technical fault with car deck and can carry passengers only
Port of Registry Glasgow
From BBC Scotland Online News 7 November 2025   Busy ferry route left with passenger-only service after car deck fault Image source,Caledonian MacBrayne Image caption, MV Isle of Lewis has a technical fault with the car deck   A ship serving one of CalMac's busiest ferry routes is unable to carry vehicles after a fault affecting the car deck. MV Isle of Lewis sailings between Stornoway and Ullapool have become a passenger-only service due to a "technical problem" with the ventilation system. Another vessel serving the route is away for maintenance, and the operator said vehicle sailings would not resume until the 18:15 departure from Ullapool on Monday at the earliest. CalMac said it was "actively exploring options" to provide additional sailings on alternative routes to the Isle of Lewis and Harris. The state-owned firm said MV Hebrides, which runs from Uig on Skye to Tarbert on Harris, would operate an amended timetable to assist with vehicle capacity. CalMac is currently facing a shortage of large ferries to act as replacement vessels, as a number of them are undergoing annual maintenance or needing repairs. MV Loch Seaforth, the largest ship in the CalMac fleet which normally serves the Ullapool Stornoway route, is in dry dock at Leith.   Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, Loch Seaforth, the main Ullapool Stornoway ferry, is currently in dry dock     MV Glen Sannox is at Greenock being prepared for a journey to Merseyside for an extended annual maintenance which will include work to address a vibration problem. The ferry, which came into service in January, is the only ship in the fleet capable of running on liquefied natural gas (LNG), and this has to be removed before it travels to the Cammell Laird shipyard. CalMac has warned local residents they may see "flaring" as residual gas vapour is removed from the ship and burned off at the quayside at Inchgreen, but it has assured them there is no cause for alarm. Another major vessel, the 32-year-old ship MV Caledonian Isles, recently returned to the Arran service after 20 months of repairs but is out action again following problems with its bow thrusters. MV Isle of Lewis is the third largest ship in the CalMac fleet, but also one of the oldest, having been built in 1995 by the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow. The ship is beyond its expected service life, and CalMac has confirmed it is one of the vessels earmarked for replacement when funding becomes available. The first of four new ships being built at a Turkish shipyard is due to arrive in the next few weeks, but it will undergo a period of crew familiarisation and sea trials so is unlikely to come into service before the New Year.
News Event Tuesday, July 10, 1951 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	KENYA (1951-1969 : a 273- Passenger / refrigerated cargo liner 540 feet 164.53m overall of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1969 scrapped in La Spezia, Italy))	Own Page
British India Line's new ship KENYA on Acceptance Trials in Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived from Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Clydeholm Shipyard, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 8,042 Ships agent Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Clydeholm Shipyard, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 14,437 Deadweght Tonnage 9,720
At the start of her career with British India the KENYA had a black hull.   Later it was changed to white, possibly beacause it looked better and possibly because the white reflected the tropical / African sun's heat and made the vessel cooler.
News Event Sunday, July 11, 1920 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate		Own Page
Blackhill Locks (Forth and Clyde Canal, Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland, UK) ... Postcard, no date
Ship's location Blackhill Locks (Forth and Clyde Canal, Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
Contributed by Jimmy (Drumchapel, Glasgow)
News Event Thursday, July 21, 1966 @ 1000	U.S.S. SIMON LAKE (in 1966 Submarine Tender 642 feet overall of U,S. Navy)	Own Page
U.S.S. SIMON LAKE arrives in the Clyde to become the Depot Ship for U.S. Submarines in the Holy Loch
Arrived from Charleston (South Carolina, USA) Port of Registry U.S. Navy Sailing for Holy Loch (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Master of vessel on arrival Captain G. F. Ellis, Jnr.
News Event Thursday, October 9, 2025 @ 1007	HALLAIG (2012- Ro-ro passenger ferry 43.5m overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
HALLAIG leaves Largs Pier for Campbeltown (Kintyre) ... on passage to Isle of Skye (Scotland)
Ship's location South facing side of Largs Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Arrived from Dales Marine Services, Troon Drydock (Scotland) ... after maintenance and repair Gross Tonnage 499 Sailing for Campbeltown (Kintyre, Scotland, UK) ... on passage to Isle of Skye (Scotland, UK) Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
Contributed by Sandy (Skelmorlie)   Caledonian MacBrayne's ferry HALLAIG serves as the passenger / vehicle ferry on the 20-minute-crossing service between Sconser (Isle of Skye) and the small island of Raasay (off Skye.)  Why the name HALLAIG ?    Google tells us that between 1852 and 1854 in the Highland Clearances the entire population of twelve townships, ninety-four families in all, were driven from their homes on Raasay, the majority of them being forced to emigrate to the Colonies. One of these townships was named Hallaig.   The previous afternoon the ferry HALLAIG had arrived at the south-facing outer berth at Largs Pier having come from Troon where she had been drydocked for maintenance and repair. And a short time earlier today she had shifted to the Largs Slip and spent a few minutes there. 09:54   She left the slip and came around the pier and is seen returning to the outer berth. Now back in the south-facing outer berth  10:07   HALLAIG (the vessel on the right) is now starting to move off Largs Pier and beginning her passage to Campbeltown and Isle of Skye.    The main ferry on the Largs-Cumbrae Slip service is LOCH SHIRA and she is seen arriving at Largs
News Event Sunday, July 10, 1955 @ 1000 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	BENREOCH (1952-1976 General cargo ship 503 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line Steamers Ltd., Edinburgh)	Own Page
Ben Line Company postcard of BENREOCH (1952-1976)
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 3,900 Gross Tonnage 6,877 Deadweght Tonnage 12,240
News Event Tuesday, June 2, 1959 @ 1000 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	DRUID (1958-1962 General cargo coaster 113 feet overall of J & J Hay Company, Glasgow : sank 22 August 1962 approaching Ribble)	Own Page
J & J Hay's general cargo coaster DRUID (1958-1962)
Ships agent J & J Hay Ltd., 190 West George Street, Glasgow C 2 Tel Douglas 3421 Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 197 Deadweght Tonnage 240
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News Event Monday, December 24, 1951 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	FLYING PETREL ( 1951-1963 Harbour and coastal tug of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow)	Own Page
In 1951 new tug FLYING PETREL passing Greenock probably on acceptance trials from builders
Ship's location Probably on acceptance trials from builders and passing Custom House Quay, Greenock Port of Registry Glasgow Ships agent Clyde Shipping Co. Ltd., 78 Carlton Place, Glasgow, C. 5. Telephone SOUth 2181
Clyde Shipping Company photograph.   Contributed by Tug-Boat Man (Greenock)
News Event Monday, October 16, 1967 @ 1700	SHAHRISTAN (1965-1975 Refrigerated cargo ship : 503.4 feet overall of Shahristan Steamship Co. / F.C. Strick / P & O : 1985 scrapped at Chittagong)	Own Page
Frank Strick's SHAHRISTAN closes at Grangemouth for receiving cargo for the Arab - Persian Gulf
Ship's location Grangemouth (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait, Khorramshahr, Basrah (Baghdad), Mosul, Kirkuk and Doha Net Tonnage 5.212 Outward cargo General cargo Gross Tonnage 9,280 Ships agent Frank C. Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Phone CITy 6131
News Event Tuesday, October 17, 1967 @ 1700	FORESTER (1952-1970 General cargo ship 468 feet overall of T & J Harrison Ltd. / Charente S. S. Co. Ltd.,, Liverpool : 1973 scrapped))	Own Page
Harrison Line's FORESTER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for west, south and east Africa
Ship's location Birkenhead (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailing for Lobito, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban and Mauritius Net Tonnage 4,632 Ships agent Thos. & Jas. Harrison Ltd., Mersey Chambers, Old Churchyard, Liverpool, 2 Telephone CENtral 5611 Gross Tonnage 8,377 Deadweght Tonnage 10,520
If you look closely at the Sailing Notice the name is shown incorrectly as FORRESTER.   The correct name is FORESTER.
News Event Monday, October 23, 1967 @ 1700	INISHOWEN HEAD (1965-1973 General cargo liner of Ulster Steamship Company/ Head Line, Belfast)	Own Page
INISHOWEN HEAD closes at Centre Basin, Prince's Dock, Glasgow for receiving cargo for Canada
Ship's location Centre Basin, Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Sailing for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton (Ontario) .... all in Canada Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
News Event Monday, November 3, 2025 @ 1634	TYRIA (1955-1959 General cargo ship of Anchor Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Company photograph of Anchor Line's TYRIA (1955-1959)
Port of Registry Glasgow Gross Tonnage 5,869
Contributed image
News Event Sunday, October 15, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	NEEDWOOD (1966-1973 Suction Hopper / Dredger IMO 6611265 : 260.5 feet overall of France Fenwick, Hoveringham (Dredging) Ltd, London )	Own Page
New Dredger NEEDWOOD repairing at Elderslie Wall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Elderslie Wall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived from Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Clydeholm Shipyard, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 775 Gross Tonnage 1,567 Deadweght Tonnage 2,419
News Event Sunday, October 15, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	HMS JUPITER (1969-1998 Batch 3 Leander-class Frigate Pennant No, F60 : 372 feet overall of Royal Navy, London, UK : 1998 scrapped at Alang, India)	Own Page
New Royal Navy Frigate HMS JUPITER fitting out at Yarrow's Basin, Scotstoun (River Clyde, Scotland)
Ship's location Yarrow's Basin, Scotstoun, Glasgow (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Admiralty (London, England, UK) Arrived from Yarrow's Shipyard, Scotstoun (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Ships agent Yarrow's Shipyard, Scotstoun, Glasgow (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
History United Kingdom Name HMS Jupiter Namesake Jupiter Builder Yarrow Shipbuilders Laid down 3 October 1966 Launched 4 September 1967 Commissioned 9 August 1969 Decommissioned 22 April 1992 Identification F60 Fate Sold for scrap, 1997 General characteristics Class & type Leander-class frigate Displacement 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load Length 113.4 m (372 ft) Beam 12.5 m (41 ft) Draught 5.8 m (19 ft) Propulsion 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts Speed 28 knots (52 km/h) Range 4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) Complement 223 Armament As built: 1 × twin 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns 1 × quadruple Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile launchers 1 × Limbo anti-submarine mortar From 1980: 4 × Exocet anti-ship missile launchers 1 × GWS 25 Sea Wolf anti-aircraft missile launcher 2 × single 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple torpedo tubes Aircraft carried 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter From 1980: 1 × Lynx helicopter HMS Jupiter (F60) was a Batch 3 Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun, she was launched on 4 September 1967 and commissioned on 9 August 1969. Service history 1970s In 1970, HMS Jupiter deployed to the West Indies. In 1971, she joined Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT), a multi-national squadron of NATO. In 1972, Jupiter was again present in the West Indies as part of STANAVFORLANT taking over the duty of HMS Naiad which had suffered a mechanical breakdown. The following year, Jupiter took part in the Second Cod War. On 26 May 1973, she and her Wasp helicopter assisted the British trawler Everton, which was taking water after being hit by naval gunfire from the Icelandic gunboat Ægir.[1] Jupiter then visited Africa on her way to the Far East and Pacific, and carried out a variety of duties, including performing fly-the-flag visits to numerous ports. Jupiter also visited Christchurch, New Zealand during the 1974 Commonwealth Games and the American naval base at Pearl Harbor where some propulsion problems were sorted out. Charles, Prince of Wales joined Jupiter as Ship's Communications Officer in January 1974 and remained until her return to the UK later that year. In late 1976, Jupiter joined the 7th Frigate Squadron as Captain F7, Jupiter led the 7th Frigate Squadron in the annual Group Deployment (Group 5 - January to May 1977, led by FOF2 in the cruiser Tiger), performing naval exercises and visiting the Caribbean Sea and Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Brazil in April 1977 and Funchal, Madeira. She also took part in the Fleet Review at Spithead on 28 June 1977, in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee.[2] After the Fleet Review, frigates of the 7th Frigate Squadron visited different ports in south Wales, Jupiter visiting Cardiff in early July 1977. Later that year, Jupiter became the Gibraltar Guard ship and in 1979 represented the United Kingdom in the Siege of Savannah 200th Anniversary. Jupiter also enjoyed fame on BBC TV, through starring as HMS Hero in the acclaimed drama series Warship. All members of the crew were given HMS Hero cap tallies for filming purposes. The main ship used for filming was, however, HMS Phoebe. 1980s In 1980, Jupiter's modernisation commenced, and included the addition of the Sea Wolf missile system, as well as the removal of her twin 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun turret in favour of the Exocet anti-ship missile. The boilers were modified to the Babcock & Wilcox Y160 Steam Atomisation type water-tube boiler. the modernisation was completed in 1983. On 13 June 1984, as she was leaving the Pool of London after a visit to the capital, she collided with London Bridge, causing significant damage to both ship and bridge.[3] The ship's captain, Commander Colin Hamilton, was later court martialled at Portsmouth on 4 December 1984.[4] Hamilton was severely reprimanded.[5] In September 1986, Jupiter was part of the NATO exercise "Autumn Train '86'" and visited Gibraltar, then spent a continuous four weeks in the Mediterranean Sea, and returned to Gibraltar prior to returning to her (then) home base of Plymouth. Jupiter changed her home port to Portsmouth in 1985. She was a member of the 7th Frigate Squadron. In 1986, Jupiter deployed to the Persian Gulf—the Armilla Patrol—in partnership with HMY Britannia, HMS Newcastle and RFA Brambleleaf, and while there, helped in the evacuation of British and Commonwealth nationals from the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen after a campaign to overthrow the government of that country began. Her exploits were broadcast by the BBC World Service. During the Armilla Patrol, Jupiter paid courtesy calls to Gibraltar, Djibouti, Aqaba, Doha, Muscat, and Mombasa, and returned via the Suez Canal and Piraeus. After a transit of the Corinth Canal. Between 1984 and 1986, Jupiter also visited Bremerhaven, Amsterdam, Bordeaux and Middlesbrough. In September 1986, she was Guard ship to the Tall Ships Race visit to Newcastle upon Tyne. Jupiter was twinned with the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. 1990s   During the First Gulf War, Jupiter was on Armilla Patrol, which was created in 1980 in response to the increased danger posed by the Iran–Iraq War to British interests. Her last deployment came in late 1991 to early 1992 when she deployed to the South Atlantic as the Guard ship and returned via Rio de Janeiro and Barbados where she carried out anti drug patrols. Jupiter decommissioned in 1992 after a final visit to her affiliated town of Middlesbrough. She was sold for scrap in 1997 and towed to Alang in India to be beached and broken up.
News Event Sunday, October 15, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	AMERICAN MERCHANT (1945-1968 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Lines, New York : 1969 scrapped)	Own Page
AMERICAN MERCHANT at Merklands Quay, Glasgow for New York, USA
Ship's location Merklands Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry New York (U.S.A.) Sailing for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK ... all in one quick word Gross Tonnage 8,228
News Event Sunday, October 15, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	NEW WESTMINSTER CITY (1956-1970 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Sir William Reardon Smith, Cardiff)	Own Page
NEW WESTMINSTER CITY from Cape Town (South Africa) at 3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow
Ship's location 3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Cardiff Arrived from Cape Town (South Africa) Gross Tonnage 8,136
News Event Sunday, October 15, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SCOTIA (1966-1970 General cargo ship 457 feet overall of Cunard Line, London)	Own Page
SCOTIA at 5 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) for New York (USA)
Ship's location 5 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Sailing for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK ... all in one quick word Gross Tonnage 5,837
News Event Sunday, October 15, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SCYTHIA (1964-1969 Refrigerated / General cargo ship IMO 6420927 : 457 feet long of North Western Line (Mersey) Ltd / Cunard Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool : 1986 scrapped)	Own Page
SCYTHIA at 3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) for New York (USA)
Ship's location 3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailing for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK ... all in one quick word Net Tonnage 2,829 Gross Tonnage 5,837 Deadweght Tonnage 7,662
News Event Sunday, October 15, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	TABOR (1952-1971 Refrigerated / General cargo ship 385 feet long of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool then 1971-1975 of P & O General Cargo Division)	Own Page
Moss Hutchison's TABOR at 7 Queen's Dock, Glasgow for Haifa (Israel)
Ship's location 7 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Sailing for Haifa (Israel) Net Tonnage 1,587 Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. CENtral 6643 Gross Tonnage 3,694 Deadweght Tonnage 5,008
News Event Sunday, October 15, 1967 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BOOKER VANGUARD (1963-1979 General cargo ship 403 feet overall of Booker Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
BOOKER VANGUARD at 58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) for Antigua (Caribbean Sea)
Ship's location 58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailing for Antigua (known as Waladli or Wadadli by locals, island in Lesser Antilles, Leeward Islands)
News Event Saturday, October 14, 1967 @ 1000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SIR ANDREW DUNCAN (1958-1967 Ore carrier 505 feet long of St Andrews Shipping / Denholm, Glasgow : 1967-1973 of British Steam Shipping, Greenock))	Own Page
SIR ANDREW DUNCAN arrives at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock with Iron Ore from Canada
Arrived from Seven Islands (= Sept Iles, St Lawrence, Canada) Port of Registry Greenock (UK) Arrived in berth Tail-of-the-Bank, the anchorage off Greenock (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 10,687 Sailing for Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation)
News Event Friday, October 13, 1967 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BISHOPSGATE (1960-1968 Ore carrier 525 feet long of Bishopsgate Shipping / Silver Line, London)	Own Page
BISHOPSGATE left General Terminus Quay, Glasgow for Seven Islands (= Sept Iles, St Lawrence, Canada)
Sailing for Seven Islands (= Sept Iles, St Lawrence, Canada) Port of Registry London Sailed from berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board
News Event Saturday, October 14, 1967 @ 1400 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 Tail-of-the-Bank, the anchorage off Greenock for Quebec and Montreal (Canada)
Sailing for Quebec (locally pronounced as KIBB-BECK) and Montreal (Canada) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Tail-of-the-Bank, the anchorage off Greenock (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,947 Outward cargo Passengers

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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

1353

 

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

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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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   Please use the "Contact us" button and tell the team in as much detail as possible so that we can try to provide items which are of interest to you.

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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?

          

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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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