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What/When	Ship
News Event Monday, May 15, 1967 @ 1700	SANTONA (1959-1967 General cargo ship 297 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Donaldson Line's SANTONA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton
Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901 Port of Registry Glasgow
News Event Friday, May 5, 1967 @ 1700	TERNEFJELL (1955- 1968 Refrigerated / General cargo ship 297 feet long of A/S Falkefjell / Olsen & Ugelstad, Olsen & Uglested's Fjell Line, Norway : 1971 wrecked at Oran)	Own Page
TERNEFJELL closes at Glasgow for cargo for Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Detroit and Chicago
Ships agent J C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock" Port of Registry Oslo (Norway) Net Tonnage 1,115 Gross Tonnage 2,102 Deadweght Tonnage 2,845
News Event Friday, July 14, 1967 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	EMERALD TRADER (1966 - November 1969 General cargo coaster 47m overall of N.V. Scheepvaartbedrijf 'Gruno', Amsterdam, : 1992 scrapped Perama, Greece)	Own Page
Coaster EMERALD TRADER on faraway quay at Paisley Harbour, Scotland
Port of Registry Amsterdam (Netherlands) Net Tonnage 204 Gross Tonnage 399 Deadweght Tonnage 475
Can anyone give details of this ship ?
News Event Friday, July 14, 1967 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	AGAIS (General cargo coaster)	Own Page
Coaster AGAIS at Paisley Harbour, Scotland
Can anyone give details of this ship ?
News Event Tuesday, August 6, 1957 @ 2145	USKMOUTH (1951-1963 General cargo ship 326 feet overall of Richard W Jones & Co / Uskside Steamship Co Ltd., Newport, Wales : 1971 Scrapped at Piraeus, Greece)	Own Page
Richard Jones USKMOUTH arrives in Glasgow with 3,400 tons of Timber from Cape Chat, Canada
Arrived from Cape Chat (Cap Chat, Quebec, Canada) Port of Registry Newport (Wales, U.K.) Arrived in berth 9 / 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 2,906 Sailing for Swansea (Wales, U.K.) Sailed from berth 9 / 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 20' 06" Draught aft on arrival 21' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Timber 3,400 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1730 on 7th August Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1800 on 13th August Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 8' 09" Draught aft on sailing 13' 06" Vessel bunkered At 1040 on 12th August bunkered 140 tons of fuel oil from ATTUNITY
News Event Saturday, March 22, 1958 @ 1900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	SUNDA (1952-1968 Refrigerated / general cargo liner 523 feet long of P & O Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
P & O cargo ship SUNDA sails from Grangemouth for Far Eastern Ports
Ships agent The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803 Port of Registry London (England, UK) Net Tonnage 4,965 Gross Tonnage 9,235 Deadweght Tonnage 11,571
News Event Friday, March 6, 1964 @ 1320	NIMFA (1961-1968 General cargo ship 216 feet overall : 2005 scrapped at Aliaga, Spain	Own Page
Polish ship NIMFA arrives in King George V Dock, Glasgow to load Tubes and Heavy Lifts for Stettin
Arrived from Manchester (England, U.K.) Port of Registry Kolobrzeg (Poland) Arrived in berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Gross Tonnage 541 Sailing for Stettin (Szczecin, Poland) Deadweght Tonnage 1,3.00 Sailed from berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 6' 10" Draught aft on arrival 11' 02" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 1330 on 6th March Outward cargo Tubes 200 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Heavy lifts loaded Around 8th March loaded 2 lifts, 13 tons and 28 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1115 on 9th March Draught forward on sailing 9' 10" Draught aft on sailing 11' 10" Ships agent J S Braid, Glasgow
News Event Friday, March 6, 1964 @ 0520	KING MALCOLM (1952-1972 General cargo ship 466 feet overall of King Line / Clan Line / Hector Whaling :1981 Scrapped)	Own Page
King Line's KING MALCOLM arrives at 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Dar-es-Salaam
Arrived from Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry London (UK) Arrived in berth 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Gross Tonnage 5,883 Sailing for Dar-es-Salaam via Swansea Sailed from berth 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 9' 11" Draught aft on arrival 12' 02" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 6th March Outward cargo General cargo 550 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Heavy lifts loaded 6th March loaded 4 lifts total 59 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1100 on 8th March Draught forward on sailing 11' 00" Draught aft on sailing 17' 07" Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Tuesday, March 3, 1964 @ 0810	ANTENOR (1957-1970 General cargo ship 491 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's ANTENOR arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to unload cargo from Far Eastern Ports
Arrived from Singapore via Liverpool and Dublin Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Arrived in berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 7,965 Sailing for Swansea (Wales, U.K.) Sailed from berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 15 00" Draught aft on arrival 21' 02" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 583 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0830 on 3rd March Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1330 on 4th March Outward cargo Part same inward cargo of Latex Draught forward on sailing 16' 03" Draught aft on sailing 20' 02" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Monday, January 11, 1960 @ 1700	MURISTAN (1950-1966 General cargo ship of Frank C Strick, London : 1972 scrapped)	Own Page
Strick's MURISTAN closes at Glasgow for cargo for Persian Gulf Ports
Ships agent Frank C Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CITy 6131 Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 8,408
News Event Thursday, January 7, 1960 @ 1700	CITY OF HEREFORD (1958-1971 General cargo liner of Ellerman Hall Line, London)	Own Page
Ellerman's CITY OF HEREFORD closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Vizaghapatnam and Calcutta
Ships agent Hall Line Ltd., Tower Building, Liverpool 3 Tel. CENtral 8444 Telex 62-185 Port of Registry London Gross Tonnage 4,954 Deadweght Tonnage 7,610
News Event Friday, January 15, 1960 @ 1700 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	MORGENSTER (1947-1961 General cargo ship of South African Marine Corporation, Cape Town : 1972 scrapped at Taiwan))	Own Page
Safmarine's MORGENSTER closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa
Ships agent F W Allan & Ker Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Telephone CENtral 0925-8 Port of Registry Kaapstad (pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
News Event Wednesday, January 6, 1960 @ 1000		Own Page
1960 Advert by Blue Star Line of London for their Express Cargo Liner Services
News Event Saturday, February 15, 1964 @ 1040	PERSEUS (1950 - 1973 Cargo / passenger liner 516 feet long with Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1973 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's PERSEUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to unload and load for Eastern Ports
Arrived from Kobe & Hong Kong via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 3 / 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 10,109 Sailing for Singapore via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 15' 10" Draught aft on arrival 21' 02" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 667 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 16th February Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1300 on 18th February Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 18th February Outward cargo General cargo 1,300 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed loading outward cargo 1530 on 26th February Draught forward on sailing 19' 06" Draught aft on sailing 20' 06" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Friday, October 1, 1937 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	BARON ELPHINSTONE (1937-1959 General cargo ship of Hugh Hogarth & Co. Ltd. / Baron Line, Ardrossan : 1971 scrapped)	Own Page
BARON ELPHINSTONE (1937-1959) of Hugh Hogarth's Baron Line, Ardrossan, Scotland
Port of Registry Ardrossan (Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 2,691 Gross Tonnage 4,635 Deadweght Tonnage 8,963
News Event Tuesday, March 1, 1949 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1949 Advert by The Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Grangemouth, Scotland
News Event Tuesday, March 1, 1949 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1949 Advert by Grangemouth & Forth Towing Co. Ltd., Grangemouth, Scotland
News Event Tuesday, March 1, 1949 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1949 Advert by David Traill & Sons, Stevedores and Contractors, Grangemouth, Scotland
News Event Tuesday, February 18, 1964 @ 2320	ARGYLLSHIRE ( 1956 - 1975 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Scottish Shire Line / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1977 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan)	Own Page
Scottish Shire's ARGYLLSHIRE arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Durban
Arrived from Sydney and Brisbane (Australia) via Belfast Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Net Tonnage 5267 Sailing for Durban via Birkenhead Gross Tonnage 9299 Sailed from berth 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Deadweght Tonnage 11250 Draught forward on arrival 15 00" Draught aft on arrival 18' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 527 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 19th February Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1330 on 21st February Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 19th February Outward cargo General cargo 550 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed loading outward cargo 1440 on 21st February Draught forward on sailing 15' 00" Draught aft on sailing 18' 04" Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Wednesday, January 13, 1960 @ 1700	FORESTER (1952-1970 General cargo liner of T & J Harrison / Charente Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's FORESTER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Red Sea and East Africa
Ships agent Thos & Jas Harrison Ltd., Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool Gross Tonnage 8,377
News Event Wednesday, January 6, 1960 @ 1000		Own Page
1960 Sailing Notice for David MacBrayne cargo services from Glasgow to West Highlands of Scotland
Ship's location Kingston Dock, Glasgow Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0720	PETER (a general cargo coaster 200 feet long)	Own Page
Coaster PETER arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow with 850 tons of Gypsum from Dundalk (Ireland)
Arrived from Dundalk (Eire / Ireland) Arrived in berth 2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Sailing for Dundalk (Eire / Ireland) Sailed from berth 2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 12' 00" Draught aft on arrival 12' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Gypsum 850 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 24th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo R P Shaw & Sons, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2454 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1430 on 24th September Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 5' 03" Draught aft on sailing 8' 06"
News Event Sunday, January 1, 1961 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1961 Advert by Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Tyneside, England
News Event Tuesday, April 25, 1967 @ 1510	LOCHBROOM (1948-1972 General cargo coaster 140 feet long of David MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow)	Own Page
MacBrayne's coaster LOCHBROOM arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow to load for Bonahaven, Islay
Arrived from Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 30 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head west) Net Tonnage 130 Sailing for Bonahaven (Isle of Islay, Western Isles of Scotland) Gross Tonnage 413 Sailed from berth 30 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head west) Deadweght Tonnage 535 Draught forward on arrival 4' 06" Draught aft on arrival 10' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 1545 on 25th April Outward cargo 1,000 empty barrels = 90 tons (These are empty whisky barrels returning to Bonahaven Distillery) Stevedore loading outward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed loading outward cargo 1500 on 26th April Draught forward on sailing 6' 00" Draught aft on sailing 11' 03" Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Wednesday, April 26, 1967 @ 0910	HERMAN BODEWES (1965- General cargo coaster 226 feet long of Rederij m.s. "Herman Bodewes," / Fa J Seven, Hoogezand)	Own Page
HERMAN BODEWES arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow from Bordeaux (France), Bristol and Dublin
Arrived from Bordeaux (France), Bristol and Dublin Port of Registry Hoogezand (Netherlands) Arrived in berth 1 / 3 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Net Tonnage 308 Sailing for Bordeaux (France) via Liverpool Gross Tonnage 500 Sailed from berth 1 / 3 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Deadweght Tonnage 1,150 Draught forward on arrival 10' 06" Draught aft on arrival 11' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 207 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0915 on 26th April Stevedore discharging inward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1500 on 27th April Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 27th April Outward cargo General cargo 94 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed loading outward cargo 1130 on 28th April Draught forward on sailing 9' 00" Draught aft on sailing 11' 02" Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Limited, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643
News Event Monday, January 25, 1960 @ 1900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	PORT WELLINGTON (1946-1971 Refrigerated cargo liner 529 feet long of Port Line, London)	Own Page
PORT WELLINGTON leaves Grangemouth for Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Launceston, Hobart
Ships agent The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803 Port of Registry London Net Tonnage 6,347 Gross Tonnage 10,585 Deadweght Tonnage 11,100
News Event Monday, April 24, 1967 @ 2355	ANDANIA (1960-1969 Refrigerated / General cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line)	Own Page
Cunard cargo ship ANDANIA arrives at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow to unload then load for New York
Arrived from New York via London, Le Havre and Greenock Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Gross Tonnage 7,004 Sailing for New York (USA) Deadweght Tonnage 9,560 Sailed from berth 5 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught forward on arrival 14' 10" Draught aft on arrival 19' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 681 tons both inwards and outwards Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 25th April Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1615 on 26th April Commened loading outward cargo 1600 on 25th April Outward cargo General cargo 1,500 tons and 11 containers Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Heavy lifts loaded 25th April loaded 11 containers totalling 155 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1530 on 28th April Draught forward on sailing 18' 00" Draught aft on sailing 21' 03" Engine trials From 1800 to 1805 hours on 28th April Vessel bunkered 26th April 300 tons fuel oil and on 27th April 200 tons fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE Ships agent Anchor Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 9809
News Event Saturday, January 16, 1960 @ 1700	MANIPUR (1945-1967 General cargo ship of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool : 1967 scrapped)	Own Page
MANIPUR closes at Birkenhead for Port Said, Suez, Aden, Visakhapatnam, and Calcutta
Ships agent Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 8,559
News Event Friday, January 1, 1960 @ 1000		Own Page
January 1960 Sailing Notice for Anchor Line of Glasgow
News Event Sunday, January 3, 1960 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Conducting their business in Great Waters around 3 January 1960
ACCRA left Takoradi 1 January for Lagos AMERICAN VETERAN at Boston (Mass) 3 January for Glasgow APAPA left Bathurst 3 January for Liverpool ATHLONE CASTLE at Cape Town 4 January for Southampton CALTEX left Port Said 1 January for Glasgow CARONIA left Le Havre 3 January for New York CITY OF KARACHI left Avonmouth 4 January for Glasgow CLAN LAMONT from Glasgow at Port Said 4 January CORFU at Singapore 3 January for Hong Kong CORINTHIC at Wellington 4 January for Dunedin EMPIRE FOWEY at Singapore 5 January for Southampton HERDSMAN left Durban 4 January for Beira IBERIA left Singapore 4 January for Sydney LAURENTIA at Los Angeles 3 January for New Westminster MANDASOR left Tyne 4 January for Trincomali MARTABAN left Port Sudan 3 January for Glasgow PORT TOWNSVILLE left Tyne 5 January for Curacao PYRRHUS from Glasgow at Singapore Roads 4 January QUEEN ELIZABETH from Southampton at New York 4 January STIRLINGSHIRE from Glasgow at Durban 4 January SOUDAN at Port Swettenham 3 January for London SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORTER from Glasgow at Durban 4 January TINTAGEL CASTLE left Cape Town 3 January for Beira UGANDA left London 4 January for Nacala
News Event Tuesday, March 2, 1965 @ 1000		Own Page
1965 Advertisment by Cable & Wireless Ltd., London for a 3rd Marine Engineer on cableship service
News Event Monday, March 1, 1965 @ 1000		Own Page
1965 Advertisment by British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service for Engineer Cadets
News Event Wednesday, June 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 Quebec, Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton
Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901 Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland) Gross Tonnage 7,378
News Event Monday, June 12, 1967 @ 1700	NATURALIST (1965-1977 General cargo ship of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's NATURALIST closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for West Indies
Ships agent Prentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011 Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Gross Tonnage 6,162
News Event Saturday, September 23, 1967 @ 0215	IMPERIAL STAR (1948-1971 General cargo ship 573 feet long of Blue Star Line, London : 1971 scrapped)	Own Page
Blue Star's IMPERIAL STAR arrives at Glasgow from Belfast to load for Cape Town
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry London (UK) Arrived in berth 62 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow Sailing for Plantation Quay, Glasgow then for Cape Town via Liverpool Sailed from berth 58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow Draught forward on arrival 15 06" Draught aft on arrival 23' 07" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 26th September Outward cargo General cargo 1,070 tons and 6 lifts total 39 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 6 lifts total 39 tons Completed loading outward cargo 1545 on 3rd October Draught forward on sailing 16' 03" Draught aft on sailing 25' 11" Vessel on ground 23rd September forward 15' 06" and aft 21' 10" : On 4th October at 1900 forward 16' 00" aft 24' 09"
News Event Sunday, September 17, 1967 @ 0945	LOCHDUNVEGAN (1950-1973 General cargo coaster 180 feet long of David MacBrayne, Glasgow)	Own Page
David MacBrayne's LOCHDUNVEGAN arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow from West Highlands
Arrived from West Highlands and Islands of Scotland Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 22 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Net Tonnage 222 Sailing for West Highlands and Islands of Scotland Sailed from berth 22 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Draught forward on arrival 6' 03" Draught aft on arrival 11' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 99 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 18th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1300 on 18th September Commened loading outward cargo 1310 on 18th September Outward cargo General cargo 410 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed loading outward cargo 1400 on 19th September Draught forward on sailing 9' 10" Draught aft on sailing 12' 02" Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Monday, September 18, 1967 @ 1245	STENTOR (1946-1958 General cargo ship 498 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's STENTOR arrives at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow with general cargo from Penang
Arrived from Penang via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Sailing for Newport (South Wales, U.K.) Sailed from berth 58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught forward on arrival 16' 00" Draught aft on arrival 22' 09" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 550 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 19th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed discharge of inward cargo 1800 on 20th September Outward cargo Part same inward general cargo Draught forward on sailing 15' 00" Draught aft on sailing 21' 06" Vessel on ground On 18th September, draught forward 16' 06" and aft 20' 09" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Saturday, May 15, 1948 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
Clan Line ship loading at the 175-ton Fitting-out crane at Finnieston Quay, Glasgow
Ship's location Finnieston Crane, Finnieston Quay, Glasgow
Contributed by Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)
News Event Friday, July 1, 1960 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	ANZAC (1939-1976 Clyde puffer 66 feet long of J & J Hay Ltd, Glasgow)	Own Page
Clyde puffers ANZAC, INCA and CHINDIT at Hay's Shipyard, Kirkintilloch (Scotland)
Ship's location Hay's Shipyard, Kirkintilloch (Forth & Clyde Canal, Scotland) Port of Registry Glasgow Reg Tonnage 52
Contributed by Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)
News Event Friday, May 1, 1959 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	EKET (1950- Passenger / General cargo ship 54.6m overall of Government of Nigeria)	Own Page
1959 Advert by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd. of Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Port of Registry Nigeria Gross Tonnage 394
News Event Sunday, March 1, 1959 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1959 Advert by The Alexandra Towing Co. Ltd., Liverpool
News Event Saturday, August 22, 1964 @ 1050	CLAN FARQUHARSON (1962-1968 General cargo ship 496 feet overall of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, London)	Own Page
CLAN FARQUHARSON arrives at Glasgow to unload and then load for Durban
Arrived from Adelaide (Australia) via Liverpool Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 9,292 Sailing for Durban via Newport Sailed from berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 11' 05" Draught aft on arrival 18' 08" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,650 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 24th August Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1900 on 1st September Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 2nd September Outward cargo General cargo 1,594 tons and 8 X heavy lifts totalling 130 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Heavy lifts loaded 8th and 9th September loaded 8 X heavy lifts totalling 130 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1515 on 10th September Draught forward on sailing 12' 08" Draught aft on sailing 18' 01" Vessel drydocked 27th and 28th August at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Tuesday, November 22, 1955 @ 1700	ST ESSYLT (1948-1965 General cargo ship of South American Saint Line, London)	Own Page
ST ESSYLT closes at Antwerp for receiving cargo for Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires
Port of Registry London (UK)
News Event Thursday, March 14, 2019 @ 1239		Own Page
Clyde Navigation Trust's launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS
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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 March 2019  @ 1921   J.H. of Scotstoun (Glasgow) emails :      I well remember reading that wee book a long time ago.   It told of all the wee boats working on the river and had lots of photos of them.   I don’t remember the book name but it gave lots of information on all the boats.    There were other boats that Jim did not mention The GARROCH HEAD, SHIELDHALL and DALMARNOCK of the Glasgow City Corporation, working from the Sewage plant near Shieldhall. The Police boat SEMPER VIGILO. And the HARRIER of the Clyde River Purification Board. Another was Ben Parsonage’s MY FAIR LADY ??? of the Glasgow Humane Society and Ben and his son used the boat to search for and find and land the bodies of people who had drowned. The shipyard D & W Henderson of Meadowside had a launch that towed their punts and painting punts to ships in the river. And Pilot Boats from Gourock sometimes came up to Glasgow.   Don’t forget the Fireboat ST MUNGO, and there were decrepit old Clyde Puffers that worked from the coaling crane at Queen’s Dock and carried bunker coal to the coal powered steam Dredgers and Hoppers working up and down the river. -------------------------------------------------------------------------  Website Admin Note :    For safety and security of our readers we do not normally show e-mail addresses.    Any reply to this interesting request should be made to our “CONTACT US” and we will forward the message to Richard.
News Event Sunday, April 9, 1967 @ 1525	SAINT RONAN (1966-1980 General cargo coaster 147 feet long of J & A Gardner, Glasgow)	Own Page
Gardner's coaster SAINT RONAN arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow with Granite from Creetown
Arrived from Creetown (Kirkcudbright, South Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 14 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Net Tonnage 204 Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 433 Sailed from berth 14 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Deadweght Tonnage 535 Draught forward on arrival 10' 10" Draught aft on arrival 11' 02" Cargo carried on arrival Granite 540 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 10th April Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1810 on 10th April Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 6' 00" Draught aft on sailing 7' 02" Ships agent J & A Gardner & Co. Ltd., 228 Clyde Street, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone 041 221 7845
News Event Thursday, June 1, 1961 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	ST MUNGO (1959-1975 Fireboat 68 feet long of City of Glasgow Fire Brigade))	Own Page
Glasgow Fireboat ST MUNGO on the River Clyde
Ship's location River Clyde, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow
Contributed by Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow) who writes :     Glasgow Fireboat ST MUNGO (named after the Patron Saint of Glasgow) and operated by the City of Glasgow Fire Brigade.    She was berthed at 2 Yorkhill Quay, just beside the Anchor Line berths and was crewed by Firemen from the nearby Yorkhill Fire Station.   In the event of a call-out the Firemen had to run across the busy roadway in front of the Station, waving to vehicles to stop, to get to the boat.    At one time (at least once) there was industrial trouble when Firemen refused to do maintenance on the boat, saying that they would be doing workmen out of a job.
News Event Friday, October 18, 1968 @ 1000		Own Page
1968 Advert by Adelaide Ship Construction Company for Ship Draughtsmen for Australia
News Event Monday, October 21, 1968 @ 1700	FORESTER (1952-1970 General cargo liner of T & J Harrison / Charente Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's FORESTER closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Ships agent Prentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011 Port of Registry Liverpool Gross Tonnage 8,377
News Event Monday, February 11, 1946 @ 1000	JESSMORE (1946-1958 General cargo ship of Johnston Warren Lines Ltd., Liverpool)	Own Page
Johnston Warren Lines, Liverpool apply to change the name of their EMPIRE FAITH to JESSMORE
Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 4,194 Gross Tonnage 7,061
News Event Wednesday, May 31, 1967 @ 1000		Own Page
1967 Advert by Watt Memorial College, Greenock for a Teacher of Marine Radio Telecommunications
News Event Wednesday, May 31, 1967 @ 1000		Own Page
1967 Advert by Ocean Weather Service for a Fourth Engineer on their vessels based at Greenock
News Event Thursday, June 1, 1967 @ 1700	CITY OF WELLINGTON (1956-1978 General cargo ship of Ellerman Lines, London : 1979 Scrapped Taiwan)	Own Page
Ellerman's CITY OF WELLINGTON closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for East Africa
Ships agent Hall Line Ltd., Tower Building, Liverpool 3 Tel. CENtral 8444 Telex 62-185 Port of Registry London (England, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 10,768
News Event Saturday, November 13, 1954 @ 1548	AMERICAN RANGER (1946-1963 General cargo ship 461 feet long of United States Lines, New York : 1971 scrapped)	Own Page
United States Lines AMERICAN RANGER arrives at Glasgow via Dublin and Cairnryan
Arrived from U.S.A. via Dublin and Cairnryan (Cairnryan is in south-west Scotland, near Stranraer) Port of Registry New York (U.S.A.) Arrived in berth 8 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow ... see note below Gross Tonnage 8,211 Sailing for New York via Boston Sailed from berth 6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow Draught forward on arrival 9' 04" Draught aft on arrival 20' 10" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 547 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 14th November Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1700 on 15th November Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 14th November Outward cargo General cargo 3,244 tons and 2 passengers Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1645 on 19th November Draught forward on sailing 14' 11" Draught aft on sailing 24' 11"
United States Lines cargo ship AMERICAN RANGER is shown as calling at Cairnryan, essentially a shipbreaking pier near Stranraer in Loch Ryan in South West Scotland.     Does anyone have any thoughts as to why AMERICAN RANGER would call there, completely out of her way from Dublin to Glasgow.    Also while berthing at West Basin she fouled her port  anchor and was unable to weigh it, and the anchor and approximately 23 fathoms of cable lay out overnight.    At 0700 on 14th November AMERICAN RANGER hove astern in the berth and weighed anchor and re-berthed.
News Event Wednesday, December 24, 1952 @ 1700	JALAZAD (1948-1954 General cargo ship of Scindia Steam Navigation Company, Bombay)	Own Page
Scindia's JALAZAD closes for receiving cargo at London for Bombay and Karachi
Ships agent Scindia Steamships (London) Ltd., Billiter Buildings, 22 Billiter Street, London, E.C.3. Port of Registry Bombay, India Gross Tonnage 8,521
News Event Friday, July 31, 1964 @ 0535	MEMNON (1959-1975 Cargo liner 495 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1988 scrapped)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's MEMNON arrives King George V Dock, Glasgow to unload cargo from Penang via Liverpool
Arrived from Penang via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Net Tonnage 4,873 Sailing for Swansea (Wales, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 8,540 Sailed from berth 1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Deadweght Tonnage 9,770 Draught forward on arrival 14' 05" Draught aft on arrival 22' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,324 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 31st July Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1615 on 5th August Outward cargo Part same inward general cargo Draught forward on sailing 13' 00" Draught aft on sailing 19' 11" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Sunday, July 12, 1964 @ 0040	SNEATON (1947-1967 Tramp General cargo "Liberty type" ship 442 feet long of Headlam & Sons, Whitby : 1967 scrapped at Shanghai)	Own Page
Headlam's SNEATON arrives in Glasgow with a cargo of Timber from Santos (Brazil)
Arrived from Santos (a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo) via Liverpool Port of Registry Whitby, England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Gross Tonnage 7,293 Sailing for South Shields (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 10' 10" Draught aft on arrival 17' 03" Cargo carried on arrival Timber 1,678 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 12th July Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1930 on 16th July Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 7' 09" Draught aft on sailing 17' 00" Vessel bunkered 16th July bunkered 150 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY Ships agent (Inwards) J S Nowery, 63 Hope Street, Glasgow (Outwards) John G Borland & Peat, Glasgow
News Event Friday, June 28, 1963 @ 0445	FERMIA (1957-1967 Oil products tanker : 1983 scrapped)	Own Page
Tanker FERMIA berths at Ardrossan Harbour with crude oil from Curacao via Stanlow
Arrived from Curacao via Stanlow Port of Registry Kristinehamn (Sweden) Arrived in berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland,) .. tugs SEAWAY and THUNDERER Net Tonnage 7,315 Master of vessel on arrival S Persson Gross Tonnage 12,905 Draught aft on arrival 23' 07" Deadweght Tonnage 19,762 Cargo carried on arrival Crude Oil Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Friday, June 28, 1963 @ 0535	MONKSVILLE (1957-1963 General cargo 3-island steam coaster of John S Monks, Liverpool))	Own Page
John S Monks coaster MONKSVILLE arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with scrap metal from Belfast
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 145 Master of vessel on arrival R Francis Draught aft on arrival 12' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Friday, June 9, 1967 @ 1700	PACIFIC ENVOY (1958-1967 then 1970-1971 a 500 feet long cargo liner of Furness Withy Line, London)	Own Page
Furness Withy's PACIFIC ENVOY closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for North American Pacific Ports
Ships agent Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., 19 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 8193 Port of Registry London
News Event Monday, June 5, 1967 @ 1700	SUNDALE	Own Page
Saguenay's SUNDALE closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Ship's location 20 Prince's Dock, Glasgow Ships agent Constantine & Co. Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CITy 6171 Grams "Constantine"
News Event Monday, June 5, 1967 @ 1700	TORR HEAD (1961-1972 General cargo ship of Ulster Steamship Company / Head Line, Belfast)	Own Page
TORR HEAD closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Quebec, Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton
Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901 Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
News Event Friday, June 16, 1967 @ 1700	CITY OF BRISTOL (formerly Wilson Line's SACRAMENTO : 1964-1969 in service with Ellerman & Bucknall, London)	Own Page
Ellerman's CITY OF BRISTOL closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Aden, Bombay and Karachi
Ships agent Hall Line Ltd., Tower Building, Liverpool 3 Tel. CENtral 8444 Telex 62-185 Port of Registry London Gross Tonnage 8459
News Event Thursday, March 30, 1967 @ 0820	FIRTH FISHER ( 1954 - 1971 General cargo coaster 220 feet overall of James Fisher & Sons Ltd, Barrow, England)	Own Page
FIRTH FISHER arrives at Stobcross Crane, Glasgow to load a 32 ton heavy lift for Birkenhead
Arrived from Dublin (Ireland) Port of Registry Barrow (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth Stobcross Crane, 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Net Tonnage 512 Sailing for Birkenhead (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 979 Sailed from berth Stobcross Crane, 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Deadweght Tonnage 1,250 Draught forward on arrival 5' 06" Draught aft on arrival 11' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 31st March Outward cargo 1 X steel dome bulkhead 32 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 1 X steel dome bulkhead 32 tons Completed loading outward cargo 0915 on 31st March Draught forward on sailing 5' 06" Draught aft on sailing 11' 09" Ships agent Thomas Dougall
News Event Wednesday, March 7, 1962 @ 1000		Own Page
1962 Advert by Gibson Rankine Line of Glasgow
News Event Monday, March 22, 1965 @ 1700	ALBISTAN ( 1948 - 1971 General cargo ship 442 feet long of F C Strick Line, London)	Own Page
Strick's ALBISTAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Persian Gulf Ports
Port of Registry London
News Event Friday, March 9, 1962 @ 1700	CITY OF KARACHI ( 1951 - 1972 general cargo liner 489 feet long of Ellerman Line, London)	Own Page
Ellerman's CITY OF KARACHI closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa
Port of Registry Glasgow Gross Tonnage 7,320 Deadweght Tonnage 11,056
News Event Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ 1307	SEVERN SEA (2011- Multi-purpose vessel 30.14m overall of Keynvor Morlift Ltd., Appledore, Devon, England)	Own Page
Multi-purpose vessel SEVERN SEA at Troon (Firth of Clyde)
Ship's location Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Bideford (Devon, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 146
Contributed by Jim McMurray.
News Event Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ 1305	AYRESS (2002- General cargo ship 80m overall of Coast Lines Shipping)	Own Page
A wintry day and AYRESS at West Quay, Troon and discharging a cargo of logs.
Ship's location West Quay, Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Portsmouth (England) Cargo carried on arrival Logs Gross Tonnage 1,713 Deadweght Tonnage 1,600
Contributed by Jim McMurray.    A wintry day and AYRESS at West Quay, Troon and discharging a cargo of logs.
News Event Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ 1300	DIGNITY (Inshore fishing boat registered nunber WA4)	Own Page
Inshore fishing boat DIGNITY at Troon, Scotland
Ship's location Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Whitehaven (England)
Jim McMurray e-mails : The small inshore fishing boat DIGNITY was at Troon and unattended for the weekend. In the second image what is the reason or significance for the tied-in-the-middle fishing net ? just to the left of the red coloured fish boxes and also the significance of the blue and white signal flag A which is flown ?   I am told that the flag is a permanent fixture on the boat.
News Event Thursday, August 20, 1964 @ 0815	PELEUS ( 1949 - 1972 General cargo / passenger liner 516 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's PELEUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to unload and load for Eastern Ports
Arrived from Singapore via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 3 / 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 10,093 Sailing for Singapore and Manila via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 19' 00" Draught aft on arrival 23' 01" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,354 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0830 on 20th August Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1930 on 27th August Commened loading outward cargo 1300 on 26th August Outward cargo General cargo 200 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed loading outward cargo 1900 on 27th August Draught forward on sailing 17' 05" Draught aft on sailing 22' 05" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Wednesday, August 19, 1964 @ 2345	LULUA (1956-1972 General cargo ship 482 feet overall of Maritime Belge SA, Antwerp : 1982 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan)	Own Page
Soc. Maritime Belge LULUA arrives Glasgow to load general cargo and lifts for Sydney and Melbourne
Arrived from Antwerp (Belgium) Port of Registry Antwerp (Belgium) Arrived in berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Net Tonnage 4,983 Sailing for Sydney and Melbourne (Australia) Gross Tonnage 8,805 Sailed from berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Deadweght Tonnage 10,997 Draught forward on arrival 11' 03" Draught aft on arrival 14' 10" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 21st August Outward cargo General cargo 3,792 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Heavy lifts loaded 26 August loaded 5 lifts total 87 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1435 on 3rd September Draught forward on sailing 19' 03" Draught aft on sailing 22' 00" Vessel bunkered 25 August bunkered 425 tons fuel oil from oiler CLANITY Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
11 March 2019   A Maritime Belge company postcard contributed by Willy Groen (Antwerp)
News Event Tuesday, August 18, 1964 @ 0815	KING ARTHUR (1953-1972 General cargo ship 466 feet overall of King Line / Clan Line Steamers : 1983 scrapped at Chittagong)	Own Page
King Line's KING ARTHUR arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Mombasa via Swansea
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) via Elderslie Drydock (River Clyde) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 5,883 Sailing for Mombasa via Swansea Sailed from berth 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 7' 09" Draught aft on arrival 13' 07" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0830 on 18 August Outward cargo General cargo 500 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed loading outward cargo 1200 on 21st August Engine trials From 1200 to 1230 on 21st August Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050 Draught forward 11' 03" Draught aft 16' 07"
News Event Sunday, September 30, 1962 @ 0720	PALMELIAN (1948- General cargo ship 273 feet long of Ellerman & Papayanni Lines, Liverpool)	Own Page
Ellerman & Papayanni Line's PALMELIAN arrives in Glasgow with Oilcake from Bougie via Ceuta
Arrived from Bougie via Ceuta Port of Registry Liverpool (UK) Arrived in berth 61 / 63 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (with her head east with bow 1 3/4 pawls west of bulkhead) Net Tonnage 572 Sailing for Liverpool (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 1531 Sailed from berth 61 / 63 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (with her head east with bow 1 3/4 pawls west of bulkhead) Deadweght Tonnage 1752 Draught forward on arrival 16' 00" Draught aft on arrival 15' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Oilcake 225 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 30th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1615 on 30th September Outward cargo Part same inward cargo of Oilcake Draught forward on sailing 13' 03" Draught aft on sailing 17' 00" Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971
News Event Saturday, September 29, 1962 @ 0600	LADY SOPHIA (1961-1968 General cargo ship 265 feet 80.7m overall of Downlands Shipping Inc, Monrovia : 1981 scrapped at Perama Greece)	Own Page
LADY SOPHIA arrives at Springfield Quay, Glasgow and loads for Piraeus (Greece)
Arrived from Piraeus (Greece) via Dublin and Belfast Port of Registry Monrovia (Liberia) Arrived in berth 33 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 1,271 Sailing for Piraeus (Greece) via Liverpool Sailed from berth 33 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (with head east 2 Clyde Shipping tugs and canted Prince's Dock entrance Draught forward on arrival 13' 06" Draught aft on arrival 14' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 170 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 29th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1045 on 30th September Commened loading outward cargo 1030 on 30th September Outward cargo Part same inward general cargo and general cargo outwards Stevedore loading outward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed loading outward cargo 1450 on 1st October Draught forward on sailing 13' 06" Draught aft on sailing 14' 10" Ships agent John G Borland & Peat Ltd., 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 3651
News Event Tuesday, September 25, 1962 @ 1135	DALHANNA (1958-1969 Ore carrier 504 feet long of Hunting & Sons, Newcastle)	Own Page
Hunting & Sons ore carrier DALHANNA arrives at Terminus Quay, Glasgow with Ore from Seven Islands
Arrived from Seven Islands (Canada) Port of Registry Newcastle Arrived in berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow .. Pilot Hamilton and 3 Clyde Shipping Company tugs Sailing for Narvik (Norway) Sailed from berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow .. Pilot Smith canted vessel at Prince's Dock entrance Draught forward on arrival 28' 00" Draught aft on arrival 27' 08" Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore 13,469 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1400 on 25th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo Colvilles Ltd. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1440 on 26th September Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 19' 09" Draught aft on sailing 20' 07" Vessel bunkered 26th September bunkered 90 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE Vessel on ground At 1800 on 25th September vessel afloat and alongside, draught forward 24' 00" and aft 18' 07"
News Event Tuesday, September 18, 1962 @ 0400	CERRO BOLIVAR (1955- 1968 Ore carrier 582 feet 177.6m overall, 21.3m breadth of Skips-A/S Vorma ( Torvald Klaveness Rederi A/S Oslo Norway : 1992 scrapped at Bombay, India)	Own Page
CERRO BOLIVAR arrives at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow with Iron Ore from Puerto Ordaz (Venezuela)
Arrived from Puerto Ordaz (Venezuela) Port of Registry Oslo (Norway) Arrived in berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow ..Pilot Hamilton and 3 Steel & Bennie tugs Net Tonnage 7,263 Sailing for Puerto Ordaz (Venezuela) Gross Tonnage 12,380 Sailed from berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow ..Pilot MacKenzie and 3 Steel & Bennie tugs, canted KG5 Dock Deadweght Tonnage 18,650 Draught forward on arrival 30' 03" Draught aft on arrival 30' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore 18,106 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0600 on 18th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo Colvilles Ltd. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1545 on 19th September Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) and oil bunkers Draught forward on sailing 13' 07" Draught aft on sailing 14' 05" Vessel bunkered 18th September bunkered 225 then 75 then 60 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE Vessel on ground At 1040 on 18th September, vessel alongside and draught forward 23' 03" and aft 22' 08" Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467
At 0400 on 18 September 1962 Pilot Hamilton and 3 Steel & Bennie tugs berthed the 582 feet long ore carrier CERRO BOLIVAR at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow, bringing 18,106 tons of Iron Ore from Puerto Ordaz (Venezuela) for the Colville's Steelworks in Lanarkshire, Scotland.   The ship was on long-term charter to Navios Corporation who had a contract from the US Steel Corporation to carry the Ore from Puerto Ordaz, and, with her draught of 30 feet, she had very little clearance under her in the river channel, and was, as the Pilots and tug crews would describe "smelling the bottom of the river" on her way to Glasgow.
News Event Tuesday, July 24, 1962 @ 0809	SUE LYKES (1945 - 1972 general cargo ship 460 feet long of Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, USA)	Own Page
Lykes Line's cargo liner SUE LYKES arrives in Glasgow from Houston (Texas) via Manchester
Arrived from Houston (USA) via Manchester Port of Registry Tampa, Florida, USA Arrived in berth 21 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head East, after end of no. 5 hold 2 blinds East of wall Gross Tonnage 8,067 Sailing for Houston (USA) via Liverpool Deadweght Tonnage 11,330 Sailed from berth 21 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head East, after end of no. 5 hold 2 blinds East of wall Draught forward on arrival 11' 4" Draught aft on arrival 17' 9" Cargo carried on arrival 947 tons general Commenced discharge of inward cargo 24th July at 0815 Stevedore discharging inward cargo J Spencer & Company Completed discharge of inward cargo 25th July at 2045 Commened loading outward cargo 25th July at 0800 Outward cargo Part same (in) and 188 tons general (out) Stevedore loading outward cargo J Spencer & Company Completed loading outward cargo 25th July at 2045 Draught forward on sailing 10' 3" Draught aft on sailing 16 feet Ships agent F C Strick
SUE LYKES arrived in Prince's Dock from Houston (USA) via Manchester at 0809 on 24th July, 1962. She departed Prince's Dock for Houston (USA) via Liverpool on 25th July at 2200
News Event Monday, July 23, 1962 @ 1345	PRINS CASIMIR (1955 - 1967 general cargo ship 258 feet long of Oranje Line, Holland)	Own Page
Oranje Line's PRINS CASIMIR arrives in Glasgow from Toronto via London
Arrived from Toronto (Canada) via London Port of Registry Holland Arrived in berth 83 Plantation Quay, Glasgow, head West, bow 1 blind in Sailing for Montreal (Canada) and Great Lakes Sailed from berth 83 Plantation Quay, Glasgow, head West, bow 1 blind in Draught forward on arrival 10' 9" Draught aft on arrival 15 feet Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Commenced discharge of inward cargo 23rd July at 1410 Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed discharge of inward cargo 23rd July at 1515 Commened loading outward cargo 23rd July at 1540 Outward cargo 200 tons general Stevedore loading outward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed loading outward cargo 24th July at 1515 Draught forward on sailing 11' 2" Draught aft on sailing 16' 2" Ships agent J C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C 1 Telephone DOUglas 7101 'Grams "Peacock"
PRINS CASIMIR arrived in berth at 1345 on 23rd July from Toronto via London. She sailed from Glasgow on 24th July at 1820 for Montreal and the Great Lakes.
News Event Wednesday, March 3, 1965 @ 1700	CITY OF PRETORIA (1947-1967 General cargo liner of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London)	Own Page
CITY OF PRETORIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971 Port of Registry London Gross Tonnage 8,450
News Event Thursday, September 14, 1967 @ 1045	FREMANTLE STAR (1952-1958 General cargo ship 497 feet long of Blue Star Line, London)	Own Page
Blue Star's FREMANTLE STAR arrives at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow to load for Los Angeles
Arrived from Plantation Quay, Glasgow Port of Registry London (UK) Arrived in berth 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Gross Tonnage 9,883 Sailing for Los Angeles (U.S.A.) Sailed from berth 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught forward on arrival 19' 03" Draught aft on arrival 20' 07" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commened loading outward cargo 1100 on 14th September Outward cargo General cargo, 50 containers and 6 passengers Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 2145 on 14th September Draught forward on sailing 20' 04" Draught aft on sailing 21' 09"
News Event Wednesday, September 13, 1967 @ 1030	PRIWALL (1966-1973 General cargo ship 245 feet 75 metres long of Partenrederei Ehepaar Bogel, HB, Bremen and chartered to Moss Hutchison Line)	Own Page
Ehepaar Bogel's PRIWALL arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow to unload and then load for Gibraltar
Arrived from Cadiz (Spain) and Oporto (Portugal) via Dublin (Ireland) Port of Registry Bremen (Germany) Arrived in berth 5 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 499 Sailing for Gibraltar via Liverpool Sailed from berth 5 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 7' 00" Draught aft on arrival 11' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo both inwards and outwards 293 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1030 on 13th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1430 on 14th September Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 14th September Outward cargo General cargo 200 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed loading outward cargo 1500 on 15th September Draught forward on sailing 7' 06" Draught aft on sailing 11' 03" Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Limited, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643
News Event Monday, September 11, 1967 @ 1820	RONSARD (1957 - 1980 cargo liner 473 feet long of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Lamport & Holt's RONSARD arrives at Stobcross Crane, Glasgow to load heavy lifts for Buenos Aires
Arrived from Prince's Dock, Glasgow Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with head east) Gross Tonnage 7,840 Sailing for Buenos Aires (Argentina) via Liverpool Sailed from berth 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with head east) Draught forward on arrival 10' 03" Draught aft on arrival 17' 10" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 12th September Outward cargo Same general cargo outwards and 421 tons of heavy lifts Heavy lifts loaded 421 tons of heavy lifts Completed loading outward cargo 13th September Draught forward on sailing 11' 09" Draught aft on sailing 18' 02"
News Event Thursday, February 15, 1962 @ 1700	CITY OF NEW YORK (1946-1967 General cargo ship of Ellerman Lines, London : 1969 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
CITY OF NEW YORK closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971 Port of Registry London (England, U.K.)
News Event Wednesday, June 14, 1967 @ 1700	RATHLIN HEAD (1953-1970 General cargo ship of Ulster Steamship Company / Head Line, Belfast)	Own Page
Head Line's RATHLIN HEAD closes at Prince's Dock, Glasgow for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton
Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901head Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland) Gross Tonnage 7,378
News Event Tuesday, October 29, 1968 @ 1700	ASTRONOMER (1951-1970 General cargo Liner 12 knots speed of Charente Steamship / T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's ASTRONOMER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa
Ships agent Thos & Jas Harrison Ltd., Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool Gross Tonnage 8,150
News Event Wednesday, August 23, 1967 @ 0145	S A VAN DER STEL (1966-1984 Cargo liner 542 feet long of South Africa Marine Corporation "Safmarine", Cape Town, South Africa	Own Page
S A VAN DER STEL at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow to load a 141 ton heavy lift for Cape Town
Arrived from King George V Dock, Glasgow Port of Registry Kaapstad (Pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town") Arrived in berth 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with head east with middle of no. 3 hatch opposite east leg of crane) Gross Tonnage 10,200 Sailing for Cape Town via Bremen Deadweght Tonnage 12,141 Sailed from berth 52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (with head east with middle of no. 3 hatch opposite east leg of crane) Draught forward on arrival 6' 07" Draught aft on arrival 22' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 23rd August Outward cargo General cargo outwards and 1 lift of 141 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 1 lift of 141 tons Completed loading outward cargo 0930 on 23rd August Draught forward on sailing 7' 03" Draught aft on sailing 22' 07" Vessel on ground On first low water, draught forward 7' 05" and aft 22' 03" Ships agent F W Allan & Ker Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 0925-8
News Event Saturday, January 2, 1965 @ 1800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	BENNEVIS (1959-1973 General cargo liner of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Why would Ben Line's BENNEVIS call at Famagusta (Cyprus) in 1965 ???
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Gross Tonnage 7,591
28 February 2019   Jim Murray (Edinburgh, Scotland) writes :   Why would BENNEVIS call at Cyprus in 1965 ?      I was surprised to read your reference to Ben Line’s BENNEVIS leaving Southampton for Famagusta (Cyprus) in January 1965.    I had never heard of a Ben ship calling at Cyprus and would be interested if anyone can tell why BENNEVIS would call there ???
News Event Thursday, August 4, 1960 @ 1705	LAIRDSROCK (1947-1966 General cargo 2-hatch coaster 166 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : Sank 1980 in Greek waters)	Own Page
Burns & Laird's coaster LAIRDSROCK leaves Greenock for Belfast
Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth Greenock (Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 234 Outward cargo 225 tons (probably steel or steel plates loaded at Scotts Shipyard and destined for Harland & Wolff) Gross Tonnage 471 Draught forward on sailing 7' 06" Draught aft on sailing 11' 00" Master of vessel on sailing A Palmer
News Event Tuesday, February 7, 1967 @ 1105	NELEUS ( 1953 - 1971 General cargo liner 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's NELEUS arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow to unload and load for Fremantle (Australia)
Arrived from Djibouti via Belfast Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 32 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head west) Gross Tonnage 7,800 Sailing for Fremantle via Liverpool Sailed from berth 32 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught forward on arrival 12' 00" Draught aft on arrival 19' 10" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 488 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 8th February Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed discharge of inward cargo 1400 on 10th February Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 1st March Outward cargo General cargo 166 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 3rd March loaded 2 lifts total 22 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1430 on 3rd March Draught forward on sailing 11' 03" Draught aft on sailing 19' 06" Vessel bunkered At 1300 on 21st February bunkered 40 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Monday, January 6, 1936 @ 0900		Own Page
January 1936 Press Release announcing that Anchor Liners will call at Dublin in 1936
News Event Saturday, June 6, 1970 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1970 advert by Ellerman Lines for their services between Ceylon and Canada and United Kingdom
News Event Friday, January 1, 1965 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Conducting their business in Great Waters around 1 January 1965
ARGENTINA STAR at Buenos Aires 1 January from London ATHENIC at London 2 January from Auckland BENALDER left Singapore 1 January for Hong Kong BENDIGO left Hull 2 January for London BENNEVIS left Southampton 2 January for Famagusta BENVALLA left London 2 January for Hamburg BENVANNOCH at Middlesbrough 1 January for London CANBERRA STAR at Port Said 1 January for Adelaide CATHAY at London 3 January from Manila CITY OF CANBERRA at Hull 1 January for Liverpool CITY OF DUNDEE called at Aden 1 January for Calcutta CITY OF HULL at Hull 2 January from Lourenco Marques CYMRIC left Suez 2 January for Brisbane IBERIA at London 3 January from cruise KENYA CASTLE at Gibraltar 3 January for London LEICESTERSHIRE at Suez 1 January for London LETITIA at Halifax N.S. 1 January from Swansea MIDDLESEX at New York 1 January for Fremantle PHRYGIA left Halifax N.S. 1 January for Liverpool PORT MELBOURNE left Gravesend 2 January for Auckland PORT NAPIER passed Balboa 1 January for London PORT SYDNEY left Port Said 2 January for Liverpool RANGITANE passed Cristobal 1 January for Auckland SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORTER left Port Elizabeth 1 January for Beira SYDNEY STAR called Aden 1 January for London TRANSVAAL CASTLE at Port Elizabeth 2 January for Durban
News Event Monday, February 25, 2019 @ 1941		Own Page
Some interesting Youtube videos
Some interesting Youtube videos   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmmAcqhv4E shows a huge tanker entering Willemstad, Curacao.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmmAcqhv4E shows floating drydocks arriving at Damen Shiprepair, Curacao.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKon0l5hq7s shows an onboard video tour of a container ship.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfowTvpGjE shows National Geographic - Hapag Lloyd ESSEN EXPRESS Germany’s largest shipping company - Documentary 2017
News Event Tuesday, January 10, 1961 @ 1700	TRIBESMAN (1946-1961 General cargo ship of Thos & Jas Harrison Ltd., Liverpool)	Own Page
Harrison Line's TRIBESMAN closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for South and East Africa
Ships agent Thos & Jas Harrison Ltd., Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 7,083
News Event Thursday, January 5, 1961 @ 0700 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	ARCADIA (1954-1979 Passenger liner / Cruise ship of P & O Lines, London)	Own Page
Why did P & O Liner ARCADIA go aground on a reef outside Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii ?
Ship's location Honololo (Hawaii, USA) Port of Registry London (England, UK)
Jim Brierley,  Wellington. e-mails  Does anyone have the story of the P & O Liner ARCADIA going aground on a reef outside Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii.    She was on a round-the-world cruise from UK and was heading for New Zealand and Australia and was reported to have around 700 passengers aboard although no one was injured.    After sitting on the reef for two hours she was pulled off by eight tugs and towed into Honolulu.    What was the full story of the incident ?
News Event Thursday, June 27, 1963 @ 0220	DEVERON (1959-1963 General cargo coaster 201 feet long of William Sloan Company, Glasgow)	Own Page
Sloan's coaster DEVERON arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with general cargo from Belfast
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 8 Eglinton Basin, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 253 Master of vessel on arrival D McDonald Gross Tonnage 511 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo
News Event Wednesday, June 26, 1963 @ 1825	FRAGUM (1952-1964 Coastal oil tanker 332 feet long of Shell Tankers, London :1976 scrapped at Hong Kong)	Own Page
Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with fuel oil from Stanlow
Arrived from Stanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1a Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde) ......assisted at bow by tug SEAWAY Reg Tonnage 1,280 Master of vessel on arrival N S Dunn Draught aft on arrival 17' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Fuel oil Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Wednesday, June 26, 1963 @ 1550	AALSUM (1965-1966 Oil tanker 524 feet overall 68 feet broad of Firma Vinke & Zonen, Amsterdam / Vanguard Tankers Ltd., Monrovia :1970 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Own Page
Netherlands Tanker AALSUM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with fuel oil from Tranmere
Arrived from Tranmere, River Mersey Port of Registry Amsterdam (Netherlands) Arrived in berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.).. tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER Net Tonnage 6,628 Master of vessel on arrival P Simmon Gross Tonnage 11,600 Draught aft on arrival 23' 04" Deadweght Tonnage 16,240 Cargo carried on arrival Fuel Oil Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Monday, May 14, 1962 @ 1900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	BENDIGO (1954-1968 General cargo liner 527 feet long of P & O Line, London)	Own Page
P & O cargo ship BENDIGO sails from Grangemouth for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
Ships agent The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803 Port of Registry London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 8,777
News Event Saturday, April 1, 1905 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1905 Advert by Caledonian Railway for their services to Ardrossan, Wemyss Bay and Gourock Piers
Contributed by Hugh MacDonald  (Glasgow)

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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. 

 

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20 March 2019  @ 1604

 

Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)

 

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

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

  

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

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

12 Hopper Barges.

1 Dumb grab hopper barge.

1 Tug CLYDE.

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

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

11 passenger ferryboats.

1 60-ton floating crane NEWSHOT.

1 Diving Bell barge.

2 Divers’ motor boats.

1 Oil Separating Barge PLOVER

3 motor launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS.

1 Hydrographic Survey launch CRANNOG.

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

Jim Howie.

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Looking for images / photos of BALLYGALLY HEAD of 1950s

 23 January 2019  1011

Joseph McGurk Jr. e-mails

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

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

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

he sailed on her

   Thank you, regards Joseph mc gurk jr

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Renfrew Harbour, Firth of Clyde, around 1980

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

 

   Does anyone have any idea what the other ships are ?

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The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937

 6th  January 2019.

   James Barrowman (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

   Thanks, Jim Barrowman.

7^th January 2019 

   J.S. (Pollokshaws, Glasgow) replies :

The River Clyde runs generally east to west through

the centre of Glasgow and essentially divides the city

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

   In the past and even today people talk of coming

from or living in the South Side.

   Up to around 1970’s passenger excursion steamers

and cross-channel to Ireland steamers left Broomielaw,

Anderston Quay and Lancefield Quay on the North Side

and in the summer months left Bridge Wharf on the

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

= Down the Water = sailing down the River Clyde to

Clyde piers such as Dunoon and Rothesay and

Tighnabruaich.

   The advert mentions the steamer calling at Govan

 Wharf and Renfrew to pick up passengers.

   Today Govan Wharf is only recognisable by a derelict

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

South Bank essentially between the Govan Drydocks

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

yard) and beside the playing field between Wanlock Street

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

small Govan Passenger Ferry used to ply from near

Govan Wharf across the river to the east end of Meadowside

Quay

   It was news to me that excursion steamers stopped

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

   Perhaps someone can help.

 

Ref The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937.

12 January 2019   Robert Orr replies :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

occupied by Simons and Lobnitz shipyards in Renfrew.

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

10 December 2018   Geoff in Australia e-mails :

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

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

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

 

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

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Ellerman’s CITY OF EXETER at Plymouth in 1958    

I was quite surprised to read that CITY OF EXETER called

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

African service passenger liners?

   Jim Hesketh, Liverpool 

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12 November 2018

 

TWEED, a 1959-built 112 foot water carrier of

Furness Withy, Port of Spain, Trinidad

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

    Looking at your list of ships I was surprised to see

TWEED of Furness Withy, a 112 foot water tanker at

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

   Anyone have information on this ship ?

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Can anyone name this British coaster ?

 

05 November 2018

Billy Fullarton writes :

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

Harbour, Scotland.   Can anyone name this coaster. ?

 

   I think her name ends in SOUND.

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British & Irish KILKENNY in 1935

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

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

     I was with Brocklebank’s and sometimes called at

Gan Island in the Indian Ocean to discharge stores for

the RAF overside to landing craft in the lagoon.

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

which carried a small naval tug from Trincomali in

Ceylon to Gan, around late 1960s.

   Anyone know about this ?

    J.S., (Wallasey)

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

Jim J. of Liverpool e-mails :

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

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

Funnel ship there.

   Can anyone enlighten me as to why a Blue Funnel would

be in the Gulf of Mexico ?

   Also in conversation someone told of Blue Funnel having

Chinese crews on deck and catering.   I had always thought

that Blueys had British crews.   Someone please tell me

what is correct.

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Deck cadets Critchley and Doherty on RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965

 22 May 2018

 Alan Rutherford e-mails :

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

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   Looking for information on some British ships around 1950-1954

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

 Great website.

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

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

Regards,
Ian Rae

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Can anyone identify this USN lapel badge ?

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

   Can anyone identify the badge ?

2018-02-18 @ 1320

 

19 May 2018

Hello Douglas,

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

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

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

Bill Steel e-mails

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

17 February 2018 @ 2307

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

    Jim Harrison  (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

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   German cargo ship MILLERNTOR in 1954

 

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

 

   After unloading she left Ardrossan returning to Narvik.

 

Does anyone have any information or details of MILLERNTOR ?

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" If sufficient inducement "

 James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

“ If sufficient inducement “

 

23 January 2019 at 2113

 Geoff  (Australia)  e-mails :

 

James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

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

My understanding of "sufficient inducement" meant if there was

 enough cargo to be lifted to be commercially viable. ”

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Was she “ LAIRDS OAK “ or “ LAIRDSOAK ” ?

   Robert Bothwell (Glasgow) e-mails :

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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Coaster BALLYCASTLE in 1953

 

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

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   Carebeka's coaster RIAN in 1953

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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

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

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

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

Additional note :

Can anyone supply details of ALPHERAT ?

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Norwegian Tanker RAILA in 1953

 

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

 

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

 Fred from Formby (Merseyside, England, writes

 

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

 

Can someone tell something about these services ? ”

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CHANTALA  (Worcester Park, Surrey) writes :

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

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

   All I can remember now is “Asti aria kurro”

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

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

 

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

  

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

 

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

  

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Anchor Line advertisement of 1871

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

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

Thank you.

Still laughing

Fred of Formby, Merseyside, England.

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

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German cargo ship RUHR in 1953

 

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

 

   Has anyone got any details of this ship ?

 

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British coaster J B KEE in 1957

 

 Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England) writes :

 

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

 

   Anyone have details of this ship ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

 Jim Allbright (London) e-mails :

 

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

 

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

 

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SUNBEAR of Saguenay Terminals.

 

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

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

Captain Bryn Wayt writes :

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

James Jeffries replies :

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

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

   In 1972 she was scrapped in Santander, Spain.

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

 

Billy MacAulay (Moderator and Senior Member) writes :

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

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

  

 

  

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   Why was LADY McGOWAN IN Loch Riddon ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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John Kelly's coaster BALLYCLARE in late 1953.

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

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Small boat sailor writes from Inverkip :

 

 

 

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

 

   Does anyone know anything of these two launches ?

 

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

 

   Sandy

  

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Mystery of CVC in Prince’s Dock area of Glasgow

   In 1958 the Clyde Shipping Company’s coaster PLADDA

 was listed as berthed in CVC in Prince’s Dock

 area in Glasgow.

   Does anyone know where CVC was ?

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

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Pacific Steam Navigation’s KENUTA at Puna in 1957

 

Tom Hayworth e-mails :

 

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

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Ben Line’s Far-East coaster BENVEG in 1957

 

Leith Man e-mails

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

for BENVEG as I had never heard of her.

 

Anyone have any more information please ?

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SPRINGFIELD QUAY, GLASGOW

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

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

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

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

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

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LASHERCIA ..... A Spanish coaster in 1962

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

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

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

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Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland) in January 1963.

From Sean R  (Larne, Northern Ireland)

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

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   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?

          

Click on these images to enlarge them

First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul

Below it is maybe.... Templar

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

Further down maybe... La Manche

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     

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

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

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

A Manson writes :

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Manson writes :

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

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

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

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

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

A Manson replies; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clan Line offices were at Clan Line 109 hope Street Glasgow

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

A Manson replies : 

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

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

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

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BILL McKELLAR WRITES : I really like reading about the old boats and think that todays boats don't have the good looks of the old ones.  My favourites were the Blue funnel ones and the Palm boats, and I always thought that the newer Clan boats were too squat for my liking.   The dredgers and hoppers had character and at new year time they were all tied up in KG5 and the top of the dock was jammed full of them.  Ellerman had nice colours.  My favourite was Scottish Coast.

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A MANSON writes:   At one time it was not uncommon for a vessel to conduct an engine trial while alongside a berth in port and prior to sailing probably after some engine repair or adjustment. Particular attention had to be given to secure mooring often meaning putting out "insurance wires" for added safety.

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ADRIATIC COAST   Jack Lennon writes "I was surfing and found your item on the Coast Line's Adriatic Coast at Glasgow. I was on her at the time. great site for detail and nostalgia. Can you do a forum on the site.   

Douglas replies : I don't have plans for a Forum at present, but possibly in the future.

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MEMORIES FROM THE ORE CARRIER DAYS  Peter Best of Newcastle e-mails : I spent seven years on the ore carriers on the Glasgow run carrying ore for the steelworks at Ravenscraig. One of me mates and me were going to the pool office just across the river, and instead of taking the ferry boat from the pier just astern of the ship, me mate said we could go under the water on a tunnel. We hunted for the doorway but coudent find it.  When we were leaving the pilot said that there was a tunnel but there was no way he would go through it. Strange thing was I gave up the sea and got work in the steelwork at Redcar.  One time we left Glasgow along with one of the Glasgow liberty ship passenger boats that was going to Canada and we kept in company with her all the way over until we turned off to Seven Islands.  We usually passed one of the empress or cunard boats, and the old man took us closer to give them a wave.  Me mate and me were in a pub beside the boat and got talking to the barmaid.  all the crews of the ore boats went in there and the barmaid said that she stayed just behind the big cranes and when a boat was being unloded the red dust covered all her washing and the windows had to be kept shut all the time to keep out the dust.

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THE DERELICT BUILDING AT KG5 DOCK, BESIDE SAINSBURY'S PETROL STATION

Robert Stewart fills up his car with petrol at Sainsbury's at Braehead Retail Park, Glasgow, and tells of a derelict old building, which is falling to bits, which is just yards from the petrol station on the King George 5 Dock side of the fence.   Does anyone know the history of the building

A Manson writes :

If they are still in existence, it is possible that the derelict premises at Shieldhall/ Braehead could the remains of house or outbuildings of the farm that once stood on that site, Remains of WW11 gun emplacements were also evident for some time before the new developments.

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UNUSUAL STOP AT STOBCROSS CRANE FOR QUEEN MARY 11 ON SAIL TO TIGHNABRUAICH 

On 24th August 1965 the Clyde passenger Excursion Steamer "Queen Mary 11" left her usual berth at Bridge Wharf, Glasgow,  at 11am taking her passengers on a trip downriver to Tighnabruaich.  But a few minutes later she berthed on the opposite side of the river - in the commercial shipping berth at Stobcross Quay just under the tall Stobcross Crane - and again boarded passengers for Tighnabruaich.  This was a most unusual stop  for an excursion steamer - just minutes after leaving her berth.  Anyone have any idea why the special stop would have occurred ?  Detail of the stop are in the "Events" for 24th August 1965.

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30th January 2014

PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS RELEVANT TO SHIPS AND SHIPPING AT GLASGOW

Douglas writes :  There have been seven e-mails recently received which comment or try to discuss    Scottish Independence,   Government "Bedroom Tax",   Government lack of aid to flooded areas in South of England,    Military forces being made redundant,    Amount of rainfall this winter,   Cost of living and electricity prices,    and today, the closure of certain Fire Brigade Control Rooms in Scotland.

None of these messages have the slightest relevance to this website or to shipping, and I have deleted them all and advised the senders accordingly.

Please only post messages which have a connection to shipping, Glasgow or the Clyde or appropriate.   Any other messages will be deleted, as this site will not become a platform for anyone to express their complaints or views or dis-satisfaction on Government policy or similar or anything unconnected to ships or shipping.

There are other sites and avenues where opinions can be posted .... but not on this site, thank you. 

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CUNARD LINE'S "BRESCIA" AT GLASGOW IN OCTOBER 1965

"Brescia" is listed as arriving from Aiyow via Belfast.  Where on earth is Aiyow?

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BERTH NUMBERS AT SHIELDHALL RIVERSIDE WHARF

The Riverside Wharf has two berths, numbers 1 and 2.    Does anyone know how the berths are numbered, either berth 1 at the entrance to King George V Dock and berth 2 going upriver towards the city ?

Or, like the main docks in the city, are the berths numbered as coming from the city downriver, meaning berth 1 would be nearest the city and berth 2 being at the entrance to King George V Dock ?

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NUMBERING OF BERTHS FROM BROOMIELAW AND BRIDGE WHARF TO PLANTATION

A Manson writes :

Previously, when standing on King George V Bridge looking down-river the Berthing positions on the North side from Broomielaw to Berth 85 Plantation were designated in even numbers while those on the south side were in odd numbers from Bridge Wharf to Berth 85 Plantation. Berth 83 was colloquially known as "Starvation Point" Berth 85 was separated from Berth 83 by the entrance to Princes Dock and was adjacent to Govan Dry Docks.

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WHO OWNED OR OPERATED GENERAL TERMINUS AND ITS CRANES

Bill McKellar e-mails :

I've been looking at the replies about Kingston Dock and General Terminus, and got to thinking.   Who actually owned or operated Terminus and the cranes, and when were the cranes demolished.

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PORT CHALMERS

Liz Chalmers e-mails :   I'm sending this message for my dad who worked in Connels Yard and worked on Port Chalmers.   He was reading your stuff and remembers the day whem she went aground at Barclay Curles.   The yard manager was going daft in case she was badly damaged and would be late in going to the owners.  But it was all right and when she was going away all the yard men gave her a loud cheer as it went past.  He says it was a huge tall ship and bigger than the ben boats.

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DUMBARTON AND LOCH LOMOND AND "MAID OF THE LOCH"

Alaister McKenzie e-mails :

First time in years I was in dumbarton and at the river side.   Got to thinking.  Last time i was here there was Glenlight boats taking the remains of Dennys yard somewhere.   Where did the stuff go to.   And is there a way for boats to go from dumbarton to loch lomond.   and how did the Maid of the Loch and the todays passenger boats on the loch get there as surely the maid is too deep to get up past dumbarton

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STEAMSHIP "META"

On 14th October 1961 (the details are on site) a coaster steamship "Meta" arrived in Prince's Dock to load for Sweden, and during her stay loaded 270 tons of bunker coal.   It was quite unusual to have a steam-ship in those days.   Does anyone have any information on this ship ?

Vessel Meta was owned by Glen Line of Glasgow who operated between the U.K and Scandinavian Ports.Their inward cargo usually consisted of Matches and timber and allied products Exports from Scotland at one time were the chassis of the Volvo cars which were taken to Sweden for the final completion the exported from there. This was,as I recall the car driven by "The Saint" in the early detective series. The Meta was built in the early 1930,s

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MAVISBANK QUAY AND PLANTATION QUAY, GLASGOW

Jim Hillhouse e-mails :   

I find it very interesting how you  show the berth numbers for the ships at Mavisbank and Plantation Quays.   I was wondering what berths numbers were in Mavisbank and which berths were in Plantation, and was there any separation or dividing line between Mavisbank and Plantation quays.

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NUMBERING OF BERTHS FROM BROOMIELAW AND BRIDGE WHARF TO PLANTATION

A Manson writes :

Previously, when standing on King George V Bridge looking down-river the Berthing positions on the North side from Broomielaw to Berth 85 Plantation were designated in even numbers while those on the south side were in odd numbers from Bridge Wharf to Berth 85 Plantation. Berth 83 was colloquially known as "Starvation Point" Berth 85 was separated from Berth 83 by the entrance to Princes Dock and was adjacent to Govan Dry Docks.

Jim Hillhouse e-mails :  Thank you Mr Manson for explaining about berth 85.   Can I ask what that berth was used for? and you tell that from Broomielaw to berth 85 plantation were designated even numbers...... should that read broomielaw to berth something at stobcross were even numbers??

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NEGOTIATING CITY BRIDGES TO REACH CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY

"puffer fan of Scotstoun" e-mails :     My favourite book is Dan McDonalds "The Clyde Puffer" but I'm a wee bit sceptical about a caption in it.   On page 30 he has a photo of puffer "Stormlight" passing downriver before 1959, and the caption is that she was returning from custom house quay and had  to negotiate five city bridges.   Surely it would be four bridges or would coasters at chq have to under the suspension bridge at south portland street also.   any ideas?

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HISTORY OF PUFFERS

For a history of Puffers Go on "Puffers-The supreme Marine achievement of man's invention".

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