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News EventFriday, December 1, 1972 @ 0900 |
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Ben Line schedules from Malaysian Straits for December 1972 and January 1973 |
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News EventFriday, December 1, 1972 @ 0900 |
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Blue Funnel and Glen Line schedules at Singapore and Straits for December 1972 and January 1973. |
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News EventTuesday, December 19, 1972 @ 0600The date shown is the date advertised on the published schedule and time is our own best estimate |
PANDO GULF (1968-1974 General cargo ship formerly British India's WOODARRA of P & O Line, London) |
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PANDO GULF due to arrive at Singapore to load general cargo for London, Hamburg and Rotterdam |
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News EventFriday, November 29, 1963 @ 0845 |
ELPENOR (1954-1978 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)) |
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Alfred Holt's ELPENOR arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Singapore via Liverpool |
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News EventWednesday, May 24, 1961 @ 0700 |
KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne) |
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David MacBrayne's KING GEORGE V leaves Fort William on an excursion cruise to Iona |
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KING GEORGE V landing passengers by motor boat at the jetty at Iona.
Iona Abbey with the Isle of Mull in the background
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News EventFriday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable |
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Blue Funnel and Norse Oriental schedule for September and October 1972 to East and South Australia |
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News EventMonday, December 21, 2020 @ 1050 |
KENYA (1951-1969 A 700- Passenger / refrigerated cargo liner 517 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) |
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Dinner Menu of British India Line’s KENYA |
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Dinner Menu of British India Line’s KENYA E-mail from Deborah Wright (London) 21 December 2020 @ 1050
Interested in reading the Dinner Menu. There was no curry on offer. I thought that there would always be a curry for dinner on British India ships.
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News EventThursday, August 30, 1962 @ 2030 |
RUSH (Oiler 181 feet ... in 1962) |
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Oiler RUSH arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow with 750 tons of Molasses from Birkenhead |
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News EventWednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1800 |
KENYA (1951-1969 A 700- Passenger / refrigerated cargo liner 517 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) |
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Dinner Menu on British India passenger / cargo liner KENYA |
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Front cover of the 13th March 1963 Dinner Menu of British India Steam Navigation Company passenger - cargo liner KENYA (1951-1969). the painting depicting a Clyde Puffer vessel arriving at the small town of Port Askaig, on the Isle of Islay in the Western Isles of Scotland.. "Puffers" were 66 feet (20m) general cargo steam coasters which carried all sorts of cargo from, generally Clyde ports, to every island and settlement and croft in the West of Scotland. The crews of 4 men, were tough and hardy and as well as sailing these small slow ships actually discharged the cargoes by hand at the destination. Talking about Port Askaig on Islay a well known old story is : A puffer arrived at Port Askaig with a cargo of bags of malt for the local whisky distillery. The master, a gruff and experienced and thoroughly competent man, went to the distillery office to telephone to the puffer owners in Glasgow to report his arrival in Port Askaig. The Shipping Manager was not pleased. "Why are you at Port Askaig ? I distinctly told you to go to Port Ellen. The Lagavulin Distillery there is waiting for your cargo." .... (Port Ellen is another small township in Islay, quite a distance along the coast from Port Askaig)
"There's no need to be annoyed" replied the master, "at least Port Askaig and Port Ellen are on the same island and I didn't go to Port Said in Egypt" |
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News EventSaturday, July 14, 1973 @ 0930 |
GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) |
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GLEN SANNOX leaves Gourock Pier for a cruise to Brodick (Arran) and round Holy Isle |
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News EventSunday, November 20, 1960 @ 1300 |
CARINTHIA (1955-1968 Passenger / cargo liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) |
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Tourist Class Luncheon Menu of Cunard Liner CARINTHIA |
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News EventSaturday, December 12, 2020 @ 1430 |
GLENLEE (1992- A 3-masted barque 245.34 feet (74.83 met long and a static floating museum ship at Riverside Museum, Glasgow)) |
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Static exhibit GLENLEE at Riverside Museum, Glasgow |
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News EventTuesday, May 31, 1966 @ 1040 |
WAVERLEY (1947 - 1974 Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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WAVERLEY leaves Craigendoran for other Clyde piers for a cruise along Loch Long to Arrochar |
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News EventSaturday, June 11, 1966 @ 1740 |
SICILIA (1965-1968 General cargo liner 472 feet overall of Anchor Line, Glasgow) |
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Anchor Line's SICILIA arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with 500 tons general cargo from New York |
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News EventMonday, September 12, 1955 @ 0600The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate |
SOCOTRA (1946-1965 General cargo ship of P & O Line, London : Scrapped in 1965) |
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SOCOTRA due at Madras (India) westward bound to load for U.K. / Continent |
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News EventWednesday, February 23, 1955 @ 0600The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate |
CHILKA (1950-1972 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) |
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CHILKA due at Madras (India) westward bound to load for U.K. / Continent |
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News EventFriday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900 |
TAIPOOSHAN (1968-1975 Passenger / cargo liner (formerly Elder Dempster's APAPA) of Shun Cheong Steam Navigation Company (S) Pte. Ltd., Hong Kong ): scrapped Kaohsiung 1975) |
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September and October 1972 sailings for TAIPOOSHAN between Hong Kong, Singapore and Penang |
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TAIPOOSHAN was formerly APAPA (1948-1968) of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool. |
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News EventTuesday, October 17, 1972 @ 0600The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable and time is our best estimate |
LOUISE LYKES in 1972 |
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LOUISE LYKES due at Singapore to discharge and load for New Orleans, Mobile, Houston, Galveston |
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News EventFriday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
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September and October 1972 sailings by American President Lines from Singapore area to U.S.A. |
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News EventTuesday, August 2, 1966 @ 1800 |
ACCRA (1947- 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 453 feet long of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool)) |
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Dinner Menu for Elder Dempster's ACCRA homeward to Liverpool between Tema and Takoradi (Ghana) |
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News EventFriday, June 3, 1966 @ 1345The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable |
DUCHESS OF HAMILTON ( 1932-1971 Passenger excursion steamer 272 feet long with triple screws of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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DUCHESS OF HAMILTON leaves Ayr on a non-landing afternoon cruise to Arran Coast and Holy Isle |
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News EventThursday, December 17, 1964 @ 1220 |
LIMELIGHT (1964 - 1966 General cargo coaster 89 feet long of Ross & Marshall, Greenock : wrecked Islay 10 October 1966) |
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LIMELIGHT arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load bagged malt for a distillery in Islay |
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News EventWednesday, December 16, 1964 @ 2155 |
LAIRDSCREST (1936-1968 coastal general cargo ship with Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 scrapped) |
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LAIRDSCREST arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load general cargo for Belfast |
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News EventFriday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
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September 1972 sailing notice for P & O and British India Lines from Singapore area |
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News EventFriday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate |
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September 1972 sailing notice for Maersk Line from Singapore area to USA, Japan and Persian Gulf |
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News EventFriday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate |
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September 1972 sailing notice for Blue Funnel and Glen Lines from Singapore area |
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News EventTuesday, December 15, 1964 @ 0345 |
JACINTH (1939-1970 General cargo coaster 178 feet long of William Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow) |
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Gem Line coaster JACINTH arrives in Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of Clay for Runcorn |
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News EventMonday, May 25, 1959 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
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The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Monday 25 May 1959 |
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News EventTuesday, September 8, 1953 @ 0600The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate |
CHYEBASSA (1942-1969 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1969 scrapped in Hong Kong) |
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CHYEBASSA due in Madras (India) : leaves Eastbound for Calcutta |
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News EventMonday, September 7, 1953 @ 0600The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate |
WILLESDEN ( General cargo ship 465 feet long of Watts, Watts Company, London) |
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WILLESDEN due in Madras (India) : leaves Eastbound for Calcutta |
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News EventSunday, September 6, 1953 @ 0600The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate |
CLAN MACKENDRICK (1948-1961 General cargo ship 446 feet overall of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, London) |
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CLAN MACKENDRICK due in Madras (India) : leaves Eastbound for Vizaghapatnam |
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News EventSunday, September 6, 1953 @ 0600The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate |
OLINDA (1950-1966 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co., London) |
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OLINDA due in Madras (India) : leaves Eastbound for Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan |
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News EventThursday, June 2, 1966 @ 1900The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable |
MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) |
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MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Rothesay on a non-landing evening cruise to Kyles of Bute |
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News EventMonday, December 14, 1964 @ 1930 |
WARLIGHT (1919-1964 Steam engined general cargo Crinan Canal size Clyde puffer 86 feet long of Light Shipping / Ross & Marshall, Greenock) |
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Puffer WARLIGHT arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load bagged malt for Craighouse (Isle of Jura) |
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News EventWednesday, April 3, 1963 @ 1240 |
GRANTON OSPREY ( 1960 - 1970 Deep-sea fishing trawler GN19 of William Carnie / Carnie & Croan, Granton) |
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Deep Sea Trawler GRANTON OSPREY arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with 985 boxes of fish |
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News EventSunday, May 24, 1959 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
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The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Sunday 24 May 1959 |
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News EventSaturday, October 1, 1966 @ 1410 |
ANTONIA (General cargo ship 431 feet long in 1966) |
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ANTONIA arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with 1,952 tons of general cargo from Pensacola USA |
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News EventMonday, November 30, 2020 @ 2104 |
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Do Azamara Club Cruises know something that we in the U.K. don’t know ? |
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E-mail from J.R. (Bishopton, near Greenock) 30 November 2020
Do Azamara Club Cruises know something that we in the U.K. don’t know ?
Driving to work in Glasgow I pass King George V Dock and see the three Azamara cruise ships AZAMARA JOURNEY, QUEST and PURSUIT, laid up there, having arrived around July this year.
So imagine my surprise to see in a weekend newspaper a full page with the title AZA-MAZING AZAMARA OFFERS, advertising cruises for next year (2021).
AZAMARA JOURNEY is advertised for April 2021 for 8 nights for Italy, Montenegro and Croatia. and also 12 nights in July around the British Isles and also 16 nights in December for Singapore, Far East and Australia.
AZAMARA PURSUIT for 9 nights in May for Greece, Crete and islands.
AZAMARA QUEST for 15 nights in December for Miami and the Caribbean.
The world news nowadays is full of Covid-19 lockdowns and quarantines and visa restrictions and Azamara must be hoping that everything calms down especially for the April, May and July cruises. |
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News EventSunday, December 13, 1964 @ 1120 |
EILEEN M ( 1938- 1966 coastal oil products tanker of Metcalf Motor Coasters, Liverpool) |
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EILEEN M arrives in Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of gas oil for Stornoway via Tarbert |
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News EventSunday, December 13, 1964 @ 1650 |
RAGNA GORTHON (Oil tanker in 1964) |
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Tanker RAGNA GORTHON arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Puerto Miranda (Venezuela) via Stanlow |
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News EventSaturday, December 12, 1964 @ 2300 |
GLEN SHIEL (1959-1973 General cargo motor coaster 109 feet long of Hay Hamilton Ltd, Glasgow : Sank 1973) |
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Coaster GLEN SHIEL arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of bagged malt for Islay |
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News EventSaturday, December 12, 1964 @ 1900 |
KAFFIR (1944 - 1974 General cargo Clyde puffer lighter of J & J Hay, Glasgow : 1974 wrecked at Ayr) |
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Puffer KAFFIR arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of bagged malt for Islay |
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News EventFriday, December 11, 1964 @ 0710 |
WANGEROOG (pronounced Van - ger - oo - gi (as in "give") ( 1963 - 1972 coastal oil / products tanker 70m long of Carl W Hansen Tankschiffahrt, Hamburg) |
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WANGEROOG arrives in Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of Bitumen from Stanlow |
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News EventFriday, December 11, 1964 @ 0630 |
THEODORA (1958-1972 Coastal oil tanker 57.64m long of N.V. Teerbedrijf Uithoorn (TEBU), Uithoorn) |
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Coastal tanker THEODORA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of bitumen for Belfast |
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News EventSunday, March 5, 1967 @ 1600DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
AUSTRALIS (Passenger liner of Chandris Line) |
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Chandris Line's AUSTRALIS leaves Sydney (Australia) for various ports and Southampton |
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News EventFriday, December 11, 1964 @ 0500 |
SAINT RULE (1941- 1973 General cargo coaster 172 feet long of J & A Gardner Ltd., Glasgow : 1981 Wrecked at Cyprus) |
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Gardner's coaster SAINT RULE arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with scrap metal from Belfast |
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News EventThursday, March 2, 1967 @ 1200 |
ORONSAY (1951-1975 Passenger liner 708 feet long of P & O-Orient Line, London) |
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P & O liner ORONSAY leaves 13 Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney ( Australia) for Southampton (UK) |
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News EventThursday, April 24, 1975 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
ATREUS ( 1951-1977 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung (Taiwan)) |
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Voyage diary for Alfred Holt's ATREUS from 24 April 1975 to 02 August 1977 |
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News EventWednesday, August 30, 1967 @ 1440 |
ASTYANAX (1948-1957 General cargo ship 487 feet overall of Blue Funnel Line then in 1957 transferred to Glen Line, renamed Glenfruin, 1962 reverted to Astyanax, 1972 scrapped.) |
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Alfred Holt's ASTYANAX arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Singapore via Birkenhead |
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News EventSaturday, November 28, 2020 @ 1257 |
LOCH SHIRA (2007- roro ferry 176.84 feet long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) |
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Caledonian MacBrayne's LOCH SHIRA approaches Largs on passage from Cumbrae Slip |
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A beautiful calm and cool day on Saturday 28 November 2020, not a cloud in the sky and the water like glass and at 1257 hours the Caledonian MacBrayne ro-ro ferry LOCH SHIRA approaches Largs Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) from Cumbrae Slip on her daily service between Largs and the Island of Great Cumbrae (pronounced come - bray). |
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News EventSunday, September 9, 1973 @ 0920 |
GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) |
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GLEN SANNOX leaves Gourock Pier for Dunoon and other piers on a cruise around Ailsa Craig |
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News EventTuesday, April 18, 1967 @ 1145 |
LOCH ARD (1955-1971 General cargo coaster 184 feet long of David MacBrayne, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped) |
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David MacBrayne's LOCH ARD arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow from West Highlands of Scotland |
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News EventFriday, April 28, 1967 @ 1645 |
PEGU (General cargo ship 1961-1964 British & Burmese / P Henderson, 1964-1966 Elder Dempster,1966-1972 Guinea Gulf Line,1972 China Mutual,1972-1975 Elder Dempster,1975-1980 Guinea Gulf Line) |
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Henderson Line's PEGU arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Chittagong via Birkenhead |
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28th April 1967 and Patrick "Paddy" Henderson / Elder Dempster / Guinea Gulf / China Mutual Line's conventional cargo ship PEGU (1961-1980) arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Govan Drydock to load 500 tons of general cargo for Chittagong (East Pakistan / Bangladesh) via Birkenhead. Why is the ship named PEGU ? You surely must be absolutely thirsting to know. She was built for the Henderson Line of Glasgow, also known as the British & Burmese Steam Navigation Company whose main trade was U.K. to Burma (now known as Myanmar). Henderson's named their ships after principal Burmese places, rivers, etc. such as YOMA, SALWEEN, PROME and MARTABAN. The online Britannica.com informs us : https://www.britannica.com/place/Pegu-historical-city-Myanmar Pegu, Burmese Bago, port city, southern Myanmar (Burma), on the Pegu River, 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Yangon (Rangoon). Pegu was the capital of the Mon kingdom and is surrounded by the ruins of its old wall and moat, which formed a square, with 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometre) sides. On the Yangon–Mandalay railway, it is the start of a branch line southeast along the Gulf of Martaban. |
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News EventSaturday, September 17, 1966 @ 1445The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable |
MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) |
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MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Dunoon for Gourock then a non-landing cruise to Garelochhead (Gare Loch) |
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News EventThursday, March 12, 1964 @ 0900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
CALEDONIAN PRINCESS (1961-1982 Passenger / vehicle ferry 353 feet long of British Railways Board / Caledonian Steam Packet/ /British Transport Ship Management/Sealink) |
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CALEDONIAN PRINCESS at James Watt Dock, Greenock bunkers fuel oil from oiler CLANITY |
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News EventThursday, August 3, 1967 @ 1045 |
NELEUS ( 1953 - 1971 General cargo ship 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : scrapped China 1974) |
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Alfred Holt's NELEUS arrives King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Sydney via Liverpool |
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News EventFriday, August 5, 1966 @ 0916 |
SCOTTISH COAST (1957-1969 Passenger cargo ship 342 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 2002 scrapped at Mumbai, India)) |
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Burns & Laird's SCOTTISH COAST leaves Ardrossan Harbour on her daylight summer service to Belfast |
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News EventSaturday, December 5, 1959 @ 0840 |
LADY ROSLIN (1958-1982 Explosives carrier 174 feet long of I.C.I. Nobel Division, Irvine) |
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ICI's LADY ROSLIN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to take on bunkers of fuel oil |
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News EventFriday, December 4, 1959 @ 2300 |
LASCAR (1939-1972 Steam general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 66 feet long of J & J Hay, Glasgow : 1972 scrapped at Troon) |
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Puffer LASCAR arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of scrap metal from Belfast |
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News EventThursday, December 3, 1959 @ 0930 |
FRAGUM (1952-1964 Coastal oil tanker 332 feet long of Shell Tankers, London :1976 scrapped at Hong Kong) |
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Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with Bitumen from Stanlow |
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News EventThursday, December 3, 1959 @ 1210 |
AMELAND (1956-1970 White products tanker of Stoomvaart Maatschappij Rotterdam (dochter K.R.L.) / Shell Tankers, Rotterdam : 1976 scrapped Bilbao) |
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Tanker AMELAND arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with crude oil from Punta Cardon (Venezuela) via Stanlow |
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News EventFriday, June 9, 1967 @ 1510 |
RUTHENIC (1966-1967 General cargo ship 469 feet long formerly Royal Mail Line's DURANGO :transferred in 1966 to Shaw Savill Line, London : 1967 scrapped Taiwan) |
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Shaw Savill's RUTHENIC arrives King George V Dock, Glasgow from Nelson (New Zealand) via Liverpool |
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News EventThursday, May 25, 1967 @ 1245 |
PERSEUS (1950 - 1973 Cargo / passenger liner 516 feet long with Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1973 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
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Alfred Holt's PERSEUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Singapore via Birkenhead |
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News EventTuesday, May 31, 1966 @ 0840 |
DUCHESS OF HAMILTON ( 1932-1971 Passenger excursion steamer 272 feet long with triple screws of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) |
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DUCHESS OF HAMILTON leaves Craigendoran for various Clyde piers on passage to Inveraray |
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Timetable for Clyde excursion steamer DUCHESS OF HAMILTON sailings from Craigendoran to Inveraray on Tuesdays in the summer season of 1966. |
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News EventFriday, January 21, 1966 @ 0125 |
NORBETH (General cargo ship / bulk carrier 510 feet long) ... in 1966 |
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NORBETH arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with 14,521 tons of Grain from Vancouver |
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Can anyone please give information – owners, etc. of NORBETH in 1966. Shifts : 26 January from 1645 to 1745 hours shifted 45 feet astern using 3 boatmen. 3 February at 1145 hours shifted 23 feet astern, no boatmen used.
Bunkered : 25 January bunkered 290 tons fuel oil from oiler CLANITY. 4 February bunkered 340 tons fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE.
On ground : First Low Water: draught forward 28’ 06” aft 28’ 09” alongside quay, vessel upright. Second Low Water: draught forward 26’ 05” aft 29’ 00” and 5 feet off quay, vessel upright. Third Low Water: draught forward 27’ 06” aft 29’ 00” and 5 feet off quay, vessel upright.
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News EventThursday, January 28, 1960 @ 0245 |
SAINT ANGUS (1936 -1965 General cargo coaster 151 feet long of J & A Gardner Company, Glasgow) |
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Gardner's coaster SAINT ANGUS arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with scrap metal from Belfast |
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News EventWednesday, January 27, 1960 @ 0935 |
MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) |
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MAID OF CUMBRAE arrives at Old Dock, Ardrossan Dockyard for her annual overhaul |
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News EventMonday, September 26, 1960 @ 0900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) |
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Greenock Harbour Dues for oiler CLANITY fuelling IRISH PINE at James Watt Dock, Greenock |
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News EventThursday, November 19, 1959 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
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Conducting their business in Great Waters around 19th November 1959 |
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ANDES left Las Palmas (Canary Islands) 17 November for Southampton ARCADIA left Melbourne 18 November for Sydney BENATTOW at Singapore 19 November for Port Swettenham (Malaysia) BENCRUACHAN at Hong Kong 19 November for Pusan (South Korea) BENDORAN at Rotterdam 19 November for London BENLOYAL left Bangkok (Thailand) 19 November for Iloilo (Philippines) BENMACDHUI left Port Said (Egypt) 19 November for Liverpool BENREOCH left Port Said (Egypt) 18 November for London BENVEG left Singapore 19 November for Bangkok (Thailand) BENWYVIS at Wellington (New Zealand) for Napier (New Zealand) CAPE FRANKLIN from Wabana (Canada) at Tail of the Bank (Greenock) on 19 November CAPE HAWKE from Curacao (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea) at Liverpool 19 November CHESHIRE at Port Said (Egypt) 18 November for Rangoon (Burma) CHUSAN at Bombay (India) 19 November for London CITY OF EXETER at Las Palmas (Canary Islands) 18 November for Beira (Mozambique) CITY OF HULL at Port Elizabeth (South Africa) 18 November for Beira (Mozambique) CITY OF LIVERPOOL left Durban (South Africa) 18 November for London CITY OF NEWPORT left Suez (Egypt) 18 November for Chalna (East Pakistan / Bangladesh) CITY OF WINNIPEG at Suez (Egypt) 19 November for London EGIDIA at Suez (Egypt) 18 November for Liverpool IBERIA left Aden (Yemen) 17 November for London MALAKAND at Aden (Yemen) on passage from Glasgow to Chalna (East Pakistan / Bangladesh) QUEEN ELIZABETH left New York 18 November for Southampton QUEEN MARY left Southampton 19 November for New York SANTONA called at Montreal (Canada) 18 November on passage from Glasgow to the Great Lakes SUCCESSOR at Barbados (an island country in Lesser Antilles in Caribbean Sea) 18 November from London SYLVANIA left Liverpool 18 November for Montreal (Canada) |
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News EventFriday, November 13, 2020 @ 2040 |
BARON FORBES (1922-1953 General cargo ship of Hugh Hogarth & Co. Ltd., / Baron Line, Ardrossan : 1953 scrapped) |
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Does anyone remember Hogarth’s BARON FORBES (1922-1953) and tracing a discharge book |
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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 in 1959 got any ideas how I can trace it |
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News EventSaturday, May 23, 1959 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
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The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Saturday 23 May 1959 |
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News EventMonday, December 20, 1954 @ 0955 |
AMERICAN FARMER (1945-1964 General cargo freighter 461 feet long of United States Lines, New York : 1969 scrapped) |
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AMERICAN FARMER arrives at Yorkhill, Glasgow to discharge then load for Boston (Massachussets, USA) |
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News EventTuesday, December 14, 1954 @ 1645 |
SPENSER (1950-1955 General cargo ship 430 feet long of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool : 1962 scrapped) |
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Lamport & Holt's SPENSER arrives at Yorkhill, Glasgow to load for River Plate |
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News EventThursday, December 16, 1954 @ 1532 |
DICK LYKES (1945-1970 General cargo ship 460 feet long of Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Tampa, USA : 1970 scrapped Taiwan) |
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Lykes freighter DICK LYKES arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow from New Orleans (USA) via Liverpool |
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News EventSunday, November 15, 1959 @ 1830 |
LAIRDSBURN (1959-1966 General cargo coaster 165 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 sank at Sicily) |
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Burns & Laird's coaster LAIRDSBURN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with scrap metal from Belfast |
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News EventSunday, November 15, 1959 @ 0730 |
PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry) |
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Fisher's of Newry coastal Tar Carrier PALM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load Tar for Belfast |
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News EventFriday, December 17, 1954 @ 1300 |
SEAMEW (1947-1966 General cargo ship 259 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London) |
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General Steam's SEAMEW arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow from Oporto and Cadiz via Liverpool |
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News EventSaturday, December 18, 1954 @ 1645 |
CILICIA (1938-40 Anchor Line passenger/cargo ship : 1940-44 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1944-46 Troopship : 1946 Returned to owners : 1966-80 training ship / Hostel in Rotterdam : 1980 scrapped Bilbao) |
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Anchor Line liner CILICIA arrives at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow from Bombay (India) via Cardiff (Wales) |
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News EventSaturday, December 11, 1954 @ 1210 |
COOLSINGEL (1953-1955 General cargo coaster 53.25m 175 feet of N.V. Import & Transport company 'Invotra',Rotterdam : 1966-1970 as LAIRDSFIELD : 1970 sank) |
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Netherlands coaster COOLSINGEL arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow to load pig iron for Rotterdam |
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From 1966 to 1970 coaster COOLSINGEL served as LAIRDSFIELD of Burns & Laird Lines of Glasgow |
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News EventTuesday, December 14, 1954 @ 1110 |
PROME (1937-1962 Passenger / cargo liner 462 feet overall of Patrick Henderson Line, Glasgow) |
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Henderson Line's PROME berths at Yorkhill, Glasgow to discharge and then load for Rangoon |
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News EventFriday, September 18, 1936 @ 1808 |
LAIRDSCASTLE (1930-1940 Passenger / general cargo ship 276 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1940 sank near Sanda Island after collision near Ailsa Craig) |
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Burns & Laird's LAIRDSCASTLE leaves Glasgow with 47 passengers for Dublin |
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News EventFriday, May 22, 1959 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
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The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Friday 22 May 1959 |
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News EventTuesday, January 9, 1968 @ 1050 |
AUTOMEDON (1949-1971 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) |
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Alfred Holt's AUTOMEDON arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Singapore via Liverpool |
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News EventFriday, June 7, 1957 @ 2130 |
SUE LYKES (1945 - 1972 general cargo ship 460 feet long of Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, USA : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
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SUE LYKES arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow from Gulf of Mexico ports via Prince's Dock, Glasgow |
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News EventSaturday, January 6, 1968 @ 1810 |
CLAN MACGOWAN (1963-1969 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line / King Line, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped at Calcutta)) |
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CLAN MACGOWAN arrives at 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow from Durban via Manchester |
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News EventThursday, May 21, 1959 @ 0800 |
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The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Thursday 21 May 1959 |
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News EventWednesday, September 11, 1957 @ 2025 |
FRANZ DOERENKAMP (1955-1968 General cargo coaster 71.2m 234 feet overall of Partenreederei m/s Franz Doerenkamp / DG Neptun,, Bremen : 1989 scrapped at Piraeus, Greece) |
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German coaster FRANZ DOERENKAMP arrives at Glasgow with 178 tons of fruit from Cartagena, Spain |
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News EventSaturday, January 12, 1963 @ 1300DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
THUNDERER (1958-1973 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock) |
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Thomas Slater, Master of the Steel & Bennie tug THUNDERER |
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News EventFriday, August 10, 1962 @ 1100 |
SEAWAY (1946 - 1969 Coastal and Harbour tug 114 feet long of Ardrossan Harbour Company, Ardrossan : 1969 Scrapped at Dalmuir, River Clyde) |
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Master Neil Mealey and Mate John MacPherson of Ardrossan Harbour Company's tug SEAWAY |
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10th August 1962, on harbour tug SEAWAY at Ardrossan Harbour, Firth of Clyde, Master Neil Mealey (formerly of Steel & Bennie, tug owners, Glasgow) and mate John MacPherson. The image of the men and Douglas on the tug was much too faded to reproduce on site. |
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News EventThursday, December 21, 1967 @ 0735 |
CALCHAS (1947-1957 then 1962-1973 General cargo ship 487 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) |
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Alfred Holt's CALCHAS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Hong Kong |
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News EventThursday, January 4, 1968 @ 0235 |
RENOIR (1967-1971 General cargo ship 411 feet long chartered from Booth Line "BENEDICT" of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool) |
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Lamport & Holt's RENOIR arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow to load for Porto Alegre (Brasil) |
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News EventThursday, December 21, 1967 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
INDIAN RESOLVE (1956- General cargo ship 534 feet long of India Steamship Co., Calcutta) |
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INDIAN RESOLVE arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow to load steel coils for Bombay (India) |
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News EventWednesday, May 20, 1959 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
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The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Wednesday 20 May 1959 |
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News EventSaturday, September 14, 1957 @ 0345 |
MARGARET BOWATER (1955-1968 General cargo ship / Newsprint carrier 430 feet long of Bowater Steamship Co., / Furness Withy / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
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MARGARET BOWATER arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with Newsprint and 3 Passengers |
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News EventMonday, January 29, 1968 @ 2130 |
CLAN MACGILLIVRAY (1962-1981 General cargo ship 508 feet long of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line / King Line, London) |
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CLAN MACGILLIVRAY arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Durban (South Africa) |
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News EventTuesday, October 27, 2020 @ 1540 |
WILSON BLYTH (1995- ) IMO 9124419 General cargo ship 88m long of Wilson ASA, Bergen, Norway) |
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Cargo ship WILSON BLYTH leaves Ayr (Scotland) for Wicklow (Ireland) |
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The afternoon of Tuesday 27th October 2020 at Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) was not good for working in a garden, shopping in the town or for taking photographs of a ship. Completely overcast sky, heavy continual rain, bitingly cold with a strong southerly wind and poor visibility. If you had been out in it you would have known all about it. So WILSON BLYTH will probably be more than happy to leave.
WILSON BLYTH (1995- ) an 88m general cargo ship of Wilson ASA of Bergen, Norway had arrived at the river berth in Ayr with a cargo of road salt from the warmer climate of Sfax, Tunisia, in a hot corner of the Mediterranean. 1545 hours. Preparing to leave the River berth at Ayr. 1550 hours. Pilot aboard. Navigation lights switched on and crew at harbour stations.
1555 hours. Moving astern to cant at the entrance to Griffin Dock to turn to starboard to face the port entrance. The rain was now heavier than ever. 1610 hours. In the background is the Netherlands registered cargo ship MONIKA which had berthed in Griffin Dock at 0800 that morning with a cargo of wind turbine components from Taranto, Italy.
1611 hours and WILSON BLYTH straightens up for the port entrance and is followed by the Pilot Boat SCOTIA. And now she was departing light-ship on her 206 nautical miles passage to Wicklow, Ireland, and, at a speed of 6.7 knots, expected to arrive at the Irish Port at 0900 hours 28 October.
1620 hours in blustery wind and torrential rain the Pilot Boat SCOTIA returns to Ayr harbour with the Pilot. 1622 hours and as WILSON BLYTH heads south west into the setting sun the torrential rain amazingly appears to stop, leaving a suddenly bright horizon and heavy squalls in the north channel. |
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News EventMonday, June 27, 1955 @ 1005The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable |
CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock) |
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Paddle steamer CALEDONIA day cruises from Ardrossan on Mondays and Thursdays in Summer 1955 |
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News EventTuesday, January 16, 1968 @ 1410 |
PELEUS ( 1949 - 1972 General cargo / passenger liner 516 feet long of Ocean Steamship Company / Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung (Taiwan) |
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Alfred Holt's PELEUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Kobe (Japan) via Liverpool |
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Does anyone remember Hogarth’s BARON FORBES which was
scrapped in 1953
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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 ? |
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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 ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Song about the Clyde and the musical band on Glasgow excursion steamers in 1950s / 60s
Email from Margaret Rose (nee Wilson) May 31 2020 Montreal
In the early 1960s my family emigrated from Scotland to Montreal(Canada).
Dad always used to tell of sailing down the Clyde from
Glasgow on excursion steamers and there was a musical
band aboard which played Scottish tunes to entertain
passengers.
A favourite song was something about the Clyde. I know
it’s a long shot but does anyone know the name of the
song and the band ?
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Lightship ALBATROSS built at Robbs Shipyard, Leith in 1927
E-Mail from a viewer 31 May 2020
Hello- I wonder if anyone can please help. I am researching a lightship built at Robbs shipyard in 1927. Her name is Albatross and I believe she was built in yard 30. I would dearly love to see her build plans but I know that is a massive ask. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
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Cruise ships may be laid up in the Clyde
22 May 2020
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From Jimmy Johnston (Paisley)
In the news they are talking about laying up idle cruise liners in the Clyde. Where in the Clyde or even in Scotland could be good places to put these big ships.
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e-mail from Tommy Robertson (Dumbarton)
21 May 2020
Elder Dempster / Blue Funnel ship scrapped at Dalmuir (Glasgow) around 1980
Does anyone know the name of the Alfred Holt Blue Funnel
ship that was scrapped at the Arnott Young yard at Dalmuir.
She was definitely a Blue Funnel job but had the Elder
Dempster buff funnel.
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Paddle Steamers at Pusser River, Chalna, Bangladesh
E-mail 23 March 2020 from N.L. of Cardiff, Wales
I was looking at your item on the WAVERLEY which calls herself the “Last seagoing paddle steamer in the World.”
It reminded me of the last time I was at Chalna (Pusser River, Bangladesh) in early 1980s where there were many largish paddle steamers about 300 feet (100 metres) long chugging around.
I never thought of what they were doing, maybe bringing the gangs of workers to the anchorage to load Jute (who remembers the biting Jute Flies) onto the ships, or maybe taking passengers to some place downriver.
But these were big working paddle steamers. Does anyone else remember them ?
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Why was Irish Lights Tender IERNE registered in Liverpool ?
19 March 2020 @ 1057
J R of Birkenhead e-mails :
I read your item about the IERNE, a lights tender owned by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, Dublin, Ireland.
Why was she registered in Liverpool and not Dublin ? and what was her eventual fate ?
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Maclay and McIntyre of Glasgow ships DOMIRA and KASSANGA and a ship LYNFIELD of Stockton on Tees
A viewer e-mails
I am particularly looking for some information about a Glasgow Tramp Shipping Co called Maclay and Mc intyre and 2 ships of there's Domira sold 1919 and Kassanga bought 1911 sunk 1917.
Also a ship called Lynfield belonging to a shipping co called Field from Stockton on Tees
Can anyone help ?
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Stewardesses and Nurse on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966
2019-12-29
By e-mail
Does anyone remember the Stewardesses (usually student school-teachers who were working during the summer holidays) and the Nurse who worked on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966.
Mary D.
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Old Mississippi – type passenger steamer in Sydney (Australia)
Jim Middleton (London) e-mails
29 December 2019
The BBC news today showed the wild fires at Sydney and the smoke at Sydney Harbour.
I was surprised to see in the news report, in the background, an old Mississippi type passenger steamer, with two tall abreast funnels (stacks) passing under the Harbour Bridge.
Can anyone give details of this vessel and its route and timetable ?
Thanks, JM.
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CLAN FRASER and a rope across the dock at Glasgow
4 November 2019
Jim McGoogan e-mails :
Your article of CLAN FRASER of 8th 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. |
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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 ==================================================================== |
Where is the “Chapman Anchorage” ???
Robbie Keen (Carlisle, England) emails:
I see in the entry for BENWYVIS that she
was in “Chapman Anchorage.” Where is
Chapman Anchorage and what would she
be doing there ???
Robbie. 31 August 2019
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Teak fronts on the front of ship's bridges
By Eric S. 8th July 2019
Many cargo vessels and tankers built as late as the 1950s had
teak fronts to their bridges, even though the rest of their
superstructures was steel. Why was this so? Was the teak
front at these late dates merely a design feature, or an echo
of past practice, perhaps, or were there practical reasons?
All comments are welcome.
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Can anyone identify this cap badge ?
Samms of Nantwich e-mails: 07 July 2019
I saw this officer’s cap at a flea market. Can
anyone identify the cap badge ?
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What shipping Companies served Calcutta, Chalna, Chittagong and Rangoon and what problems did the Monsoon rains and storms cause to the ships ?
By e-mail from R.S. (London) 2 July 2019
There was a programme on television the other evening
about the Monsoon in the Bay of Bengal. I was a North
Atlantic man and never ventured to the Far East.
I wondered what difficulties would be experienced by
ships during the Monsoon season’s heavy rainfall and
swollen rivers and storms.
And also, I can only think of maybe 3 shipping
companies which regularly traded to the area – Calcutta,
Chalna, Chittagong, Rangoon. What other companies
were there ?
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Where did this ship come from in Sweden ???
Haltst…….. ?????
January 2020 and Bryn Wayt e-mails
A chap was asking where ship came from: the spelling was incorrect using Haltstwik on the 'docket'.
The origin of the ship must have been HALLSTAVIK in Sweden.
The place was/is famous for it paper-mill, hence the ships cargo bound for Belfast.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstavik
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U.S. Navy supply ships calling at Fairlie (Firth of Clyde)
From Alan and Jean, (Fairlie, Firth of Clyde, Scotland)
20 May 2019 @ 1540
We were very interested in your mention of U.S.S. YELLOWSTONE
at Tail-of-the Bank.
It reminded us in 1960s, 1970s and 1980s when U.S. Navy
supply ships were common callers at the Navy jetty at Fairlie,
bringing stores for the Holy Loch vessels, and the stores
were taken from Fairlie to Holy Loch in the Ross & Marshall
lighters and small coasters.
The U.S. ships were quite colourful (colorful) with their
grey hulls and their funnels (stacks) painted grey with yellow
and blue bands.
Our favourite, her name began with M, not quite sure but
could be MARSHFIELD or MARSHLAND ….. or something like
that, was obviously a WW2 type but always immaculate
and a frequent caller.
Does anyone else remember these ships calling at
the Clyde ?
Alan and Jean.
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Clyde Navigation Trust launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS
14 March 2019 @ 1239
Richard Danielson e-mails
The Clyde Navigation Trust harbour launches: Newark, Garmoyle and Dunglass have had little written about them.
I have a photo showing two of them (which two I cannot tell) giving a tow to the Duchess of Hamilton to help her turn at Bridge Wharf in 1969.
Please ask anyone who knows about the work of the launches to get in touch with me by email.
THANK YOU.
Richard Danielson.
Admin Note :
For safety and security of our readers we do not normally show e-mail addresses. Any reply to this interesting question should be made to our “CONTACT US” and we will forward the message to Richard.
20 March 2019 @ 1604
Jim Howie (Partick, Glasgow)
I am replying to Richard’s query about the small boats at Glasgow.
Sorry to disappoint you Richard but there was a small but bulky booklet produced possibly about 50 years ago that described in great detail all the Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority vessels. I did have a copy but it’s been lost.
In 1960’s the Clyde Trust / Authority had quite a few vessels.
6 Dredgers : CESSNOCK, CRAIGIEHALL, ELDERSLIE, LENNOX 11, ROSSLYN and SIR WILLIAM H. RAEBURN.
12 Hopper Barges.
1 Dumb grab hopper barge.
1 Tug CLYDE.
4 high-level Vehicular Ferryboats : FINNIESTON, GOVAN and WHITEINCH. The remaining one was a spare in case of breakdowns.
3 chain-operated ferries : RENFREW and ERSKINE. The remaining one was a spare in case of breakdowns.
11 passenger ferryboats.
1 60-ton floating crane NEWSHOT.
1 Diving Bell barge.
2 Divers’ motor boats.
1 Oil Separating Barge PLOVER
3 motor launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS.
1 Hydrographic Survey launch CRANNOG.
And a number of very small rope boats which were used in the docks and piers to bring the mooring ropes from ships to the pawls on the dockside.
I think CRANNOG did an awful lot of the surveying for the placement for both Finnart and Hunterston jetties.
And around mid 1990s NEWARK was fitted with an A-frame at the stern and spent a week in Ardrossan Harbour dragging the bottom of Eglinton Dock to clear all debris prior to the construction of the Marina in the dock.
The motor launches normally berthed at the Trust / Authority workshops at Renfrew although at odd times they laid alongside the dredgers and hoppers in Queen’s Dock.
If you would care to put the photograph on this site I have a friend who may be able to identify the boats in question.
Jim Howie.
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Looking for images / photos of BALLYGALLY HEAD of 1950s
23 January 2019 1011
Joseph McGurk Jr. e-mails
Hi, I am looking for any photos of the tramp steam ship, BALLYGALLY HEAD, I think
there were two built, one in the late 1800s and the other in the mid 1950s
I would appreciate if you could find any as it would make my father very happy as
he sailed on her
Thank you, regards Joseph mc gurk jr
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Renfrew Harbour, Firth of Clyde, around 1980
January 2019 : Robert Orr contributed this image of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority HOPPER No. 25 at their wharf at their workshops at Renfrew Harbour around 1980.
Does anyone have any idea what the other ships are ?
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The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937
6th January 2019.
James Barrowman (Brighton, England) e-mails :
I am an enthusiast for paddle steamers and read your item on EAGLE 111.
The advertisement shows the ship departing from Glasgow (Bridge Wharf) s. s.
Assuming that s.s. does not mean Steam Ship, can anyone help with what s.s. means ?
Thanks, Jim Barrowman.
7th 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 ?
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” ???
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 ?
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 27th 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
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)
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 15th 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 4th 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.
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 ?
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
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.
MYSTERY SHIP PORTHOLE From Michael Irwin (michaelj87836@gmail.com) 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 ............................................................................................................................................ |
LASHERCIA ..... A Spanish coaster in 1962
Does anyone have information on LASHERCIA which was trading around the Irish Sea and Liverpool in 1962 ?
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Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS
Jim Allison writes : I see from arrivals and sailings that the Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS were busy on the River, even in the middle of the night. What was their occupation ?
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Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland) in January 1963.
From Sean R (Larne, Northern Ireland)
Thanks very much for showing the ships bringing explosives from Irvine to Carrickfergus in January 1963. After 53 years I've now found out the two ships in the photographs, CASCADE the Dutch coaster and LADY ANSTRUTHER of ICI. Sean R.
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Netherlands coaster MADO in 1963
In January 1963 the Groningen registered coaster MADO was at Irvine, Scotland, having arrived with a cargo of 200 tons of fertilizer from Rotterdam. Does anyone have any information or details of this ship
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CARGOES FOR BEIRA BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY
I see from the sailing notices (such as in SYDNEY STAR) that cargoes for Beira in East Africa are often accepted by special arrangement only. Why by special arrangement ?
Charlie and Misty Fennelly, New Jersey. U.S.A.
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Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK
Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK was at Glasgow from August 27 1959 to September 2 1959 loading scrap metal for Japan. Does anyone have any information about this vessel.
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 ?
“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)
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.
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. ?
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.
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 ?
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.
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."
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"
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.
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."
CAN YOU HELP. Princes Dock logbook shows these vessels arriving, but the writing is hard to read. Can you make out the names?
Click on these images to enlarge them
First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul
Below it is maybe.... Templar
Further down is maybe... Kaduna ...or Kadura
Further down maybe... La Manche
Just below that ......Barbanihalis (or something)
Still further down..... Prins W J or G Frerderick
And also on that page for 28th June at 2045 arrives "Somme" at berth 65 annexe. I had never heard of "65 annexe" Can anyone enlighten me?
A Manson replies "berth 65 Plantation was an Annex abutting on the West end of Mavisbank Quay." and Kaduna was owned by Paddy Henderson, vessels trading to Burma and associated areas.
Prinz Willem 1V and Prinz W J Fredrick were owned by Dutch Company Oranje Lijn and traded to, and spent some time in the Great Lakes.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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.
CAN YOU HELP This vessel "Stern" or "Stein" arrived KG5. Is the name "Stern" or "Stein" Click on the image to enlarge it.
CAN YOU HELP : What is the name of this 1967 arrival. Click on the image to enlarge it.
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.
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 .
MANOEUVERING ON THE RIVER : Jim Allison e-mails that when a vessel was moving on the river Clyde and passing the entrances to Rivers Kelvin, Cart and Leven, after heavy rainfall, the amount of water coming off these rivers would hit any passing vessel on the side and tend to push her in the opposite direction. You needed a strong steady hand on the wheel at these points.
CAN YOU HELP : On 3rd May 1965 a vessel "DCV 401" arrived. Any information on that vessel ?
THE BIG EX-BP TANKER AT PLANTATION. : Jim Allison writes that a big ex-BP tanker which lay at Plantation for some time, around 1980, and was leaving for breaking in the far east, was towed astern downriver to Shieldhall and her stern put into KG5, and she was turned there to go downstream ahead. He doesn't remember the name.
SEAMEN'S MISSION AT YORKHILL/SCOTSTOUN ; Tam Thomson asks if anyone remembers the "Seamens Mission" at Yorkhill or Scotstoun in 1970s, run by pensioners/church, where seamen/retired sailors could get a hearty cooked meal at a reasonable price.
A Manson replies;
There once was a"Flying Angel " Seamens Club in York Street Glasgow long since gone. There is still a Stella Maris Club for seamen situated at 937 Dumbarton Road Yoker Glasgow open several days a week .It is affiliated to St. Brendans Church on Kelso Street close by.
Tam Thomson replies: Much appreciated for your answer Mr Manson. I didn't know about the Flying Angel but you have made me think. was there a seamens club beside the Clyde Shipping offices at the suspension bridge. The stella Maris, yes that is the very one. I had a dinner in there must be twenty years ago. the ladies had finished meals but made me one specially when i came in. Its great that you have brought back memory and i like all your ansers to the help bit as you really know your stuff about the clyde. Have a good new year mr Manson, and Douglas please keep up the internet site as it is great to read about the ships at Glasgow, and i hope you have a good new year to.
A Manson replies:Re the Stella Maris Club which may stir a memory of the subscriber. It was for many years situated in Carlton Place on the South side of the Upper Clyde close to the Suspension Bridge.
MEXICAN WARSHIPS IN PRINCE'S DOCK ; Joe Barrowman asks if anyone remembers some "Mexican ?" frigates which visited Princes Dock in early 1970s.
CAN YOU HELP Can you decipher the name of the ship Bleuersand? And she has come from Sfax via ????? Could it be Ayr? Click on the image to enlarge it.
Bill McKellar e-mails : I would say that it's Ayr for Bluersand.