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What/When	Ship
News Event Sunday, January 6, 1963 @ 1000		Own Page
List of P & O Passenger Sailings from Sydney in 1963
News Event Tuesday, February 6, 1962 @ 1152	LA COLINA (1958-1974 Ore carrier 427 feet long of Buries Markes, London	Own Page
Buries Marques LA COLINA shifts from Queen's Dock to River Kelvin, Glasgow
Sailing for River Kelvin, Glasgow Port of Registry London Sailed from berth 17 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Net Tonnage 2,959 Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Gross Tonnage 7,216 Draught forward on sailing 12' 05" Deadweght Tonnage 9,920 Draught aft on sailing 12' 07"
News Event Tuesday, February 6, 1962 @ 0835	CRANE (1937-1964 General cargo coastal ship 223 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
General Steam's CRANE leaves Glasgow for Bordeaux and Tonnay Charente via Liverpool
Sailing for Tonnay Charente and Bordeaux via Liverpool Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth 8 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Net Tonnage 370 Outward cargo General cargo and 1 lift Gross Tonnage 835 Draught forward on sailing 9' 10" Deadweght Tonnage 1,080 Draught aft on sailing 12' 00" Ships agent The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803
News Event Monday, February 5, 1962 @ 1055	CLAN FORBES (1961 - 1968 General cargo liner of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow)	Own Page
CLAN FORBES leaves Queen's Dock for King George V Dock, Glasgow
Sailing for King George V Dock, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth 12 Queen's Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 9,240 Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Deadweght Tonnage 11,920 Draught forward on sailing 6' 03" 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 Thursday, July 5, 1962 @ 2323	AMERICAN CLIPPER (1946- 1969 cargo ship 458 feet long of United States Line, New York)	Own Page
AMERICAN CLIPPER leaves 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow for North America
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and heading outbound / downriver from Glasgow Port of Registry New York Net Tonnage 4,839 Gross Tonnage 8,228 Deadweght Tonnage 9,995
Tug FLYING BUZZARD at the bow and tug FLYING SPITFIRE at the stern were assisting AMERICAN CLIPPER from the berth at 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow, and canting her to head downriver and then towing her past Govan to start her passage to North America.
News Event Sunday, July 8, 1962 @ 1601	BLEASDALE (1962-1984 Suction Hopper Dredger 193 feet overall of British Transport Docks Board, Fleetwood : 1984 scrapped at Garston)	Own Page
New Suction hopper dredger BLEASDALE passes Govan Wharf inbound to Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Govan, Glasgow, inbound towards Glasgow Port of Registry Fleetwood (England) Net Tonnage 444 Gross Tonnage 1,029 Deadweght Tonnage 1,245
Tug BRIGADIER at the bow and tug CAMPAIGNER at the stern were towing Suction hopper dredger BLEASDALE from Simons Lobnitz Shipbuilders, Renfrew (River Clyde) and passing Govan Wharf, Glasgow on their way upriver.
News Event Sunday, July 8, 1962 @ 1439	ONITSHA (1952-1972 general cargo liner 416 feet long of Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Elder Dempster's ONITSHA passes Govan Wharf inbound to Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Govan, Glasgow, inbound towards Glasgow Port of Registry Liverpool
Tug CHIEFTAIN at the bow and tug FLYING WITCH at the stern were towing Elder Dempster cargo ship ONITSHA and passing Govan Wharf, Glasgow on their way upriver.
News Event Saturday, July 7, 1962 @ 1247	RIEN TEEKMAN (1954-1973 General cargo coaster 57.5m overall of E. Wagenborg's Scheepvaart- & Expeditiebedrijf N.V., Amsterdam / Jan Teekman & Wed. Aaltje Teekman-Galenkamp, Hattem, Gelderland)	Own Page
Wagenborg's coaster RIEN TEEKMAN passes Govan Wharf inbound to Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Govan, Glasgow, inbound towards Glasgow Port of Registry Delfzijl (Netherlands) Net Tonnage 353 Gross Tonnage 499 Deadweght Tonnage 725
News Event Saturday, July 7, 1962 @ 0710	ROBERT DUNDAS (1938-1974 Royal Fleet Auxiliary coastal store carrier 220 feet long: pennant no. A204)	Own Page
Royal Fleet Auxiliary ROBERT DUNDAS passes Govan Wharf inbound to Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Govan, Glasgow, inbound towards Glasgow Port of Registry Admiralty, London Gross Tonnage 1125
News Event Saturday, July 7, 1962 @ 0158	SAPPEMEER (1951-1968 Dutch general cargo coaster 54.16 metres 180 feet long and speed 10.5 knots of Carebeka N.V. Groningen)	Own Page
Carebeka coaster SAPPEMEER passes Govan Wharf inbound to Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Govan, Glasgow, inbound towards Glasgow Port of Registry Groningen (Holland) Net Tonnage 261 Gross Tonnage 499 Deadweght Tonnage 670
News Event Friday, July 6, 1962 @ 1801	RUYSDAEL (1957 - 1968 general cargo ship 461 feet long of Bolton Shipping Company, London : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Ore carrier RUYSDAEL passes Govan Wharf inbound to Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Govan, Glasgow, inbound towards Glasgow Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 6452 Deadweght Tonnage 10,431
Tug FLYING SPITFIRE at the bow and tug FLYING PETREL at the stern were towing ore carrier RUYSDAEL and passing Govan Wharf, Glasgow on their way upriver.
News Event Friday, July 6, 1962 @ 1305	SHAHRISTAN (1945 - 1962 general cargo ship 448 feet long of Frank C Strick Line, London)	Own Page
Frank Strick's SHAHRISTAN passing Govan Wharf Watch House and heading towards Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for Glasgow Port of Registry London Net Tonnage 5,139 Gross Tonnage 7,309
Tug FLYING DUCK at the bow and tug FLYING WIZARD at the stern were towing Frank Strick’s cargo ship SHAHRISTAN and passing Govan Wharf, Glasgow on their way upriver towards Glasgow.
News Event Thursday, March 21, 1963 @ 0635	EILEEN M ( 1938- 1966 coastal oil products tanker of Metcalf Motor Coasters, Liverpool)	Own Page
EILEEN M arrives at Ardrossan from Douglas to load petrol and gas oil for Ardrishaig
Arrived from Douglas (Isle of Man) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1a Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 133 Master of vessel on arrival D B Owen Gross Tonnage 323 Draught aft on arrival 10' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Thursday, March 21, 1963 @ 2150	CORNELIS VAN DER SCHOOT (1962-1974 general cargo coaster of N.V. Scheepvaartbedrijf 'Gruno', Amsterdam / Jan en Dirk van der Schoot (Kustvaartrederij Gebr. Van der Schoot), Harlingen,)	Own Page
Gruno's CORNELIS VAN DER SCHOOT arrives in Ardrossan Harbour to load steel for Seville (Spain)
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Harlingen (Netherlands) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 328 Master of vessel on arrival P Ploey Gross Tonnage 499 Draught aft on arrival 9' 06" Deadweght Tonnage 798 Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Wednesday, June 15, 1977 @ 1000		Own Page
Ben Bulletin June 1977 ... The house magazine of Ben Line of Edinburgh
News Event Monday, August 23, 1937 @ 0800	TUSCANIA (1922-1939 Passenger / cargo liner of Anchor Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Breakfast Menu on Anchor Line's TUSCANIA Sunlands Cruise 23 August 1937
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 16,991
News Event Tuesday, August 26, 1958 @ 0025	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 load for Far Eastern Ports
Arrived from Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Arrived in berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 7,965 Sailing for Far East via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 17' 09" Draught aft on arrival 20' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 26th August Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 26th August Outward cargo General cargo 1,000 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed loading outward cargo 2100 on 1st September Draught forward on sailing 16' 06" Draught aft on sailing 23' 07" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Friday, April 4, 1958 @ 1700	META (1931-1962 Steam-powered general cargo North-Sea coaster 262 feet long of Glen & Company, Glasgow)	Own Page
Glen & Co's META closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Gothenburg and Malmo
Ships agent Glen & Co. Ltd., 165 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9414 Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 1,575
News Event Friday, April 5, 1963 @ 1000 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	CHARLTON MIRA (1958-1969 Bulk carrier 495 feet long of Charlton Steam Shipping Company, London / Chandris (England) Ltd. : Scrapped in 1987)	Own Page
CHARLTON MIRA at James Watt Dock, Greenock bunkers fuel oil from oiler CLANITY
Ship's location James Watt Dock, Greenock Port of Registry London (England, UK) Ships agent T L Duff & Company Limited, 24 George Square, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2827 Net Tonnage 5.791 Gross Tonnage 9,881 Deadweght Tonnage 14,700
News Event Wednesday, March 20, 1963 @ 1750	H.M.S. BRINKLEY (1954-1966 Ley class inshore minehunter Pennant M2005 length 100 feet overall of Royal Navy, London)	Own Page
Coastal minehunter H.M.S. BRINKLEY arrives in Ardrossan Harbour from sea
Arrived from Sea Port of Registry Admiralty, London (U.K.) Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Master of vessel on arrival J Cobbold / M Dickens Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
News Event Wednesday, March 20, 1963 @ 1600	SHELL DRILLER (1952-1966 Coastal oil products tanker of Shell Mex & B.P. Ltd., London)	Own Page
Coastal tanker SHELL DRILLER arrives in Ardrossan Harbour with gas oil from Stanlow
Arrived from Stanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Master of vessel on arrival A P Stewart Draught aft on arrival 15' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Gas Oil Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Wednesday, February 14, 1962 @ 1700 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	ELISABETH BOYE	Own Page
ELISABETH BOYE leaves Sydney for Port Moresby, Rabaul, Wewak, Madang and Lae
News Event Monday, December 7, 1936 @ 2204	ROYAL SCOTSMAN (1936-1967 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns & Laird Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
ROYAL SCOTSMAN leaves Lancefield Quay, Glasgow with Passengers and General Cargo for Belfast
Vessel Master D Darroch Port of Registry Glasgow Outward cargo General cargo 200 tons and 157 passengers Gross Tonnage 3,288
News Event Friday, July 6, 1962 @ 0737	TABOR (1952-1971 Refrigerated / General cargo ship 385 feet long of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool then 1971-1975 of P & O General Cargo Division)	Own Page
Moss Hutchison's TABOR passes Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow heading towards Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Govan Wharf Watch House, Govan, Glasgow, inbound towards Glasgow Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Net Tonnage 1,587 Gross Tonnage 3,694 Deadweght Tonnage 5,008
Tug FLYING WITCH at the bow and tug FLYING DOLPHIN at the stern were towing Moss Hutchison’s cargo ship TABOR and passing Govan Wharf, Glasgow on their way to Queen’s Dock.
News Event Wednesday, March 20, 1963 @ 2305	MOONLIGHT ( - 1964 Ross & Marshall's steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer)	Own Page
Ross & Marshall's Clyde Puffer / Lighter MOONLIGHT arrives in Ardrossan Harbour from Glasgow
Arrived from Glasgow Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay ..pronounced "eye - la" Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Master of vessel on arrival Logan Draught aft on arrival 7' 09" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo Bagged Malt and empty casks ((both for a Distillery in Islay) Master of vessel on sailing Logan Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Thursday, March 21, 1963 @ 0715	HINEA (1956-1976 H-class crude and white oil products tanker 560 feet long of Anglo Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K., London : 1976 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Shell tanker HINEA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with Petrol and Avtur from Stanlow
Arrived from Stanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) via Belfast (Northern Ireland) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour ... tugs SEAWAY and CAMPAIGNER Gross Tonnage 12,211 Sailing for Curacao (a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region) Deadweght Tonnage 19,248 Sailed from berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour ... tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER Master of vessel on arrival J Greene Draught aft on arrival 20' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Petrol and Avtur Outward cargo Gas Oil ROB (= Remaining on board) Master of vessel on sailing J Greene Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Monday, October 30, 1961 @ 0445	ORIENTAL STAR (General cargo ship 454 feet overall)	Own Page
ORIENTAL STAR arrives in Glasgow with a cargo of Phosphates from Nauru in Micronesia
Arrived from Nauru (Republic of Nauru formerly known as Pleasant Island, an island in Central Pacific) Arrived in berth 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Sailing for Cardiff (Wales, UK) Sailed from berth 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 30' 03" Draught aft on arrival 31' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Phosphates Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 30th October Stevedore discharging inward cargo Andrew Main & Sons, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1247 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1800 on 6th November Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 5' 05" Draught aft on sailing 18' 00" Vessel bunkered See "Remarks" below Vessel on ground No, vessel was afloat at all times
2nd November bunkered 10 tons of Diesel Oil from oiler APEXITY. 2nd November bunkered 50 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY. 4th November bunkered 110 tons of fuel oil from oiler APEXITY.
News Event Friday, July 15, 1960 @ 1000		Own Page
Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow cancel all sailings due to an unofficial strike by seamen
News Event Saturday, June 25, 1960 @ 0930	IRISH COAST ( 1952-1968 Passenger and cargo vessel 340 feet long of Coast Lines, Liverpool)	Own Page
IRISH COAST starts her 1960 summer season Ardrossan - Belfast passenger sailings
Port of Registry Liverpool
News Event Saturday, May 28, 1960 @ 1000		Own Page
Caledonian Steam Packet Clyde pleasure and excursion sailings from Arran for Summer 1960
News Event Friday, July 1, 1960 @ 1000		Own Page
Caledonian Steam Packet Clyde pleasure sailings from Ardrossan for July, August and September 1960
News Event Friday, January 12, 1962 @ 1800 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	MALEKULA	Own Page
MALEKULA leaves Sydney for Papua and New Guinea via Queensland Ports
Sailing for From Sydney to Brisbane, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns to Papua and New Guinea Ships agent Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney, Australia
News Event Friday, January 5, 1962 @ 1800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	WATAMURRA (McIlwraith, McEacharn Limited)	Own Page
McIlwraith, McEacharn's WATAMURRA leaves Sydney for Hobart
Sailing for Hobart (Tasmania) Sailed from berth Sydney (Australia) Ships agent McIlwraith, McEacharn Limited
News Event Friday, January 26, 1962 @ 1700 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	WANGANELLA (1932-1970 Passenger / cargo ship 474 feet overall of McIlwraith, McEacharn Limited)	Own Page
McIlwraith, McEacharn's WANGANELLA leaves Sydney for Wellington
Sailing for Wellington (New Zealand) Gross Tonnage 9,576 Sailed from berth No 3 Darling Harbour, Sydney (Australia) Outward cargo Passengers and general cargo
News Event Saturday, January 6, 1962 @ 1200	CHANGSHA (1949-1969 Passenger / cargo ship 424 feet overall of China Navigation Company Ltd / John Swire & Sons Ltd, London : 1981 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan)	Own Page
China Navigation CHANGSHA leaves Walsh Bay, Sydney for Torres Strait, Manila, Hong Kong and Japan
Sailing for Torres Strait, Manila, Hong Kong and Japan Port of Registry Hong Kong Sailed from berth 10 Walsh Bay, Sydney, Australia Net Tonnage 4,104 Ships agent Swire and Yuill Pty Ltd., 6 Bridge Street, Sydney Gross Tonnage 7,414 Deadweght Tonnage 6,065
News Event Monday, January 8, 1962 @ 0800	FAIRSEA (1949-1969 Passenger Liner of Alvion SS Co / A Vlasov / Sitmar / Societa Trasporti Marittimi SpA (SITMAR) : 1969 scrapped at La Spezia (Italy)	Own Page
Sitmar passenger liner FAIRSEA expected to arrive at No 3 Wharf, Woolloomooloo, Sydney
Arrived in berth No 3 Wharf, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia Port of Registry Italy Ships agent Navcot Australia Pty Ltd., London Assurance House, 4th Floor, 16-20 Bridge Street, Sydney Gross Tonnage 13,433
News Event Friday, June 7, 1968 @ 0645	LOCHBROOM (1948-1972 General cargo coaster 151 feet long of David MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow : 1974 stranded in Mediterranean))	Own Page
MacBrayne's LOCHBROOM arrives in Ardrossan Harbour and waits to enter Ardrossan Dockyard
Arrived from Stornoway (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 14 Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 130 Master of vessel on arrival D B Watson Gross Tonnage 413 Draught aft on arrival 10' 06" Deadweght Tonnage 535 Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Ships agent Ardrossan Dockyard Company, Ardrossan
News Event Friday, June 7, 1968 @ 0130	POINTSMAN ( 1956 - Steam Coastal tanker, speed 7 knots, 233 feet long of Helmsman Shipping Company / C Rowbotham & Sons (Management) Ltd, London)	Own Page
Rowbotham's coastal tanker POINTSMAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with fuel oil from Heysham
Arrived from Heysham (England) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1a Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 547 Master of vessel on arrival R Andrews Gross Tonnage 1,174 Draught aft on arrival 15' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Fuel oil Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Tuesday, October 15, 1957 @ 1720	VITA FISH (1956- General cargo coaster 174 feet overall of Norwegian owners : 1981 sank as target of French Navy Exocet missile)	Own Page
Norwegian coaster VITA FISH arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with 181 tons of Grapes
Arrived from Almeria (Spain) via Liverpool Port of Registry Norway Arrived in berth 2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Sailing for Bordeaux (France) Sailed from berth Merklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught aft on arrival 12' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Grapes 181 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 16th October Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1930 on 16th October Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 5' 00" Draught aft on sailing 10' 00" Ships agent John Bruce & Co. (Shipping) Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 3581
News Event Saturday, October 12, 1957 @ 0230	BIRMINGHAM CITY (1950-1963 General cargo ship 452 feet overall of Bristol City Line, Bristol)	Own Page
Bristol City Line's BIRMINGHAM CITY arrives in Glasgow with general cargo from Halifax (Canada)
Arrived from Halifax (Canada) Port of Registry Bristol (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 5,571 Sailing for Cardiff (Wales, UK) Sailed from berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 20' 04" Draught aft on arrival 26' 04" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 500 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 12th October 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 13th October Outward cargo Part same inward general cargo Draught forward on sailing 23' 03" Draught aft on sailing 25' 10" Vessel on ground First low water on 12th October, draught forward 23' 10" and aft 26' 11"
News Event Tuesday, March 30, 1954 @ 1700	PORT ALMA (1928-1964 Refrigerated / general cargo ship of Port Line, London)	Own Page
PORT ALMA closes at London for cargo for Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Bell Bay and Hobart
Ship's location 6 King George V Dock, London Port of Registry London (England, UK) Ships agent Port Line Limited, Cunard House, 88 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.3. Telephone AVEnue 1270 Gross Tonnage 7,983
News Event Monday, October 12, 1964 @ 1845		Own Page
Meeting to elect four shipowners to be Trustees of Rothesay Harbour Trust (Scotland)
News Event Tuesday, October 6, 1964 @ 1700	LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain)	Own Page
Donaldson Line's LAURENTIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal
Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901 Port of Registry Glasgow Gross Tonnage 8249
News Event Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 1700	PRINS FREDERICK HENDRIK (1947- General cargo ship 258 feet overall of Oranje Lijn (Maats Zeetransport) N.V., Rotterdam)	Own Page
PRINS FREDERICK HENDRIK closes Glasgow for Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago
Ships agent J C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock" Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Net Tonnage 807 Gross Tonnage 1,557 Deadweght Tonnage 2,726
News Event Friday, August 25, 1972 @ 1000		Own Page
Ben Line announce sale of BENLEDI, BENWYVIS and BENALBANACH (and BENVALLA and BENARMIN)
News Event Tuesday, March 12, 1963 @ 1400	THUNDERER (1958-1973 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock)	Own Page
Thomas Slater, Master of the Steel & Bennie tug THUNDERER
Ship's location Victoria Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Vessel Master Thomas Slater Gross Tonnage 208
News Event Saturday, January 1, 1949 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
Glasgow Harbour Docks and Quays in 1949
News Event Thursday, April 8, 1965 @ 0750	FINLANDIA (1960-1975 General cargo coaster 51m 165 feet overall of Kamp's Scheepvaart- en Handelmaatschappij N.V., Groningen / Jan Stoter, Amsterdam)	Own Page
FINLANDIA arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow to load Pig Iron for Rotterdam
Arrived from Dundalk (Eire / Ireland) Port of Registry 1960-1965 Zwolle, Netherlands 1965-1975 Groningen, Netherlands Arrived in berth 4 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east) Net Tonnage 252 Sailing for Rotterdam (Netherlands) Gross Tonnage 397 Sailed from berth 9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east) Deadweght Tonnage 620 Draught forward on arrival 5' 03" Draught aft on arrival 9' 10" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 8th April Outward cargo Pig Iron 564 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Honeyman & Company, 12 Waterloo Street, Glasgow C.2. Telephone CENtral 6922 Completed loading outward cargo 1600 on 8th April Draught forward on sailing 9' 10" Draught aft on sailing 12' 00"
News Event Wednesday, April 7, 1965 @ 1730	MURELL (1954-1972 General cargo coaster 139 feet long of James Tyrell, Dublin)	Own Page
Tyrell's coaster MURELL arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with Ore Residue from Cork
Arrived from Cork (Ireland) Port of Registry Dublin Arrived in berth 12 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 319 Sailing for Cork (Ireland) Sailed from berth 9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 8' 03" Draught aft on arrival 10' 11" Cargo carried on arrival Ore residue 367 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 8th April Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1230 on 8th April Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 9th April Outward cargo Lifts 40 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo J F Wilson, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2345 Completed loading outward cargo 0945 on 9th April
News Event Friday, June 1, 1973 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	SHEAF ROYAL (1972- 1978 Bulk carrier 199.919m 656 feet overall of The Sheaf Navigation Company Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne : 1999 scrapped at Alang, India)	Own Page
SHEAF ROYAL (1972-1978 of The Sheaf Navigation Company Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, England)
Port of Registry Newcastle, England Net Tonnage 15,174.55 Gross Tonnage 22,848.94 Deadweght Tonnage 38,100
News Event Friday, April 1, 1960 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	BENLOYAL (1959-1969 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Ben Line Company postcard of BENLOYAL in service 1959-1969
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK)
News Event Sunday, March 17, 1963 @ 1600	GLENCLOY (1930-1966 Clyde Puffer lighter 85 feet long of G & G Hamilton))	Own Page
GLENCLOY arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load drums of bitumen for Stornoway
Arrived from Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Western Isle of Scotland) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 120 Master of vessel on arrival R Heath Draught aft on arrival 8' 03" Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Saturday, April 18, 1964 @ 0800	WALDEMAR PETER (General cargo ship)	Own Page
Vessel diary for WALDEMAR PETER on time charter to Donaldson Line, Glasgow in 1964
Vessel Master Stahler
Can anyone give details and owners of WALDEMAR PETER in 1964 ???
News Event Thursday, February 20, 1964 @ 0500	CALCHAS (1947-1957 then 1962-1973 General cargo ship 487 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's CALCHAS arrives at 1 King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Far Eastern Ports
Arrived from Hamburg (Germany) via Elderslie (River Clyde, Glasgow) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Sailing for Singapore and Port Swettenham via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 13' 06" Draught aft on arrival 16' 09" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 20th February Outward cargo General cargo 1,200 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed loading outward cargo 1400 on 26th February Draught forward on sailing 15' 04" Draught aft on sailing 18' 10" Vessel bunkered 21st February bunkered 230 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Saturday, February 15, 1964 @ 1345	CANOPIC (1954-1976 Refrigerated / general cargo ship 512 feet overall of Shaw Savill & Albion Line, London )	Own Page
Shaw Savill Line's CANOPIC arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Fremantle via Liverpool
Arrived from Fremantle via Liverpool Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth 6 / 6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 11,166 Sailing for London (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth 6 / 6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 21' 10" Draught aft on arrival 26' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,538 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 1700 on 18th February Outward cargo Part same inward general cargo Draught forward on sailing 21' 10" Draught aft on sailing 23' 03"
News Event Sunday, September 1, 1963 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	BENARMIN (1963-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
Shipbuilders model of Ben Line's BENARMIN (1963-1972)
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Net Tonnage 6,486 Gross Tonnage 11,362 Deadweght Tonnage 13,015
News Event Friday, January 1, 1960 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1960 Advert by Blundell and Crompton Limited, Engineers and Ship Repairers, London
News Event Friday, January 1, 1960 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1960 Advert by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited Shipbuilders, Tyneside, England
News Event Monday, February 1, 1937 @ 1000		Own Page
1937 Advert by Anchor Line of Glasgow for their Sailings from New York and Boston to UK
News Event Monday, March 3, 1975 @ 1000 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	ALCINOUS (1973-1975 formerly ANCHISES 1946-1973 General cargo ship 487 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1975 scrapped Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's ALCINOUS voyage diary from March 1975 to scrapping in September 1975
Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 7,642
News Event Monday, February 17, 1941 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship)	Own Page
JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT arrives at anchorage off Gourock (Clyde, Scotland)
Port of Registry Amsterdam (Netherlands) Net Tonnage 11,335 Gross Tonnage 19,040
News Event Saturday, March 16, 1963 @ 0550	SAINT ANGUS (1936 -1965 General cargo coaster 151 feet long of J & A Gardner Company, Glasgow)	Own Page
Gardner's coaster SAINT ANGUS arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with scrap metal from Belfast
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 195 Master of vessel on arrival Black Gross Tonnage 391 Draught aft on arrival 13' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Saturday, March 16, 1963 @ 0230	PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry)	Own Page
PALM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of Tar from Belfast
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Newry Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 122 Master of vessel on arrival McAllister Gross Tonnage 343 Draught aft on arrival 14' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Tar Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Wednesday, September 22, 1965 @ 0915	CANADIAN STAR ( 1957 - 1972 General cargo liner 472 feet long of Blue Star Line, London)	Own Page
CANADIAN STAR arrives at 7 / 8 Prince's Dock, Glasgow to load for Los Angeles via Vancouver
Arrived from Liverpool (England, U.K.) Port of Registry London Arrived in berth 7 / 8 Prince's Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 6,291 Draught forward on arrival 14' 06" Draught aft on arrival 22' 09" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Ships agent J S Nowery & Co., Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 5133
News Event Wednesday, September 22, 1965 @ 0240	HEENVLIET (1961-1973 General cargo coaster 66.80m long of Soetermeer, Fekkes' Cargadoorskantoor N.V., Rotterdam / N.V. Rederij Meervliet, Rotterdam / W.A. Soetermeer Jr., Rotterdam)	Own Page
HEENVLIET arrives at 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow from Naples (Napoli, Italy) via Belfast
Arrived from Naples (Napoli, Italy) via Belfast Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Arrived in berth 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow Net Tonnage 260 Draught forward on arrival 5' 03" Gross Tonnage 499 Draught aft on arrival 10' 00" Deadweght Tonnage 1,025 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo
News Event Tuesday, September 21, 1965 @ 1330	BHAMO (1907-1938 General cargo ship of P. Henderson & Co. / British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co., Glasgow : 1938 scrapped at Japan.)	Own Page
Patrick Henderson's BHAMO arrives at 22 Prince's Dock, Glasgow from Rangoon (Burma) via Liverpool
Arrived from Rangoon (Burma) via Liverpool Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 22 Prince's Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 5,239 Draught forward on arrival 9' 10" Draught aft on arrival 17' 02" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467
News Event Monday, September 20, 1965 @ 2220	MANCHESTER PROGRESS (1938-1966 General cargo ship of Manchester Liners, Manchester, England :1966 Scrapped at Split, Yugoslavia)	Own Page
MANCHESTER PROGRESS arrives at 19 Prince's Dock, Glasgow to load for Wilmington (North Carolina)
Arrived from Manchester (England, U.K.) Port of Registry Manchester (England, UK Arrived in berth 19 Prince's Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 5,620 Draught forward on arrival 16' 10" Draught aft on arrival 18' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Ships agent Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., 19 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 8193
News Event Sunday, September 19, 1965 @ 1545	INDIAN RELIANCE (1955-1979 General cargo ship of India Steamship Company, Calcutta : 1979 scrapped at Bombay))	Own Page
INDIAN RELIANCE arrives at 1 / 2 Prince's Dock, Glasgow to load general and bulk oil for Bombay
Arrived from Newport (South Wales, U.K.) Port of Registry Calcutta (India) Arrived in berth 1 / 2 Prince's Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 7,422 Draught forward on arrival 16' 08" Deadweght Tonnage 10,138 Draught aft on arrival 18' 02" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards
News Event Sunday, September 19, 1965 @ 0735	LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain)	Own Page
LAURENTIA arrives at Prince's Dock, Glasgow with general cargo and 48 passengers from Montreal
Arrived from Montreal (Canada) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 14 / 15 Prince's Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 8249 Draught forward on arrival 22' 00" Draught aft on arrival 24' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo and 48 passengers
News Event Saturday, September 18, 1965 @ 1805	PRINS WILLEM 1V (1940-1966 General cargo ship 258 feet overall of Maatschappij Zeetransport / Oranje Lijn, Rotterdam Maatschappij Zeetransport N.V. (Oranje Lijn) , Rotterdam)	Own Page
PRINS WILLEM 1V arrives at 31 Prince's Dock, Glasgow from the Great Lakes via Liverpool
Arrived from Great Lakes via Liverpool Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Arrived in berth 31 Prince's Dock, Glasgow Net Tonnage 806 Draught forward on arrival 13' 03" Gross Tonnage 1,535 Draught aft on arrival 15' 00" Deadweght Tonnage 2,680 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo both inwards and outwards
News Event Friday, September 17, 1965 @ 1900	SKYCREST (1962-1968 General cargo ship 463 feet overall of Crest Shipping Co./ Ivanovic & Co Ltd, London : 1985 scrapped at Dalian, China)).	Own Page
SKYCREST arrives at Plantation Quay, Glasgow to load general cargo for Auckland (New Zealand)
Arrived from Grangemouth (Scotland) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 73 Plantation Quay, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 9,455 Draught forward on arrival 8' 10" Draught aft on arrival 14' 10" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
News Event Monday, January 2, 1939 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1939 advert by Anchor Line, Glasgow for their passenger service to World's Fair, New York
News Event Thursday, June 1, 1950 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	BENAVON (1949-1970 General cargo ship 483 feet overall of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Ben Line's BENAVON (1949-1970)
Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 8,079 Deadweght Tonnage 11,270
Ben Line's general cargo ship BENAVON (1949-1970) was built by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. yard number 658, in Sunderland, England in 1949.   8,079 gross tons, 11,270 deadweight tons, 483 feet overall X 60 feet X 37 feet and powered by three Parsons turbines giving a service speed of 16 knots and had accommodation for four passengers.  In January 1970 she was sold to Safety Shipping Company S. A., Panama / V, K. Edie Hsu, Hong Kong and renamed LIZIANA.   On 8th November 1971 she arrived at Shieh Sheng Fat Steel Company at Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping.
News Event Thursday, January 27, 1966 @ 1400	HOPECREST ( 1961 - 1969 General cargo ship 501 feet long of Hopemount Shipping Co. Ltd. / Stott, Man & Fleming, Newcastle : 1984 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan)	Own Page
HOPECREST arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with a cargo of Grain from Adelaide
Arrived from Adelaide (Australia) via Belfast Port of Registry Newcastle (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 1 blind west of berth 3 / 4 bulkhead) Net Tonnage 4,112 Sailing for Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 7,610 Sailed from berth 3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 1 blind west of berth 3 / 4 bulkhead) Deadweght Tonnage 11,680 Draught forward on arrival 22' 10" Draught aft on arrival 23' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Grain 3,616 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1125 on 28th January Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1500 on 3rd February Outward cargo Part same inward cargo of Grain Draught forward on sailing 16' 03" Draught aft on sailing 22' 00" Vessel bunkered 31st January bunkered 20 tons of diesel oil from oiler CLANITY Ships agent H Hogarth & Sons Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 6535
News Event Friday, March 1, 1935 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1935 poster by Anchor Line for their service from Londonderry to New York, Boston and Philadelphia
Around 1935 poster by Anchor Line of Glasgow advertising their passenger liner service from Londonderry (Northern Ireland) to New York, Boston and Philadelphia (USA)
News Event Saturday, March 16, 1963 @ 1245	CADANS (1958-1969 General cargo coaster 60.21 meters long of Beck's Scheepvaartkantoor N.V., Groningen, Netherlands Owner: Rederij Beck's Scheepvaartbedrijf Motorschip Cadans, Groningen, Netherlands	Own Page
Beck's coaster CADANS arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load steel sections for St- Nazaire (France)
Arrived from Waterford (County Waterford, Ireland) Port of Registry Groningen (Netherlands) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Master of vessel on arrival S Elsinga Draught aft on arrival 8' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Friday, April 21, 1961 @ 1700	LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain)	Own Page
Donaldson Line's LAURENTIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal
Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901 Port of Registry Glasgow Gross Tonnage 8249
News Event Friday, April 7, 1961 @ 1700	FORESTER (1952-1970 General cargo ship 468 feet overall of T & J Harrison Ltd. / Charente S. S. Co. Ltd.,, 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 CENtral 1016 Port of Registry Liverpool Net Tonnage 4,632 Gross Tonnage 8,377 Deadweght Tonnage 10,520
News Event Monday, April 10, 1961 @ 1700	KARNAK (1948-1971 Refrigerated / general cargo ship 366 feet long of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Moss Hutchison's KARNAK closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean Ports
Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643 Port of Registry Liverpool Net Tonnage 1,558 Gross Tonnage 3,198 Deadweght Tonnage 4,794
News Event Thursday, August 20, 1936 @ 1510	LAIRDSHEATHER (1922-1937 General cargo coaster 190 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1937 scrapped in Barrow in Furness, England)	Own Page
Burns & Laird's coaster LAIRDSHEATHER leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Londonderry
Vessel Master A Wallace Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Londonderry (Northern Ireland) Net Tonnage 215 Sailed from berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 515 Outward cargo General cargo 100 tons Draught forward on sailing 9' 01" Draught aft on sailing 12' 06"
News Event Thursday, January 1, 1976 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	DUNSTANBURGH CASTLE (1976-1981 a 9-hatch gearless bulk carrier of Bamburgh Shipping Company, Newcastle)	Own Page
DUNSTANBURGH CASTLE a 9-hatch gearless bulk carrier of Bamburgh Shipping Company
Port of Registry Newcastle, England Gross Tonnage 57,133
News Event Sunday, December 1, 1974 @ 1000	BENBHUI (Ben Line's harbour launch at Hong Kong)	Own Page
BENBHUI is the Ben Line's harbour launch at Hong Kong and the smallest vessel in their fleet
News Event Saturday, November 22, 1958 @ 1000	MACHARDA (1938-1962 General cargo ship 493 feet long of T & J Brocklebank Line, Liverpool : 1962 Scrapped at Hong Kong)	Own Page
Brocklebank's MACHARDA arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow for repairs by Alexander Stephen Shipbuilders,
Arrived from Springfield Quay, Glasgow Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth East end of Shieldhall Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 7,998 Sailing for Bremen (Germany) Sailed from berth East end of Shieldhall Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 10' 06" Draught aft on arrival 19' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 10' 03" Draught aft on sailing 20' 10" Engine trials See note below Vessel bunkered At 0905 on 12th December bunkered fuel oil from oiler APEXITY
3rd December the tank cleaner vessel TULIPBANK was alongside MACHARDA to clean her tanks.   5th December the floating crane NEWSHOT was alongside MACHARDA for lifts in the cargo ship’s engine room.   At 2240 on 11th December MACHARDA hauls 80 feet off the quay for engine trials, starting the trials at 2310 and finishing the trials at 0008 on 12th, and back alongside at 0030 on 12th
News Event Friday, November 21, 1958 @ 1800	SARPEDON (1958-1962 General cargo ship 473 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1962 scrapped)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's SARPEDON arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Australian Ports
Arrived from Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Gross Tonnage 7,797 Sailing for Australian Ports via Liverpool Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South) Draught forward on arrival 17' 04" Draught aft on arrival 20' 01" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 22nd November Outward cargo General cargo 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 25th November Draught forward on sailing 19' 03" Draught aft on sailing 20' 06" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1955	SAN FLORO ( 1956-1971 General cargo coaster)	Own Page
Spanish coaster SAN FLORO arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with cargo from La Pallice (France)
Arrived from La Pallice (France) via Newport (Wales) Port of Registry Santander (Spain) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 458 Draught forward on arrival L Busto Gross Tonnage 976 Draught aft on arrival 13' 00" Deadweght Tonnage 1300 Cargo carried on arrival Plywood and general cargo Ships agent Rennie & Watson Ltd., 73 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 4741
News Event Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 0450	SCHOKLAND (1952-1965 General cargo coaster 43.50m overall of Peter & Gerrit Dekker, Groningen)	Own Page
Dekker's coaster SCHOKLAND arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with scrap metal from Belfast
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Zwolle (Netherlands) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 188 Master of vessel on arrival Van Klief Gross Tonnage 298 Draught aft on arrival 9' 00" Deadweght Tonnage 396 Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 0125	LASCAR (1939-1972 Clyde puffer 66 feet long of J Hay & Sons, Glasgow)	Own Page
Clyde puffer lighter LASCAR arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with scrap metal from Belfast
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 50 Master of vessel on arrival Marr Gross Tonnage 96 Draught aft on arrival 9' 03" Deadweght Tonnage 140 Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Tuesday, March 12, 1963 @ 1140	SHELL SUPPLIER ( 1952-1967 Coastal oil products tanker 194 feet long of Shell Mex & BP, London)	Own Page
Shell coastal tanker SHELL SUPPLIER arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with Gas Oil from Faslane
Arrived from Faslane (Gare Loch, Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry London Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Master of vessel on arrival J Jack Draught aft on arrival 14' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Gas Oil ROB (= Remaining on board) Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Friday, November 30, 1962 @ 0207	FILEFJELL (1961-1967 Motor ore carrier 605 feet overall of A/S Falkefjell & A/S Dovrefjell / Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo : 1986 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
FILEFJELL arrives at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow with Iron Ore from San Nicolas (Peru)
Arrived from San Nicolas (Peru) Port of Registry Oslo (Norway) Arrived in berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) ..Pilot MacCallum and 3 tugs Net Tonnage 8,656 Sailing for Monrovia (Liberia, West Africa) Gross Tonnage 17,622 Sailed from berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) ..Pilot B Taylor and 4 tugs Deadweght Tonnage 26,610 Draught forward on arrival 31' 01" Draught aft on arrival 31' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore 24,000 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0600 on 30th November Stevedore discharging inward cargo Colvilles Ltd. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1130 on 2nd December Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) and oil bunkers Draught forward on sailing 13' 01" Draught aft on sailing 21' 02" Vessel bunkered See note below Ships agent BISCO (British Iron & Steel Corporation)
30th November FILEFJELL bunkered 320 tons of fuel oil and on 1st December bunkered 110 tons of fuel oil, both times from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE. On sailing from General Terminus Quay the 605 feet long  FILEFJELL (Pilot B. Taylor) was towed astern by 4 tugs, passing Queen’s and Prince’s Docks, Yorkhill, Meadowside and Merklands Quays to King George V Dock where her stern was put into the dock and she was canted to port and then proceeded ahead going downriver to Greenock and the Firth of Clyde and then on passage to Monrovia, in Liberia, West Africa.
News Event Sunday, November 25, 1962 @ 2050	OBUASI (1952-1972 General cargo ship 450 feet overall of Elder Dempster Lines Ltd., Liverpool)	Own Page
Elder Dempster's OBUASI arrives in Springfield Quay, Glasgow from Swansea
Arrived from Swansea (South Wales, U.K.) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Net Tonnage 3,119 Sailing for West Africa via Dublin Gross Tonnage 5,895 Sailed from berth 29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Deadweght Tonnage 7,089 Draught forward on arrival 16' 05" Draught aft on arrival 17' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 26th November Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1130 on 29th November Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 26th November Outward cargo General cargo 1,371 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1130 on 29th November Draught forward on sailing 18' 07" Draught aft on sailing 20' 07" Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467
News Event Monday, April 3, 1961 @ 1000		Own Page
1961 Advert by J & C Harrison Ltd., London for engineers on a dry cargo ship
News Event Saturday, May 13, 1961 @ 1900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	BALLARAT (1954-1968 General cargo liner 527 feet long of P & O, London)	Own Page
P & O cargo ship BALLARAT 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)
News Event Saturday, April 15, 1961 @ 1900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	BENMACDHUI (1948-1972 General cargo liner 474 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Ben Line's BENMACDHUI 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 Leith (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 4,674 Gross Tonnage 7,845 Deadweght Tonnage 11,500
News Event Friday, September 20, 2019 @ 1250	CLYDELINK PASSENGER FERRY (Passenger ferry of Clydelink, Glasgow)	Own Page
CLYDELINK PASSENGER FERRY on her Riverside Museum service across the River to Govan Pontoon
Ship's location Govan Pontoon, Water Row, Govan, Glasgow
News Event Friday, September 20, 2019 @ 1245		Own Page
What sailing ship is this today beside the Riverside Museum, Glasgow ?????
Ship's location Yorkhill Quay, beside the Riverside Museum, Glasgow
News Event Thursday, March 5, 1936 @ 0625	LAIRDS LOCH ( 1944-1969 Passenger / cargo vessel 263 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow)	Own Page
Burns & Laird's LAIRDS LOCH leaves Ardrossan Harbour with 308 cattle (from Belfast) for Ayr
Vessel Master Neil Campbell Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for Ayr (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Outward cargo Cattle 308 Draught forward on sailing 11' 03" Draught aft on sailing 16' 02" Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan
News Event Tuesday, March 12, 1963 @ 0050	ARIANTA (1959-1978 Oil tanker 560 feet 169m overall 14.5 knots of Shell Tankers U.K. : 1978 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Shell tanker ARIANTA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of Petrol & Avtur
Arrived from Curacao via Stanlow and Belfast Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) .. tugs SEAWAY and STRONGBOW Net Tonnage 7,511 Master of vessel on arrival J Kell Gross Tonnage 13,148 Draught aft on arrival 22' 04" Deadweght Tonnage 19,310 Cargo carried on arrival Petrol & Avtur Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Wednesday, August 3, 1960 @ 2000	CALGARIA (1956-1963 General cargo liner 495 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Donaldson Line's CALGARIA arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with grain from Canada
Arrived from Montreal (Canada) via Prince's Dock (Glasgow) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Gross Tonnage 8,418 Sailing for Prince's Dock (Glasgow) Sailed from berth 4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught forward on arrival 19' 10" Draught aft on arrival 24' 07" Cargo carried on arrival Grain 3,500 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 4th August Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Navigation Trust, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1430 on 9th August Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 13' 00" Draught aft on sailing 21' 04" Ships agent Donaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901
Gangway was broken at 0705 on 7th August.
News Event Thursday, September 1, 1960 @ 0735	AMERICAN CLIPPER (1946- 1969 cargo ship 458 feet long of United States Line, New York)	Own Page
AMERICAN CLIPPER arrives at Merklands Quay, Glasgow with general cargo from New York via Dublin
Arrived from New York via Dublin Port of Registry New York Arrived in berth Merklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Net Tonnage 4,839 Sailing for West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 8,228 Sailed from berth Merklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Deadweght Tonnage 9,995 Draught forward on arrival 10' 07" Draught aft on arrival 23' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 621 tons inwards and outwards Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 1st September Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 2030 on 1st September Outward cargo General cargo inwards and outwards Draught forward on sailing 10' 02" Draught aft on sailing 21' 00" Ships agent W B Woolley & Co. Ltd., 54 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone 041 248 2929 Telex 77219
News Event Sunday, March 10, 1963 @ 0810	B P ENGINEER (Coastal oil tanker of Shell Mex & bp, London)	Own Page
Coastal tanker B P ENGINEER arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load Burning Oil for Preston
Arrived from Preston, (England, U.K.) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 338 Master of vessel on arrival D McInnes Draught aft on arrival 13' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40

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Glasgow shipping line Maclay and Mcintyre and ship pictures of DOMIRA 2 and LYNFIELD.

A reader asks for any information on Glasgow shipping line Maclay and Mcintyre and ship pictures of DOMIRA 2 and LYNFIELD.    Can anyone help ? 14 September 2019 ====================================================================

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Where is the “Chapman Anchorage” ???

   Robbie Keen (Carlisle, England) emails:

 I see in the entry for BENWYVIS that she

was in “Chapman Anchorage.”   Where is

Chapman Anchorage and what would she

 be doing there ???

Robbie.  31 August 2019

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Teak fronts on the front of ship's bridges

By Eric S.     8th July 2019

Many cargo vessels and tankers built as late as the 1950s had

teak fronts to their bridges, even though the rest of their

superstructures was steel. Why was this so? Was the teak

front at these late dates merely a design feature, or an echo

of past practice, perhaps, or were there practical reasons?

All comments are welcome.

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Can anyone identify this cap badge ?

Samms of Nantwich e-mails:    07 July 2019

 I saw this officer’s cap at a flea market.   Can

 

anyone identify the cap badge ? 

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What shipping Companies served Calcutta, Chalna, Chittagong and Rangoon and what problems did the Monsoon rains and storms cause to the ships ?

By e-mail from R.S. (London)  2 July 2019

    There was a programme on television the other evening

about the Monsoon in the Bay of Bengal.   I was a North

Atlantic man and never ventured to the Far East.

   I wondered what difficulties would be experienced by

ships during the Monsoon season’s heavy rainfall and

swollen rivers and storms.

    And also, I can only think of maybe 3 shipping

companies which regularly traded to the area – Calcutta,

Chalna, Chittagong, Rangoon.   What other companies

were there ?

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Where did this ship come from in Sweden ???

Haltst…….. ?????

 

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U.S. Navy supply ships calling at Fairlie (Firth of Clyde)

From Alan and Jean, (Fairlie, Firth of Clyde, Scotland)

20 May 2019  @ 1540

    We were very interested in your mention of U.S.S. YELLOWSTONE

at Tail-of-the Bank.

   It reminded us in 1960s, 1970s and 1980s when U.S. Navy

supply ships were common callers at the Navy jetty at Fairlie,

bringing stores for the Holy Loch vessels, and the stores

were taken from Fairlie to Holy Loch in the Ross & Marshall

lighters and small coasters.

   The U.S. ships were quite colourful (colorful) with their

grey hulls and their funnels (stacks) painted grey with yellow

and blue bands.

   Our favourite, her name began with M, not quite sure but

could be MARSHFIELD or MARSHLAND ….. or something like

that, was obviously a WW2 type but always immaculate

 and a frequent caller.

   Does anyone else remember these ships calling at

the Clyde ?

 

Alan and Jean.

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

 

 14 March 2019   @ 1239

Richard Danielson e-mails

 The Clyde Navigation Trust harbour launches: Newark, Garmoyle and Dunglass have had little written about them. 

I have a photo showing two of them (which two I cannot tell) giving a tow to the Duchess of Hamilton to help her turn at Bridge Wharf in 1969. 

Please ask anyone who knows about the work of the launches to get in touch with me by email.

THANK YOU.
Richard Danielson. 

 

Admin Note :

   For safety and security of our readers we do not normally show e-mail addresses.    Any reply to this interesting question should be made to our “CONTACT US” and we will forward the message to Richard.

 

20 March 2019  @ 1604

 

Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)

 

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

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

  

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

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

12 Hopper Barges.

1 Dumb grab hopper barge.

1 Tug CLYDE.

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

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

11 passenger ferryboats.

1 60-ton floating crane NEWSHOT.

1 Diving Bell barge.

2 Divers’ motor boats.

1 Oil Separating Barge PLOVER

3 motor launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS.

1 Hydrographic Survey launch CRANNOG.

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

Jim Howie.

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Looking for images / photos of BALLYGALLY HEAD of 1950s

 23 January 2019  1011

Joseph McGurk Jr. e-mails

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

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

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

he sailed on her

   Thank you, regards Joseph mc gurk jr

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Renfrew Harbour, Firth of Clyde, around 1980

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

 

   Does anyone have any idea what the other ships are ?

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The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937

 6th  January 2019.

   James Barrowman (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

   Thanks, Jim Barrowman.

7^th January 2019 

   J.S. (Pollokshaws, Glasgow) replies :

The River Clyde runs generally east to west through

the centre of Glasgow and essentially divides the city

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

   In the past and even today people talk of coming

from or living in the South Side.

   Up to around 1970’s passenger excursion steamers

and cross-channel to Ireland steamers left Broomielaw,

Anderston Quay and Lancefield Quay on the North Side

and in the summer months left Bridge Wharf on the

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

= Down the Water = sailing down the River Clyde to

Clyde piers such as Dunoon and Rothesay and

Tighnabruaich.

   The advert mentions the steamer calling at Govan

 Wharf and Renfrew to pick up passengers.

   Today Govan Wharf is only recognisable by a derelict

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

South Bank essentially between the Govan Drydocks

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

yard) and beside the playing field between Wanlock Street

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

small Govan Passenger Ferry used to ply from near

Govan Wharf across the river to the east end of Meadowside

Quay

   It was news to me that excursion steamers stopped

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

   Perhaps someone can help.

 

Ref The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937.

12 January 2019   Robert Orr replies :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

occupied by Simons and Lobnitz shipyards in Renfrew.

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

10 December 2018   Geoff in Australia e-mails :

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

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

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

 

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

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Ellerman’s CITY OF EXETER at Plymouth in 1958    

I was quite surprised to read that CITY OF EXETER called

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

African service passenger liners?

   Jim Hesketh, Liverpool 

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12 November 2018

 

TWEED, a 1959-built 112 foot water carrier of

Furness Withy, Port of Spain, Trinidad

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

    Looking at your list of ships I was surprised to see

TWEED of Furness Withy, a 112 foot water tanker at

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

   Anyone have information on this ship ?

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Can anyone name this British coaster ?

 

05 November 2018

Billy Fullarton writes :

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

Harbour, Scotland.   Can anyone name this coaster. ?

 

   I think her name ends in SOUND.

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British & Irish KILKENNY in 1935

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

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

     I was with Brocklebank’s and sometimes called at

Gan Island in the Indian Ocean to discharge stores for

the RAF overside to landing craft in the lagoon.

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

which carried a small naval tug from Trincomali in

Ceylon to Gan, around late 1960s.

   Anyone know about this ?

    J.S., (Wallasey)

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

Jim J. of Liverpool e-mails :

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

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

Funnel ship there.

   Can anyone enlighten me as to why a Blue Funnel would

be in the Gulf of Mexico ?

   Also in conversation someone told of Blue Funnel having

Chinese crews on deck and catering.   I had always thought

that Blueys had British crews.   Someone please tell me

what is correct.

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Deck cadets Critchley and Doherty on RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965

 22 May 2018

 Alan Rutherford e-mails :

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

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   Looking for information on some British ships around 1950-1954

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

 Great website.

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

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

Regards,
Ian Rae

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Can anyone identify this USN lapel badge ?

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

   Can anyone identify the badge ?

2018-02-18 @ 1320

 

19 May 2018

Hello Douglas,

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

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

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

Bill Steel e-mails

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

17 February 2018 @ 2307

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

    Jim Harrison  (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

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   German cargo ship MILLERNTOR in 1954

 

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

 

   After unloading she left Ardrossan returning to Narvik.

 

Does anyone have any information or details of MILLERNTOR ?

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" If sufficient inducement "

 James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

“ If sufficient inducement “

 

23 January 2019 at 2113

 Geoff  (Australia)  e-mails :

 

James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

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

My understanding of "sufficient inducement" meant if there was

 enough cargo to be lifted to be commercially viable. ”

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Was she “ LAIRDS OAK “ or “ LAIRDSOAK ” ?

   Robert Bothwell (Glasgow) e-mails :

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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Coaster BALLYCASTLE in 1953

 

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

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   Carebeka's coaster RIAN in 1953

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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

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

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

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

Additional note :

Can anyone supply details of ALPHERAT ?

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Norwegian Tanker RAILA in 1953

 

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

 

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

 Fred from Formby (Merseyside, England, writes

 

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

 

Can someone tell something about these services ? ”

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CHANTALA  (Worcester Park, Surrey) writes :

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

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

   All I can remember now is “Asti aria kurro”

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

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

 

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

  

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

 

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

  

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Anchor Line advertisement of 1871

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

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

Thank you.

Still laughing

Fred of Formby, Merseyside, England.

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

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German cargo ship RUHR in 1953

 

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

 

   Has anyone got any details of this ship ?

 

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British coaster J B KEE in 1957

 

 Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England) writes :

 

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

 

   Anyone have details of this ship ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

 Jim Allbright (London) e-mails :

 

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

 

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

 

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SUNBEAR of Saguenay Terminals.

 

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

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

Captain Bryn Wayt writes :

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

James Jeffries replies :

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

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

   In 1972 she was scrapped in Santander, Spain.

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

 

Billy MacAulay (Moderator and Senior Member) writes :

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

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

  

 

  

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   Why was LADY McGOWAN IN Loch Riddon ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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John Kelly's coaster BALLYCLARE in late 1953.

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

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Small boat sailor writes from Inverkip :

 

 

 

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

 

   Does anyone know anything of these two launches ?

 

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

 

   Sandy

  

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Mystery of CVC in Prince’s Dock area of Glasgow

   In 1958 the Clyde Shipping Company’s coaster PLADDA

 was listed as berthed in CVC in Prince’s Dock

 area in Glasgow.

   Does anyone know where CVC was ?

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

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Pacific Steam Navigation’s KENUTA at Puna in 1957

 

Tom Hayworth e-mails :

 

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

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Ben Line’s Far-East coaster BENVEG in 1957

 

Leith Man e-mails

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

for BENVEG as I had never heard of her.

 

Anyone have any more information please ?

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SPRINGFIELD QUAY, GLASGOW

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

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

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

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

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

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LASHERCIA ..... A Spanish coaster in 1962

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

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

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

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Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland) in January 1963.

From Sean R  (Larne, Northern Ireland)

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

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Netherlands coaster MADO in 1963

   In January 1963 the Groningen registered coaster MADO was at Irvine, Scotland, having arrived with a cargo of 200 tons of fertilizer from Rotterdam.   Does anyone have any information or details of this ship

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CARGOES FOR BEIRA BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY

I see from the sailing notices (such as in SYDNEY STAR) that cargoes for Beira in East Africa are often accepted by special arrangement only.  Why by special arrangement ?

  Charlie and Misty Fennelly, New Jersey. U.S.A.

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Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK

Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK was at Glasgow from August 27 1959 to September 2 1959 loading scrap metal for Japan.   Does anyone have any information about this vessel.

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Information needed on cargo ship KORBACH in 1958

 

KORBACH was closing for receiving cargo in Glasgow on 25 July 1958 and loading for the Great Lakes, Detroit and Chicago.    She was probably on a charter by Anchor Line or Head Line or Cunard Line.

 

Does anyone have any information on KORBACH ?

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“Conducting their business in Great Waters” series

Just to say how much we enjoy reading your “Conducting their business in Great Waters” series.   Really good to read of BENDORAN at Zamboanga and DURBAN CASTLE at St. Helena Island and British India’s KENYA at Zanzibar. And Misty appreciates the diary of Donaldson Line's LETITIA that you included for her.  This is the only website that brings the voyages to life.   Even the kids read it and are sure learning their world geography.   Charlie and Misty Fennelly,  New Jersey. U.S.A (Misty was born in Canada and her family were Pilots on Saint Lawrence)

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WHERE IS " PULO BOKOM "

On 5th January 1957 Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel CALCHAS was at Pulo Bokom.   It's not on Wikipedia.   Where is Pulo Bokom ?

"Hydatina" of Croydon, England, writes :

Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum, is a small island belonging to Singapore that is located about five kilometres to the south of the main island of Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. The size of Pulau Bukom is about 1.45 km².   Royal Dutch Shell Group had a refinery there which I visited a number of times on Shell U.K. Tankers.

Note : The event for CALCHAS has been amended accordingly.

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A question about Alfred Holt and the King George V Dock in Glasgow

Jim Alison e-mails :   Your event of 25th August 1958 tells that Blue Funnel's PELEUS loaded a 6-ton lift by "Holt's crane".   Did Alfred Holt have a company crane at Glasgow, or could it be the ship's own derrick that was used. ?

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CLAN MACINTOSH and help needed on the origin of three launches loaded at Glasgow.

On 9th July 1958 CLAN MACINTOSH loaded 3 launches by her own gear at Glasgow.   The launches came from "Mechano / Medano.   Please have a look at the image, which has been enlarged, and see if you can throw some light on the launches.

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Scottish motor coaster PIBROCH built in 1956 by Scott & Sons of Bowling

Does anyone have details of her owners and employment after being sold by Scottish Malt Distillers Company ?

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CAN YOU HELP  The oilers "Invertest, Apexity and Clanity" are noted as daily supplying bunker fuel oil to vessels. Have you any images or information on these three ships. ? 

A. Manson replies: Apexity and Clanity were owned by F.T Everard later taken over by Fisher.

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CAN YOU HELP   Ore ships at General Terminus Quay .....when leaving, they left Terminus Quay astern.... where were they turned, to go downriver ahead.  Did they turn in Princes Dock...or at Yorkhill Basin...or at King George V Dock ?

  A. Manson replies "Ore carriers leaving General Terminus Quay were canted at Princes Dock ; the area inside the entrance was known as the Canting Basin."

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CAN YOU HELP   Glasgow fire-boat "St. Mungo"    Billy and Terry Kelly noted that Glasgow had a fire-boat named "St. Mungo" operated by Glasgow Fire Service, moored at Yorkhill Quay at the entrance to Queens Dock,  and crewed by firemen based in Yorkhill Fire Station (just across the road from Yorkhill Quay.)  Does anyone have a photograph of "St. Mungo" ?

A. Manson replies :Photographs and history the early and latter St. Mungo Fireboats can be seen by going on website "St. Mungo Fireboat"

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CAN YOU HELP    Blue funnel liner "Pyrrhus" is shown as arriving on 16th July 1958 (see the image) at berth 3 King George V Dock, head South, bow 5 1/2 ...something...into berth 4.   Any idea what the 5 1/2 something is ?

Ref. "Pyrrhus Berthing. The large timber or metal doors on the dockside of the cargo sheds are referred to as Blinds. There may six or seven of these so the bow or stern of a vessel may be sited in a position relative to the blinds.

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CAN YOU HELP   The coaster "Salling" arrived at KG5 on 16th July 1958 from " G.at ? " (see the image)  Can anyone hazard a guess what the place "G....at" is ?

A Manson replies "Destination of "Salling" could possibly have Ghent, Belgium."

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CAN YOU HELP.   Princes Dock logbook shows these vessels arriving, but the writing is hard to read.   Can you make out the names?

          

Click on these images to enlarge them

First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul

Below it is maybe.... Templar

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

Further down maybe... La Manche

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     

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

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

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

A Manson writes :

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Manson writes :

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

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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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