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What/When	Ship
News Event Friday, December 1, 1972 @ 0900		Own Page
Ben Line schedules from Malaysian Straits for December 1972 and January 1973
News Event Friday, December 1, 1972 @ 0900		Own Page
Blue Funnel and Glen Line schedules at Singapore and Straits for December 1972 and January 1973.
News Event Tuesday, December 19, 1972 @ 0600 The date shown is the date advertised on the published schedule and time is our own best estimate	PANDO GULF (1968-1974 General cargo ship formerly British India's WOODARRA of P & O Line, London)	Own Page
PANDO GULF due to arrive at Singapore to load general cargo for London, Hamburg and Rotterdam
Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 8,753
News Event Friday, November 29, 1963 @ 0845	ELPENOR (1954-1978 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool))	Own Page
Alfred Holt's ELPENOR arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Singapore via Liverpool
Arrived from Singapore and Hong Kong via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 7,757 Sailing for Govan Drydock, Govan, Glasgow Sailed from berth 1 /King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 757 tons and 297 tons of bulk oil Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1000 on 29 November for bulk oil and 0930 on 29 November for general cargo Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1550 on 29 November for oil and 1700 on 2 December for general cargo Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 12' 00" Draught aft on sailing 17' 06" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Wednesday, May 24, 1961 @ 0700	KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne)	Own Page
David MacBrayne's KING GEORGE V leaves Fort William on an excursion cruise to Iona
Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Gross Tonnage 985
KING GEORGE V landing passengers by motor boat at the jetty at Iona.   Iona Abbey with the Isle of Mull in the background
News Event Friday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900 The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable		Own Page
Blue Funnel and Norse Oriental schedule for September and October 1972 to East and South Australia
News Event Monday, December 21, 2020 @ 1050	KENYA (1951-1969 A 700- Passenger / refrigerated cargo liner 517 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
Dinner Menu of British India Line’s KENYA
Port of Registry London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 14,464
Dinner Menu of British India Line’s KENYA E-mail from Deborah Wright (London) 21 December 2020  @ 1050   Interested in reading the Dinner Menu.    There was no curry on offer.  I thought that there would always be a curry for dinner on British India ships.
News Event Thursday, August 30, 1962 @ 2030	RUSH (Oiler 181 feet ... in 1962)	Own Page
Oiler RUSH arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow with 750 tons of Molasses from Birkenhead
Arrived from Birkenhead (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Sailing for Avonmouth (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth 2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 12' 06" Draught aft on arrival 11 06" Cargo carried on arrival Molasses 750 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1745 on 1 September Stevedore discharging inward cargo C O E Completed discharge of inward cargo 1115 on 2 September Commened loading outward cargo 0200 on 31 August Outward cargo Molasses 80 tons in bulk (delivered by road tanker) Stevedore loading outward cargo C.O.E. Completed loading outward cargo 31 August Draught forward on sailing 6' 00" Draught aft on sailing 10' 00" Ships agent J & J Denholm Ltd,, 37 Renfield Street, Glasgow Telephone CENtral 5571
News Event Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1800	KENYA (1951-1969 A 700- Passenger / refrigerated cargo liner 517 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
Dinner Menu on British India passenger / cargo liner KENYA
Port of Registry London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 14,464
Front cover of the 13th March 1963 Dinner Menu of British India Steam Navigation Company passenger - cargo liner KENYA (1951-1969). the painting depicting a Clyde Puffer vessel arriving at the small town of Port Askaig, on the Isle of Islay in the Western Isles of Scotland..  "Puffers" were 66 feet (20m) general cargo steam coasters which carried all sorts of cargo from, generally Clyde ports, to every island and settlement and croft in the West of Scotland.   The crews of 4 men, were tough and hardy and as well as sailing these small slow ships actually discharged the cargoes by hand at the destination.  Talking about Port Askaig on Islay a well known old story is :       A puffer arrived at Port Askaig with a cargo of bags of malt for the local whisky distillery.    The master, a gruff and experienced and thoroughly competent man, went to the distillery office to telephone to the puffer owners in Glasgow to report his arrival in Port Askaig.    The Shipping Manager was not pleased.   "Why are you at Port Askaig ?   I distinctly told you to go to Port Ellen.   The Lagavulin Distillery there is waiting for your cargo."  .... (Port Ellen is another small township in Islay, quite a distance along the coast from Port Askaig)       "There's no need to be annoyed" replied the master, "at least Port Askaig and Port Ellen are on the same island and I didn't go to Port Said in Egypt"
News Event Saturday, July 14, 1973 @ 0930	GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
GLEN SANNOX leaves Gourock Pier for a cruise to Brodick (Arran) and round Holy Isle
Port of Registry Glasgow Net Tonnage 388 Gross Tonnage 1,107 Deadweght Tonnage 301
News Event Sunday, November 20, 1960 @ 1300	CARINTHIA (1955-1968 Passenger / cargo liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Tourist Class Luncheon Menu of Cunard Liner CARINTHIA
Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,947
News Event Saturday, December 12, 2020 @ 1430	GLENLEE (1992- A 3-masted barque 245.34 feet (74.83 met long and a static floating museum ship at Riverside Museum, Glasgow))	Own Page
Static exhibit GLENLEE at Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Ship's location Riverside Museum Pontoon, Yorkhill, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
News Event Tuesday, May 31, 1966 @ 1040	WAVERLEY (1947 - 1974 Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock)	Own Page
WAVERLEY leaves Craigendoran for other Clyde piers for a cruise along Loch Long to Arrochar
Ships agent Caledonian Steam Packet Company Limited, Gourock (Scotland) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 693
News Event Saturday, June 11, 1966 @ 1740	SICILIA (1965-1968 General cargo liner 472 feet overall of Anchor Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Anchor Line's SICILIA arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with 500 tons general cargo from New York
Arrived from New York Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 2 blinds east of berths 1 / 2 bulkhead) Sailing for No. 2 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow Sailed from berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 2 blinds east of berths 1 / 2 bulkhead) Draught forward on arrival 14' 06" Draught aft on arrival 18' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 500 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 13th June Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1115 on 15th June Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 11' 10" Draught aft on sailing 18' 00" Ships agent Anchor Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 9809
News Event Monday, September 12, 1955 @ 0600 The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate	SOCOTRA (1946-1965 General cargo ship of P & O Line, London : Scrapped in 1965)	Own Page
SOCOTRA due at Madras (India) westward bound to load for U.K. / Continent
Ships agent Binny & Company (Madras) Ltd., 7 Armenian Street, Madras, 1, (India) Tel. 2974 Port of Registry London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,754
News Event Wednesday, February 23, 1955 @ 0600 The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate	CHILKA (1950-1972 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
CHILKA due at Madras (India) westward bound to load for U.K. / Continent
Ships agent Binny & Company (Madras) Ltd., 7 Armenian Street, Madras, 1, (India) Port of Registry London (UK) Gross Tonnage 7,132
News Event Friday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900	TAIPOOSHAN (1968-1975 Passenger / cargo liner (formerly Elder Dempster's APAPA) of Shun Cheong Steam Navigation Company (S) Pte. Ltd., Hong Kong ): scrapped Kaohsiung 1975)	Own Page
September and October 1972 sailings for TAIPOOSHAN between Hong Kong, Singapore and Penang
Port of Registry Hong Kong
TAIPOOSHAN was formerly APAPA (1948-1968) of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool.
News Event Tuesday, October 17, 1972 @ 0600 The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable and time is our best estimate	LOUISE LYKES in 1972	Own Page
LOUISE LYKES due at Singapore to discharge and load for New Orleans, Mobile, Houston, Galveston
News Event Friday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
September and October 1972 sailings by American President Lines from Singapore area to U.S.A.
News Event Tuesday, August 2, 1966 @ 1800	ACCRA (1947- 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 453 feet long of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool))	Own Page
Dinner Menu for Elder Dempster's ACCRA homeward to Liverpool between Tema and Takoradi (Ghana)
Vessel Master Captain C. S. H. O' Sullivan Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK)
News Event Friday, June 3, 1966 @ 1345 The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable	DUCHESS OF HAMILTON ( 1932-1971 Passenger excursion steamer 272 feet long with triple screws of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock)	Own Page
DUCHESS OF HAMILTON leaves Ayr on a non-landing afternoon cruise to Arran Coast and Holy Isle
Sailed from berth Ayr (Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Net Tonnage 297 Gross Tonnage 801 Deadweght Tonnage 155
News Event Thursday, December 17, 1964 @ 1220	LIMELIGHT (1964 - 1966 General cargo coaster 89 feet long of Ross & Marshall, Greenock : wrecked Islay 10 October 1966)	Own Page
LIMELIGHT arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load bagged malt for a distillery in Islay
Vessel Master J McNiven Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Islay (pronounced "eye - la" Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 140 Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Deadweght Tonnage 70 Sailing for Isle of Islay (Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo Bagged Malt (for a Distillery in Islay) Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Wednesday, December 16, 1964 @ 2155	LAIRDSCREST (1936-1968 coastal general cargo ship with Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 scrapped)	Own Page
LAIRDSCREST arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load general cargo for Belfast
Vessel Master J Wood Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Glasgow Gross Tonnage 789 Arrived in berth 10 Eglinton Tidal Basin, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Sailed from berth 10 Eglinton Tidal Basin, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan
News Event Friday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
September 1972 sailing notice for P & O and British India Lines from Singapore area
News Event Friday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
September 1972 sailing notice for Maersk Line from Singapore area to USA, Japan and Persian Gulf
News Event Friday, September 1, 1972 @ 0900 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
September 1972 sailing notice for Blue Funnel and Glen Lines from Singapore area
News Event Tuesday, December 15, 1964 @ 0345	JACINTH (1939-1970 General cargo coaster 178 feet long of William Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Gem Line coaster JACINTH arrives in Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of Clay for Runcorn
Arrived from Runcorn (on Manchester Ship Canal, England) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 332 Sailing for Runcorn (on Manchester Ship Canal, England) Gross Tonnage 650 Sailed from berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Master of vessel on arrival D McKinnon Draught aft on arrival 9' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo Clay Draught aft on sailing 13' 00" Ships agent General Freight, Ardrossan Harbour
News Event Monday, May 25, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Monday 25 May 1959
News Event Tuesday, September 8, 1953 @ 0600 The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate	CHYEBASSA (1942-1969 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1969 scrapped in Hong Kong)	Own Page
CHYEBASSA due in Madras (India) : leaves Eastbound for Calcutta
Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 7,043
News Event Monday, September 7, 1953 @ 0600 The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate	WILLESDEN ( General cargo ship 465 feet long of Watts, Watts Company, London)	Own Page
WILLESDEN due in Madras (India) : leaves Eastbound for Calcutta
Port of Registry London
News Event Sunday, September 6, 1953 @ 0600 The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate	CLAN MACKENDRICK (1948-1961 General cargo ship 446 feet overall of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, London)	Own Page
CLAN MACKENDRICK due in Madras (India) : leaves Eastbound for Vizaghapatnam
Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Gross Tonnage 7,504
News Event Sunday, September 6, 1953 @ 0600 The date shown as advertised on the published timetable but time shown is our best estimate	OLINDA (1950-1966 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co., London)	Own Page
OLINDA due in Madras (India) : leaves Eastbound for Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan
Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 5,424
News Event Thursday, June 2, 1966 @ 1900 The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable	MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006)	Own Page
MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Rothesay on a non-landing evening cruise to Kyles of Bute
Sailing for Non-landing cruise to Kyles of Bute Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Outward cargo Passengers Ships agent Caledonian Steam Packet Company Limited, Gourock (Scotland)
News Event Monday, December 14, 1964 @ 1930	WARLIGHT (1919-1964 Steam engined general cargo Crinan Canal size Clyde puffer 86 feet long of Light Shipping / Ross & Marshall, Greenock)	Own Page
Puffer WARLIGHT arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load bagged malt for Craighouse (Isle of Jura)
Vessel Master F Mulholland Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Mallaig (Scottish Highlands) Net Tonnage 60 Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 135 Sailing for Craighouse (Isle of Jura) Sailed from berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Draught aft on arrival 8' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo Malt (in bags) for the Distillery in Jura Draught aft on sailing 9' 06" Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Wednesday, April 3, 1963 @ 1240	GRANTON OSPREY ( 1960 - 1970 Deep-sea fishing trawler GN19 of William Carnie / Carnie & Croan, Granton)	Own Page
Deep Sea Trawler GRANTON OSPREY arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with 985 boxes of fish
Arrived from Deep sea fishing grounds Port of Registry Granton, Edinburgh Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 79 Sailing for Deep sea fishing grounds Sailed from berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Master of vessel on arrival R Telford Draught aft on arrival 12' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Fish 985 boxes Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) ... with oil bunkers Draught aft on sailing 13' 00" Ships agent Carnie & Croan, Granton
News Event Sunday, May 24, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Sunday 24 May 1959
News Event Saturday, October 1, 1966 @ 1410	ANTONIA (General cargo ship 431 feet long in 1966)	Own Page
ANTONIA arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with 1,952 tons of general cargo from Pensacola USA
Arrived from Pensacola (Florida, USA) via Manchester Arrived in berth 2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 2 1/2 blinds east of 2 / 3 bulkhead) Sailing for Houston (Texas, USA) via Swansea Sailed from berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 14' 11" Draught aft on arrival 22' 11" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,952 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 2nd October Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1000 on 6th October Commened loading outward cargo 1330 on 5th October Outward cargo General cargo 1,433 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1350 on16th October Draught forward on sailing 15' 07" Draught aft on sailing 21' 03" Ships agent Anchor Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 9809
News Event Monday, November 30, 2020 @ 2104		Own Page
Do Azamara Club Cruises know something that we in the U.K. don’t know ?
E-mail from J.R.  (Bishopton, near Greenock) 30 November 2020    Do Azamara Club Cruises know something that we in the U.K. don’t know ?      Driving to work in Glasgow I pass King George V Dock and see the three Azamara cruise ships AZAMARA JOURNEY, QUEST and PURSUIT, laid up there, having arrived around July this year.      So imagine my surprise to see in a weekend newspaper a full page with the title AZA-MAZING AZAMARA OFFERS, advertising cruises for next year (2021).   AZAMARA JOURNEY is advertised for April 2021 for 8 nights for Italy, Montenegro and Croatia. and also 12 nights in July around the British Isles  and also 16 nights in December for Singapore, Far East and Australia.   AZAMARA PURSUIT for 9 nights in May for Greece, Crete and islands.   AZAMARA QUEST for 15 nights in December for Miami and the Caribbean.      The world news nowadays is full of Covid-19 lockdowns and quarantines and visa restrictions and Azamara must be hoping that everything calms down especially for the April, May and July cruises.
News Event Sunday, December 13, 1964 @ 1120	EILEEN M ( 1938- 1966 coastal oil products tanker of Metcalf Motor Coasters, Liverpool)	Own Page
EILEEN M arrives in Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of gas oil for Stornoway via Tarbert
Arrived from Stornoway (Outer Hebrides, Western Isles of Scotland) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1a Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour Reg Tonnage 133 Sailing for Stornoway (Outer Hebrides, Western Isles of Scotland) via Tarbert (Kintyre, Scotland) Gross Tonnage 323 Sailed from berth 1a Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour Master of vessel on arrival J Scanlan Draught aft on arrival 10' 00" Cargo carried on arrival lLight (= no cargo aboard) Outward cargo Gas Oil Draught aft on sailing 11' 00" Master of vessel on sailing J Scanlan Ships agent R L Alpine, Ardrossan
News Event Sunday, December 13, 1964 @ 1650	RAGNA GORTHON (Oil tanker in 1964)	Own Page
Tanker RAGNA GORTHON arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Puerto Miranda (Venezuela) via Stanlow
Arrived from Puerto Miranda (Venezuela) via Stanlow (Manchester Ship Canal) Port of Registry Helsingborg (Sweden) Arrived in berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, U.K.) .. tugs SEAWAY and CAMPAIGNER Net Tonnage 7,153 Sailing for Swansea (Wales, U.K.) Sailed from berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, U.K.) .. tugs SEAWAY and CAMPAIGNER Master of vessel on arrival A Carlsson Draught aft on arrival 20' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Crude Oil Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught aft on sailing 21' 00" Master of vessel on sailing A Carlsson Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Saturday, December 12, 1964 @ 2300	GLEN SHIEL (1959-1973 General cargo motor coaster 109 feet long of Hay Hamilton Ltd, Glasgow : Sank 1973)	Own Page
Coaster GLEN SHIEL arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of bagged malt for Islay
Arrived from Islay (pronounced "eye - la" Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 89 Sailing for Isle of Islay (Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 195 Sailed from berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Deadweght Tonnage 265 Master of vessel on arrival J West Draught aft on arrival 8' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo Bagged Malt (for a Distillery in Islay) Draught aft on sailing 10' 00" Master of vessel on sailing J West Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Saturday, December 12, 1964 @ 1900	KAFFIR (1944 - 1974 General cargo Clyde puffer lighter of J & J Hay, Glasgow : 1974 wrecked at Ayr)	Own Page
Puffer KAFFIR arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of bagged malt for Islay
Arrived from Islay (pronounced "eye - la" Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 96 Sailing for Isle of Islay (Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Master of vessel on arrival D Black Draught aft on arrival 7' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo Bagged Malt (for a Distillery in Islay) Draught aft on sailing 9' 00" Master of vessel on sailing D Black Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Friday, December 11, 1964 @ 0710	WANGEROOG (pronounced Van - ger - oo - gi (as in "give") ( 1963 - 1972 coastal oil / products tanker 70m long of Carl W Hansen Tankschiffahrt, Hamburg)	Own Page
WANGEROOG arrives in Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of Bitumen from Stanlow
Vessel Master Hans Ricker Port of Registry Hamburg, Germany Arrived from Stanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 526 Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Deadweght Tonnage 1875 Sailing for Stanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) Sailed from berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Draught aft on arrival 15' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Bitumen Outward cargo 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, December 11, 1964 @ 0630	THEODORA (1958-1972 Coastal oil tanker 57.64m long of N.V. Teerbedrijf Uithoorn (TEBU), Uithoorn)	Own Page
Coastal tanker THEODORA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of bitumen for Belfast
Vessel Master G Patje Port of Registry Uithoorn (Netherlands) Arrived from Douglas (Isle of Man) Net Tonnage 230 Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Gross Tonnage 499 Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Deadweght Tonnage 740 Sailed from berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Draught aft on arrival 8' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Outward cargo Bitumen Draught aft on sailing 12' 06" Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
News Event Sunday, March 5, 1967 @ 1600 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	AUSTRALIS (Passenger liner of Chandris Line)	Own Page
Chandris Line's AUSTRALIS leaves Sydney (Australia) for various ports and Southampton
Ship's location Wharf No. 8 Darling Harbour, Sydney (Australia) Sailing for Auckland, Suva, Panama Canal, Miami (Port Everglades) and Southampton Ships agent Chandris Lines (Aust) Pty. Ltd., Chandris House, 135 King Street, Sydney (Australia)
News Event Friday, December 11, 1964 @ 0500	SAINT RULE (1941- 1973 General cargo coaster 172 feet long of J & A Gardner Ltd., Glasgow : 1981 Wrecked at Cyprus)	Own Page
Gardner's coaster SAINT RULE 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.) Net Tonnage 285 Sailing for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay ..pronounced "eye - la" Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 524 Sailed from berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Deadweght Tonnage 650 Master of vessel on arrival E Mackinnon Draught aft on arrival 13' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Master of vessel on sailing E Mackinnon Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Thursday, March 2, 1967 @ 1200	ORONSAY (1951-1975 Passenger liner 708 feet long of P & O-Orient Line, London)	Own Page
P & O liner ORONSAY leaves 13 Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney ( Australia) for Southampton (UK)
Ships agent P & O - Orient Lines, 55 Hunter Street, Sydney Telephone 2-0317 Port of Registry London (England, UK)
News Event Thursday, April 24, 1975 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	ATREUS ( 1951-1977 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung (Taiwan))	Own Page
Voyage diary for Alfred Holt's ATREUS from 24 April 1975 to 02 August 1977
Port of Registry Liverpool Gross Tonnage 7,800
News Event Wednesday, August 30, 1967 @ 1440	ASTYANAX (1948-1957 General cargo ship 487 feet overall of Blue Funnel Line then in 1957 transferred to Glen Line, renamed Glenfruin, 1962 reverted to Astyanax, 1972 scrapped.)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's ASTYANAX arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Singapore via Birkenhead
Arrived from Swansea (South Wales, U.K.) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 7,654 Sailing for Singapore via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 16' 07" Draught aft on arrival 18' 05" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 31st August Outward cargo General cargo 800 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1100 on 3rd September Draught forward on sailing 16' 10" Draught aft on sailing 21' 10" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Saturday, November 28, 2020 @ 1257	LOCH SHIRA (2007- roro ferry 176.84 feet long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's LOCH SHIRA approaches Largs on passage from Cumbrae Slip
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
A beautiful calm and cool day on Saturday 28 November 2020, not a cloud in the sky and the water like glass and at 1257 hours the Caledonian MacBrayne ro-ro ferry LOCH SHIRA approaches Largs Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) from Cumbrae Slip on her daily service between Largs and the Island of Great Cumbrae (pronounced come - bray).
News Event Sunday, September 9, 1973 @ 0920	GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
GLEN SANNOX leaves Gourock Pier for Dunoon and other piers on a cruise around Ailsa Craig
Port of Registry Glasgow Net Tonnage 388 Gross Tonnage 1,107 Deadweght Tonnage 301
News Event Tuesday, April 18, 1967 @ 1145	LOCH ARD (1955-1971 General cargo coaster 184 feet long of David MacBrayne, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped)	Own Page
David MacBrayne's LOCH ARD arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow from West Highlands of Scotland
Arrived from West Highlands and Islands of Scotland Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 24 / 22 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head west) Reg Tonnage 237 Sailing for West Highlands of Scotland Gross Tonnage 611 Sailed from berth 24 / 22 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught forward on arrival 8' 11" Draught aft on arrival 11' 04" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 125 tons and livestock Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1300 on 18th April Stevedore discharging inward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed discharge of inward cargo 0900 on 19th April Commened loading outward cargo 0915 on 19th April Outward cargo General cargo 410 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Scruttons Ltd., 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 7771 Completed loading outward cargo 1900 on 20th April Draught forward on sailing 10' 00" Draught aft on sailing 12' 00" Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Friday, April 28, 1967 @ 1645	PEGU (General cargo ship 1961-1964 British & Burmese / P Henderson, 1964-1966 Elder Dempster,1966-1972 Guinea Gulf Line,1972 China Mutual,1972-1975 Elder Dempster,1975-1980 Guinea Gulf Line)	Own Page
Henderson Line's PEGU arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Chittagong via Birkenhead
Arrived from Govan Dry Dock, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Net Tonnage 3,031 Sailing for Chittagong (East Pakistan = now known as Bangladesh) via Birkenhead Gross Tonnage 5,764 Sailed from berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Deadweght Tonnage 9,300 Draught forward on arrival 13' 06" Draught aft on arrival 14' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 03 May Outward cargo General cargo 500 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1130 on 05 May Draught forward on sailing 14' 00" Draught aft on sailing 17' 01" Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467
28th April 1967 and Patrick "Paddy" Henderson / Elder Dempster / Guinea Gulf / China Mutual Line's conventional cargo ship PEGU (1961-1980) arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Govan Drydock to load 500 tons of general cargo for Chittagong  (East Pakistan / Bangladesh) via Birkenhead.    Why is the ship named PEGU ?   You surely must be absolutely thirsting to know.    She was built for the Henderson Line of Glasgow, also known as the British & Burmese Steam Navigation Company whose main trade was U.K. to Burma (now known as Myanmar).  Henderson's named their ships after principal Burmese places, rivers, etc. such as YOMA, SALWEEN, PROME and MARTABAN.  The online Britannica.com informs us : https://www.britannica.com/place/Pegu-historical-city-Myanmar Pegu, Burmese Bago, port city, southern Myanmar (Burma), on the Pegu River, 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Yangon (Rangoon). Pegu was the capital of the Mon kingdom and is surrounded by the ruins of its old wall and moat, which formed a square, with 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometre) sides.   On the Yangon–Mandalay railway, it is the start of a branch line southeast along the Gulf of Martaban.
News Event Saturday, September 17, 1966 @ 1445 The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable	MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006)	Own Page
MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Dunoon for Gourock then a non-landing cruise to Garelochhead (Gare Loch)
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
News Event Thursday, March 12, 1964 @ 0900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	CALEDONIAN PRINCESS (1961-1982 Passenger / vehicle ferry 353 feet long of British Railways Board / Caledonian Steam Packet/ /British Transport Ship Management/Sealink)	Own Page
CALEDONIAN PRINCESS at James Watt Dock, Greenock bunkers fuel oil from oiler CLANITY
Port of Registry Stranraer (Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 1,306 Gross Tonnage 3,630 Deadweght Tonnage 688
News Event Thursday, August 3, 1967 @ 1045	NELEUS ( 1953 - 1971 General cargo ship 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : scrapped China 1974)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's NELEUS arrives King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Sydney via Liverpool
Arrived from Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 7,800 Sailing for Sydney (Australia) via Liverpool Sailed from berth 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 12' 07" Draught aft on arrival 17' 11" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 1100 on 3rd August Outward cargo General cargo 1,400 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1830 on 8th August Draught forward on sailing 13' 03" Draught aft on sailing 21' 10" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Friday, August 5, 1966 @ 0916	SCOTTISH COAST (1957-1969 Passenger cargo ship 342 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 2002 scrapped at Mumbai, India))	Own Page
Burns & Laird's SCOTTISH COAST leaves Ardrossan Harbour on her daylight summer service to Belfast
Vessel Master Captain Douglas McCormick Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan Net Tonnage 1827 Gross Tonnage 3817
News Event Saturday, December 5, 1959 @ 0840	LADY ROSLIN (1958-1982 Explosives carrier 174 feet long of I.C.I. Nobel Division, Irvine)	Own Page
ICI's LADY ROSLIN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to take on bunkers of fuel oil
Vessel Master R Hardwicke Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived from Birkenhead (England, U.K.) Net Tonnage 304 Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 275 Sailing for Irvine (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 698 Sailed from berth Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Deadweght Tonnage 552 Draught aft on arrival 10' 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) ... with oil bunkers Draught aft on sailing 11' 00" Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Friday, December 4, 1959 @ 2300	LASCAR (1939-1972 Steam general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 66 feet long of J & J Hay, Glasgow : 1972 scrapped at Troon)	Own Page
Puffer LASCAR arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of scrap metal from Belfast
Vessel Master W J Ross Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 50 Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 96 Sailing for Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Deadweght Tonnage 140 Sailed from berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Draught aft on arrival 9' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught aft on sailing 7' 06"
News Event Thursday, December 3, 1959 @ 0930	FRAGUM (1952-1964 Coastal oil tanker 332 feet long of Shell Tankers, London :1976 scrapped at Hong Kong)	Own Page
Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with Bitumen from Stanlow
Vessel Master F Leask Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived from Stanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 1,280 Arrived in berth 1a Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) ..assisted by tug SEAWAY Sailing for Stanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) Sailed from berth 1a Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) ..assisted by tug SEAWAY Draught aft on arrival 17' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Bitumen Outward cargo Distillate Draught aft on sailing 16' 00" Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Thursday, December 3, 1959 @ 1210	AMELAND (1956-1970 White products tanker of Stoomvaart Maatschappij Rotterdam (dochter K.R.L.) / Shell Tankers, Rotterdam : 1976 scrapped Bilbao)	Own Page
Tanker AMELAND arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with crude oil from Punta Cardon (Venezuela) via Stanlow
Vessel Master K Van Twisk Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Arrived from Punta Cardon (Venezuela) via Stanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde) .. tugs SEAWAY and FORAGER Sailing for Old Kilpatrick (River Clyde, Scotland) Sailed from berth 12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde) .. tugs SEAWAY and WRESTLER Draught aft on arrival 22' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Crude Oil Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught aft on sailing 20' 00" Ships agent T L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40
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News Event Friday, June 9, 1967 @ 1510	RUTHENIC (1966-1967 General cargo ship 469 feet long formerly Royal Mail Line's DURANGO :transferred in 1966 to Shaw Savill Line, London : 1967 scrapped Taiwan)	Own Page
Shaw Savill's RUTHENIC arrives King George V Dock, Glasgow from Nelson (New Zealand) via Liverpool
Arrived from Nelson (New Zealand) via Liverpool Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 9,806 Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Sailed from berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 13' 03" Draught aft on arrival 22' 03" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 900 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 12th June Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed discharge of inward cargo 1430 on 14th June Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 12' 10" Draught aft on sailing 20' 06"
News Event Thursday, May 25, 1967 @ 1245	PERSEUS (1950 - 1973 Cargo / passenger liner 516 feet long with Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1973 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's PERSEUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Singapore via Birkenhead
Arrived from Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 10,109 Sailing for Singapore via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 15 06" Draught aft on arrival 19' 08" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 1300 on 25th May Outward cargo General cargo 1,250 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 2045 on 29th May Draught forward on sailing 17' 08" Draught aft on sailing 21' 06" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.
News Event Tuesday, May 31, 1966 @ 0840	DUCHESS OF HAMILTON ( 1932-1971 Passenger excursion steamer 272 feet long with triple screws of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock)	Own Page
DUCHESS OF HAMILTON leaves Craigendoran for various Clyde piers on passage to Inveraray
Port of Registry Glasgow Net Tonnage 297 Gross Tonnage 801 Deadweght Tonnage 155
Timetable for Clyde excursion steamer DUCHESS OF HAMILTON sailings from Craigendoran to Inveraray on Tuesdays in the summer season of 1966.
News Event Friday, January 21, 1966 @ 0125	NORBETH (General cargo ship / bulk carrier 510 feet long) ... in 1966	Own Page
NORBETH arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with 14,521 tons of Grain from Vancouver
Arrived from Vancouver (Canada) Arrived in berth 4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (head east with bow 1 blind west of wall of berth 3 / 4 ) Sailing for Mexican Ports Sailed from berth 4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (head east) Draught forward on arrival 30' 06" Draught aft on arrival 30' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Grain 14,521 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0935 on 21 January Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed discharge of inward cargo 1035 on 4 February Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 5' 06" Draught aft on sailing 20' 03" Vessel bunkered See "Remarks" below Ships agent J & J Denholm Ltd,, 37 Renfield Street, Glasgow Telephone CENtral 5571
Can anyone please give information – owners, etc. of NORBETH in 1966.   Shifts : 26 January from 1645 to 1745 hours shifted 45 feet astern using 3 boatmen. 3 February at 1145 hours shifted 23 feet astern, no boatmen used.    Bunkered : 25 January bunkered 290 tons fuel oil from oiler CLANITY. 4 February bunkered 340 tons fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE.   On ground :  First Low Water:  draught forward 28’ 06”  aft 28’ 09” alongside quay, vessel upright.  Second Low Water:  draught forward 26’ 05”  aft 29’ 00” and 5 feet off quay, vessel upright.  Third Low Water:  draught forward 27’ 06”  aft 29’ 00” and 5 feet off quay, vessel upright.
News Event Thursday, January 28, 1960 @ 0245	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 R Black Gross Tonnage 391 Draught aft on arrival 12' 09" Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Ships agent R L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Wednesday, January 27, 1960 @ 0935	MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006)	Own Page
MAID OF CUMBRAE arrives at Old Dock, Ardrossan Dockyard for her annual overhaul
Arrived from Gourock Pier, Firth of Clyde Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Old Dock, Ardrossan Dockyard (Firth of Clyde) on arrival Master of vessel on arrival J McCormick Draught aft on arrival 6' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Ships agent British Railways, The Harbour, Ardrossan
News Event Monday, September 26, 1960 @ 0900 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London)	Own Page
Greenock Harbour Dues for oiler CLANITY fuelling IRISH PINE at James Watt Dock, Greenock
Port of Registry London (England, UK) Net Tonnage 224 Gross Tonnage 495
News Event Thursday, November 19, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
Conducting their business in Great Waters around 19th November 1959
ANDES left Las Palmas (Canary Islands) 17 November for Southampton  ARCADIA left Melbourne 18 November for Sydney  BENATTOW at Singapore 19 November for Port Swettenham (Malaysia) BENCRUACHAN at Hong Kong 19 November for Pusan (South Korea) BENDORAN at Rotterdam 19 November for London BENLOYAL left Bangkok (Thailand) 19 November for Iloilo (Philippines) BENMACDHUI left Port Said (Egypt) 19 November for Liverpool BENREOCH left Port Said (Egypt) 18 November for London BENVEG left Singapore 19 November for Bangkok (Thailand) BENWYVIS at Wellington (New Zealand) for Napier (New Zealand) CAPE FRANKLIN from Wabana (Canada) at Tail of the Bank (Greenock) on 19 November CAPE HAWKE from Curacao (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea) at Liverpool 19 November CHESHIRE at Port Said (Egypt) 18 November for Rangoon (Burma) CHUSAN at Bombay (India) 19 November for London CITY OF EXETER at Las Palmas (Canary Islands) 18 November for Beira (Mozambique) CITY OF HULL at Port Elizabeth (South Africa) 18 November for Beira (Mozambique) CITY OF LIVERPOOL left Durban (South Africa)  18 November for London CITY OF NEWPORT left Suez (Egypt) 18 November for Chalna (East Pakistan / Bangladesh) CITY OF WINNIPEG at Suez (Egypt) 19 November for London EGIDIA at Suez (Egypt) 18 November for Liverpool IBERIA left Aden (Yemen) 17 November for London MALAKAND at Aden (Yemen) on passage from Glasgow to Chalna (East Pakistan / Bangladesh) QUEEN ELIZABETH left New York 18 November for Southampton QUEEN MARY left Southampton 19 November for New York SANTONA called at Montreal (Canada) 18 November on passage from Glasgow to the Great Lakes SUCCESSOR at Barbados (an island country in Lesser Antilles in Caribbean Sea) 18 November from London SYLVANIA left Liverpool 18 November for Montreal (Canada)
News Event Friday, November 13, 2020 @ 2040	BARON FORBES (1922-1953 General cargo ship of Hugh Hogarth & Co. Ltd., / Baron Line, Ardrossan : 1953 scrapped)	Own Page
Does anyone remember Hogarth’s BARON FORBES (1922-1953) and tracing a discharge book
Port of Registry Ardrossan (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 3.061
Does anyone remember Hogarth’s BARON FORBES which was scrapped in 1953 and Tracing a discharge book left aboard in 1959.  E-mail 13 November 2020 From Murdo MacPherson  Does anybody remember the rent boat BARON FORBES an old ex-german ship the worst ship I sailed in she was scrapped in 1953,  forecastle accommodation one trip was enough The captain Mcphail was strict ps I left my discharge book on an Everard ship in Goole in 1959 got any ideas how I can trace it
News Event Saturday, May 23, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Saturday 23 May 1959
News Event Monday, December 20, 1954 @ 0955	AMERICAN FARMER (1945-1964 General cargo freighter 461 feet long of United States Lines, New York : 1969 scrapped)	Own Page
AMERICAN FARMER arrives at Yorkhill, Glasgow to discharge then load for Boston (Massachussets, USA)
Arrived from U.S.A. via Liverpool Port of Registry New York, USA Arrived in berth 6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (with her head north) Gross Tonnage 8,211 Sailing for Boston (Massachussets, USA) Sailed from berth 6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (with her head north) Draught forward on arrival 12' 10" Draught aft on arrival 21' 10" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 250 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 22nd December Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 2000 on 23rd December Commened loading outward cargo 1015 on 20th December Outward cargo General cargo 1,867 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1900 on 28th December Draught forward on sailing 19' 02" Draught aft on sailing 20' 03" Ships agent W B Woolley & Co. Ltd., 54 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1.
News Event Tuesday, December 14, 1954 @ 1645	SPENSER (1950-1955 General cargo ship 430 feet long of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool : 1962 scrapped)	Own Page
Lamport & Holt's SPENSER arrives at Yorkhill, Glasgow to load for River Plate
Arrived from Kelvin Dry Dock, Pointhouse, Glasgow Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow Gross Tonnage 6,334 Sailing for River Plate via Newport (Wales) Sailed from berth 3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow Draught forward on arrival 12' 02" Draught aft on arrival 14' 03" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 1300 on 15th December Outward cargo General cargo 471 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1500 on 17th December Draught forward on sailing 13' 00" Draught aft on sailing 16' 01" Engine trials From 0445 to 0610 hours on 15th December
News Event Thursday, December 16, 1954 @ 1532	DICK LYKES (1945-1970 General cargo ship 460 feet long of Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Tampa, USA : 1970 scrapped Taiwan)	Own Page
Lykes freighter DICK LYKES arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow from New Orleans (USA) via Liverpool
Arrived from New Orleans (USA) via Liverpool Port of Registry Tampa (USA) Arrived in berth 30 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 8,174 Sailing for New Orleans (U.S.A.) Sailed from berth 30 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 10' 08" Draught aft on arrival 20' 04" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,000 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 17th December 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 22nd December Commened loading outward cargo 1400 on 22nd December Outward cargo General cargo 62 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1100 on 23rd December Draught forward on sailing 11' 00" Draught aft on sailing 18' 00"
News Event Sunday, November 15, 1959 @ 1830	LAIRDSBURN (1959-1966 General cargo coaster 165 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 sank at Sicily)	Own Page
Burns & Laird's coaster LAIRDSBURN 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.) Net Tonnage 228 Master of vessel on arrival J Wood Gross Tonnage 513 Draught aft on arrival 10' 00" Deadweght Tonnage 720 Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan
News Event Sunday, November 15, 1959 @ 0730	PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry)	Own Page
Fisher's of Newry coastal Tar Carrier PALM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load Tar for 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 J Hollywood Gross Tonnage 343 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 Friday, December 17, 1954 @ 1300	SEAMEW (1947-1966 General cargo ship 259 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
General Steam's SEAMEW arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow from Oporto and Cadiz via Liverpool
Arrived from Oporto (Portugal) and Cadiz (Spain) via Liverpool Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth 3 / 5 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Sailing for Lisbon and Oporto via Bristol Sailed from berth 3 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 13' 11" Draught aft on arrival 14' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 839 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 24th December Stevedore discharging inward cargo Main, Pearson & Co. Ltd., 4 Finnieston Quay, Glasgow, C.3. Telephone CENtral 6287 Completed discharge of inward cargo 24th December Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 23rd December Outward cargo General cargo 65 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Main, Pearson & Co. Ltd., 4 Finnieston Quay, Glasgow, C.3. Telephone CENtral 6287 Completed loading outward cargo 1530 on 24 December Draught forward on sailing 9' 04" Draught aft on sailing 13' 02" Vessel bunkered 22 December at 1040 bunkered 60 tons of fuel oil from oiler INVERTEST Ships agent The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803
News Event Saturday, December 18, 1954 @ 1645	CILICIA (1938-40 Anchor Line passenger/cargo ship : 1940-44 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1944-46 Troopship : 1946 Returned to owners : 1966-80 training ship / Hostel in Rotterdam : 1980 scrapped Bilbao)	Own Page
Anchor Line liner CILICIA arrives at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow from Bombay (India) via Cardiff (Wales)
Arrived from Bombay (India) via Cardiff (Wales) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 11,136 Sailing for Bombay (India) via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 19' 00" Draught aft on arrival 21' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 714 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 21st December Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1800 on 23rd December Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 23rd December Outward cargo General cargo 920 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 2030 on 26th December Draught forward on sailing 20' 08" Draught aft on sailing 22' 00" Vessel bunkered From 1330 till 1455 on 24 December bunkered 200 tons of fuel oil from oiler SHELL MEX 5 Ships agent Anchor Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 9809
News Event Saturday, December 11, 1954 @ 1210	COOLSINGEL (1953-1955 General cargo coaster 53.25m 175 feet of N.V. Import & Transport company 'Invotra',Rotterdam : 1966-1970 as LAIRDSFIELD : 1970 sank)	Own Page
Netherlands coaster COOLSINGEL arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow to load pig iron for Rotterdam
Arrived from Meadowside Quay, Glasgow Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Arrived in berth 12 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Net Tonnage 251 Sailing for Rotterdam (Netherlands) Gross Tonnage 499 Sailed from berth 12 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east) Deadweght Tonnage 775 Draught forward on arrival 5' 05" Draught aft on arrival 7' 09" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 12th December Outward cargo Pig Iron 700 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo J F Wilson, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2345 Completed loading outward cargo 1415 on 16th December Draught forward on sailing 11' 06" Draught aft on sailing 12' 06"
From 1966 to 1970 coaster COOLSINGEL served as LAIRDSFIELD of Burns & Laird Lines of Glasgow
News Event Tuesday, December 14, 1954 @ 1110	PROME (1937-1962 Passenger / cargo liner 462 feet overall of Patrick Henderson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Henderson Line's PROME berths at Yorkhill, Glasgow to discharge and then load for Rangoon
Arrived from Prince's Dock, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 8 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (with her head north) Sailing for Rangoon (Burma) via Liverpool and Swansea Sailed from berth 8 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (with her head north) Draught forward on arrival 9' 07" Draught aft on arrival 18' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Part General cargo Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1300 on 14th December Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed discharge of inward cargo 0930 on 20th December Commened loading outward cargo 1300 on 14th December Outward cargo General cargo 874 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1535 on 20th December Draught forward on sailing 11' 06" Draught aft on sailing 18' 10" Vessel bunkered From 0920 till 1145 on 16 December bunkered 300 tons of fuel oil from oiler SHELL MEX 5 Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467
News Event Friday, September 18, 1936 @ 1808	LAIRDSCASTLE (1930-1940 Passenger / general cargo ship 276 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1940 sank near Sanda Island after collision near Ailsa Craig)	Own Page
Burns & Laird's LAIRDSCASTLE leaves Glasgow with 47 passengers for Dublin
Vessel Master D McCallum Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 1,031 Gross Tonnage 1,945
News Event Friday, May 22, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Friday 22 May 1959
News Event Tuesday, January 9, 1968 @ 1050	AUTOMEDON (1949-1971 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's AUTOMEDON arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Singapore via Liverpool
Arrived from Singapore via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 7,636 Sailing for Singapore via Dublin (Ireland) Sailed from berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 15' 08" Draught aft on arrival 18' 05" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 404 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1100 on 9th January Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed discharge of inward cargo 0930 on 12th January Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 10th January Outward cargo General cargo 850 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1645 on 12th January Draught forward on sailing 13' 10" Draught aft on sailing 21' 10" Ships agent Roxburgh, Henderson & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. (from October 1967)
News Event Friday, June 7, 1957 @ 2130	SUE LYKES (1945 - 1972 general cargo ship 460 feet long of Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, USA : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
SUE LYKES arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow from Gulf of Mexico ports via Prince's Dock, Glasgow
Arrived from Gulf of Mexico ports via Prince's Dock, Glasgow Port of Registry Tampa, Florida, USA Arrived in berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Gross Tonnage 8,067 Sailing for Houston USA via Liverpool Deadweght Tonnage 11,330 Sailed from berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught forward on arrival 8' 02" Draught aft on arrival 15' 01" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 6 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 8th June Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Commened loading outward cargo 0900 on 8th June Outward cargo Part general cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines) Completed loading outward cargo 1115 on 12th June Draught forward on sailing 12' 06" Draught aft on sailing 16' 04"
News Event Saturday, January 6, 1968 @ 1810	CLAN MACGOWAN (1963-1969 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line / King Line, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped at Calcutta))	Own Page
CLAN MACGOWAN arrives at 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow from Durban via Manchester
Arrived from Durban via Manchester Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Net Tonnage 4,909 Sailing for Liverpool (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 8,811 Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 12' 03" Draught aft on arrival 17' 00" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,195 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 7th January Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Outward cargo Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Draught forward on sailing 11' 06" Draught aft on sailing 16' 06" Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Thursday, May 21, 1959 @ 0800		Own Page
The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Thursday 21 May 1959
News Event Wednesday, September 11, 1957 @ 2025	FRANZ DOERENKAMP (1955-1968 General cargo coaster 71.2m 234 feet overall of Partenreederei m/s Franz Doerenkamp / DG Neptun,, Bremen : 1989 scrapped at Piraeus, Greece)	Own Page
German coaster FRANZ DOERENKAMP arrives at Glasgow with 178 tons of fruit from Cartagena, Spain
Arrived from Cartagena (Murcia, Spain) via Liverpool Port of Registry Bremen (Germany) Arrived in berth Merklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Gross Tonnage 1,189 Sailing for Bremen (Germany) Sailed from berth Merklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head west) Draught forward on arrival 10' 06" Draught aft on arrival 14' 00" Cargo carried on arrival 6,774 packages of fruit (178 tons) Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 12th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1515 on 12th September Outward cargo Part same inward cargo of fruit Draught forward on sailing 10' 03" Draught aft on sailing 11' 06" Ships agent Constantine & Co. Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CITy 6171 Grams "Constantine"
News Event Saturday, January 12, 1963 @ 1300 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	THUNDERER (1958-1973 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock)	Own Page
Thomas Slater, Master of the Steel & Bennie tug THUNDERER
Ship's location Victoria Harbour, Greenock (Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Gross Tonnage 208
News Event Friday, August 10, 1962 @ 1100	SEAWAY (1946 - 1969 Coastal and Harbour tug 114 feet long of Ardrossan Harbour Company, Ardrossan : 1969 Scrapped at Dalmuir, River Clyde)	Own Page
Master Neil Mealey and Mate John MacPherson of Ardrossan Harbour Company's tug SEAWAY
Ship's location Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry Ardrossan Gross Tonnage 260
10th August 1962, on harbour tug SEAWAY at Ardrossan Harbour, Firth of Clyde, Master Neil Mealey (formerly of Steel & Bennie, tug owners, Glasgow) and mate John MacPherson.  The image of the men and Douglas on the tug was much too faded to reproduce on site.
News Event Thursday, December 21, 1967 @ 0735	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 King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Hong Kong
Arrived from Amsterdam (Netherlands) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Sailing for Hong Kong via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 16' 03" Draught aft on arrival 18' 10" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 21st December Outward cargo General cargo 1,000 tons and 1 X lift of 150 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 1 X lift of 150 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 28th December Draught forward on sailing 16' 00" Draught aft on sailing 18' 11" Ships agent Roxburgh, Henderson & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.(from October 1967) 0141 221 9891
News Event Thursday, January 4, 1968 @ 0235	RENOIR (1967-1971 General cargo ship 411 feet long chartered from Booth Line "BENEDICT" of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Lamport & Holt's RENOIR arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow to load for Porto Alegre (Brasil)
Arrived from Swansea (South Wales, U.K.) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 4,300 Sailing for Porto Alegre (Brasil) via Liverpool Sailed from berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 18' 02" Draught aft on arrival 22' 03" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo outwards Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 4th January Outward cargo Tractors and cases of machinery 134 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed loading outward cargo 1645 on 5th January Draught forward on sailing 18' 07" Draught aft on sailing 22' 05" Ships agent J S Nowery & Co., Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone 041 221 3775
News Event Thursday, December 21, 1967 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	INDIAN RESOLVE (1956- General cargo ship 534 feet long of India Steamship Co., Calcutta)	Own Page
INDIAN RESOLVE arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow to load steel coils for Bombay (India)
Arrived from Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Calcutta (India) Arrived in berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Gross Tonnage 9,780 Sailing for Bombay (India) via Prince's Dock, Glasgow Deadweght Tonnage 11,776 Sailed from berth 1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east) Draught forward on arrival 10' 06" Draught aft on arrival 16' 08" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 1300 on 21st December Outward cargo Steel coils Stevedore loading outward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Completed loading outward cargo 24th December Draught forward on sailing 12' 02" Draught aft on sailing 19' 03" Ships agent F W Allan & Ker Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone 0141 221 0925
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1959 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate		Own Page
The Ross & Marshall's Light Shipping "Clyde Puffer" vessel diary for Wednesday 20 May 1959
News Event Saturday, September 14, 1957 @ 0345	MARGARET BOWATER (1955-1968 General cargo ship / Newsprint carrier 430 feet long of Bowater Steamship Co., / Furness Withy / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
MARGARET BOWATER arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with Newsprint and 3 Passengers
Arrived from Cornerbrook (Newfoundland) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Net Tonnage 3,537 Sailing for Cornerbrook (Newfoundland) Gross Tonnage 6,481 Sailed from berth 1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) Deadweght Tonnage 8,345 Draught forward on arrival 20' 07" Draught aft on arrival 24' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Newsprint 4,215 tons and 3 passengers Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 14th September Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1600 on 19th September Outward cargo 1 X lift of 15 tons Heavy lifts loaded 20th September at 1330 loaded 1 X lift of 15 tons Draught forward on sailing 11' 00" Draught aft on sailing 19' 09" Ships agent Anchor Line and Furness Withy
News Event Monday, January 29, 1968 @ 2130	CLAN MACGILLIVRAY (1962-1981 General cargo ship 508 feet long of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line / King Line, London)	Own Page
CLAN MACGILLIVRAY arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Durban (South Africa)
Arrived from Manchester (England, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 6 / 6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 9,039 Sailing for Durban (South Africa) via Birkenhead Sailed from berth 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Draught forward on arrival 12' 03" Draught aft on arrival 17' 06" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 30th January Outward cargo General cargo 1,200 tons and 6 lifts (total 66 tons 10 cwts) Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Heavy lifts loaded 1st February loaded 6 lifts (total 66 tons 10 cwts) from floating crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 1130 on 2nd February Draught forward on sailing 13' 09" Draught aft on sailing 19' 08" Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050
News Event Tuesday, October 27, 2020 @ 1540	WILSON BLYTH (1995- ) IMO 9124419 General cargo ship 88m long of Wilson ASA, Bergen, Norway)	Own Page
Cargo ship WILSON BLYTH leaves Ayr (Scotland) for Wicklow (Ireland)
Ship's location Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry Valletta (Malta) Net Tonnage 1,369 Gross Tonnage 2,446 Deadweght Tonnage 3,713
The afternoon of Tuesday 27th October 2020 at Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) was not good for working in a garden, shopping in the town or for taking photographs of a ship.    Completely overcast sky, heavy continual rain, bitingly cold with a strong southerly wind and poor visibility.    If you had been out in it you would have known all about it.    So WILSON BLYTH will probably be more than happy to leave.      WILSON BLYTH (1995- ) an 88m general cargo ship of  Wilson ASA of Bergen, Norway had arrived at the river berth in Ayr with a cargo of road salt from the warmer climate of Sfax, Tunisia, in a hot corner of the Mediterranean.   1545 hours. Preparing to leave the River berth at Ayr.  1550 hours.  Pilot aboard.  Navigation lights switched on and crew at harbour stations.      1555 hours.  Moving astern to cant at the entrance to Griffin Dock to turn to starboard to face the port entrance.    The rain was now heavier than ever.  1610 hours.  In the background is the Netherlands registered cargo ship MONIKA which had berthed in Griffin Dock at 0800 that morning with a cargo of wind turbine components from  Taranto, Italy.     1611 hours and WILSON BLYTH straightens up for the port entrance and is followed by the Pilot Boat SCOTIA.   And now she was departing light-ship on her 206 nautical miles passage to Wicklow, Ireland, and, at a speed of 6.7 knots, expected to arrive at the Irish   Port at 0900 hours 28 October.   1620 hours in blustery wind and torrential rain the Pilot Boat SCOTIA returns to Ayr harbour with the Pilot. 1622 hours and as WILSON BLYTH heads south west into the setting sun the torrential rain amazingly appears to stop, leaving a suddenly bright horizon and heavy squalls in the north channel.
News Event Monday, June 27, 1955 @ 1005 The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable	CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock)	Own Page
Paddle steamer CALEDONIA day cruises from Ardrossan on Mondays and Thursdays in Summer 1955
Port of Registry Glasgow Gross Tonnage 623 Deadweght Tonnage 161
News Event Tuesday, January 16, 1968 @ 1410	PELEUS ( 1949 - 1972 General cargo / passenger liner 516 feet long of Ocean Steamship Company / Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung (Taiwan)	Own Page
Alfred Holt's PELEUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Kobe (Japan) via Liverpool
Arrived from Kobe (Japan) via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Net Tonnage 5,852 Sailing for Yokohama (Japan) via Swansea (Wales, UK) Gross Tonnage 10,093 Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Deadweght Tonnage 11,215 Draught forward on arrival 16' 06" Draught aft on arrival 22' 03" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 516 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1430 on 16th January Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed discharge of inward cargo 0930 on 19th January Commened loading outward cargo 1500 on 17th January Outward cargo General cargo 650 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1130 on 21st January Draught forward on sailing 17' 00" Draught aft on sailing 21' 05" Ships agent Roxburgh, Henderson & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. (from October 1967)
News Event Saturday, September 16, 2017 @ 1215	CLYDE CLIPPER (Passenger excursion ferry of Clyde Marine Services, Greenock)	Own Page
CLYDE CLIPPER at Riverside Museum pontoon, Glasgow
Ship's location Riverside Museum Pontoon, Glasgow Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland)
News Event Wednesday, February 21, 1968 @ 1700 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	PACIFIC RELIANCE (1951-1971 cargo liner 500 feet long of Furness Withy Company)	Own Page
PACIFIC RELIANCE arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow with 10 passengers and cargo from Seattle
Arrived from Seattle (Washington State, USA) Port of Registry London Arrived in berth 6 / 6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south) Gross Tonnage 9442 Sailing for Meadowside Quay, Glasgow Draught forward on arrival 26' 00" Draught aft on arrival 26' 06" Cargo carried on arrival 10 Passengers and 1,467 tons of general cargo Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 22nd February Stevedore discharging inward cargo Strathclyde Stevedores Outward cargo Part same inward general cargo Draught forward on sailing 20' 00" Draught aft on sailing 25' 00" Ships agent Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., 19 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone 041-248-3831

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Does anyone remember Hogarth’s BARON FORBES which was

scrapped in 1953

and

Tracing a discharge book left aboard in 1959.

 E-mail 13 November 2020

From Murdo MacPherson

 Does anybody remember the rent boat BARON FORBES an old

ex-german ship the worst ship I sailed in she was scrapped

in 1953,  forecastle accommodation one trip was enough

The captain Mcphail was strict
ps I left my discharge book on an Everard ship in Goole

in 1959 got any ideas how I can trace it

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Isthmian Steamship Lines of USA

E-mail October 10  2020 

 From Bobby Ford  (USA)

Do you have anything about Isthmian Steamship Lines,

or anyone remember them, who did freighter service

from India and Far East in 1950 / 60’s.

   Any memories of the "STEEL" boats  ?

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What do you want (or not want) on this website ?

    It is the time of year to ask you, the readers, what you want  -  or

do not want  -  on this website.

    More of this, or less of that, or maybe something new ?

    Please let us know what you want, so that we can try to provide the material which is of interest to YOU.

    Also we are always interested in receiving material from our readers.   So, wherever you are in the world, how about sending

stories, images or items to put in the website ?

 Thank you.  11 August 2020

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Information needed on Cunard Line's ASCANIA (1911-1918)

10th August 2020    E-mail from a viewer. 

Cunard Lines ASCANIA  (1911-1918)

 I am wondering if you might have more information and pictures

on the Vessel Ascania - Shipping line Cunard 1911-1918

Master - SGS Mihal.

This is a ship that my grandfather travelled from Southampton,

England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1914.

Please any information would help.

Thank You

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Where did the Royal Navy families from H.M.S.MAIDSTONE stay in Rothesay ?

Port of Registry Admiralty (Royal Navy, London)

Where did the Royal Navy families stay in Rothesay ?   E-mail 03 June 2020 from Helen G (Glasgow)      As a young girl in 1960s my parents and I often visited my aunt in Rothesay …(Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde,)    It was exciting to see a big Royal Navy ship, I remember her name was MAIDSTONE, and she was anchored in the bay.    There was always submarines about her and sailors in uniform in the town.    My aunt used to tell that some sailors and their families stayed in “Navy Houses” in Rothesay.   Does anyone know where the houses were ?  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Song about the Clyde and the musical band on Glasgow excursion steamers in 1950s / 60s

 

Email from Margaret Rose (nee Wilson)   May 31 2020 Montreal  

 

In the early 1960s my family emigrated from Scotland to Montreal(Canada).

   Dad always used to tell of sailing down the Clyde from

Glasgow on excursion steamers and there was a musical

band aboard which played Scottish tunes to entertain

passengers.

   A favourite song was something about the Clyde.   I know

it’s a long shot but does anyone know the name of the

song and the band ?

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Lightship ALBATROSS built at Robbs Shipyard, Leith in 1927

E-Mail from a viewer   31 May 2020

Hello- I wonder if anyone can please help. I am researching a lightship built at Robbs shipyard in 1927. Her name is Albatross and I believe she was built in yard 30. I would dearly love to see her build plans but I know that is a massive ask. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

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Cruise ships may be laid up in the Clyde

 

22 May 2020

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From Jimmy Johnston (Paisley)

 

   In the news they are talking about laying up idle cruise liners in the Clyde.   Where in the Clyde or even in Scotland could be good places to put these big ships.

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e-mail from Tommy Robertson   (Dumbarton)

21 May 2020

 

Elder Dempster / Blue Funnel ship scrapped at Dalmuir (Glasgow) around 1980

 

Does anyone know the name of the Alfred Holt Blue Funnel

ship that was scrapped at the Arnott Young yard at Dalmuir. 

  She was definitely a Blue Funnel job but had the Elder

Dempster buff funnel.

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Paddle Steamers at Pusser River, Chalna, Bangladesh

 

E-mail 23 March 2020 from N.L. of Cardiff, Wales

 

   I was looking at your item on the WAVERLEY which calls herself the “Last seagoing paddle steamer in the World.”

  It reminded me of the last time I was at Chalna (Pusser River, Bangladesh) in early 1980s where there were many largish paddle steamers about 300 feet (100 metres) long chugging around.  

   I never thought of what they were doing, maybe bringing the gangs of workers to the anchorage to load Jute (who remembers the biting Jute Flies) onto the ships, or maybe taking passengers to some place downriver.

   But these were big working paddle steamers.   Does anyone else remember them ?

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Why was Irish Lights Tender IERNE registered in Liverpool ?

 19 March 2020 @ 1057

J R of Birkenhead e-mails :

   I read your item about the IERNE, a lights tender owned by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, Dublin, Ireland.  

   Why was she registered in Liverpool and not Dublin ? and what was her eventual fate ?

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Maclay and McIntyre of Glasgow ships DOMIRA and KASSANGA and a ship LYNFIELD of Stockton on Tees

A viewer e-mails 

   I am particularly looking for some information about a Glasgow Tramp Shipping Co called Maclay and Mc intyre and 2 ships of there's Domira sold 1919 and Kassanga bought 1911 sunk 1917. 

 Also a ship called Lynfield belonging to a shipping co called Field from Stockton on Tees 

Can anyone help ?

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Stewardesses and Nurse on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966

 2019-12-29

By e-mail

Does anyone remember the Stewardesses (usually student school-teachers who were working during the summer holidays) and the Nurse who worked on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966.

Mary D.

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Old Mississippi – type passenger steamer in Sydney (Australia)

Jim Middleton (London) e-mails

29 December 2019

 The BBC news today showed the wild fires at Sydney and the smoke at Sydney Harbour.

   I was surprised to see in the news report, in the background, an old Mississippi type passenger steamer, with two tall abreast funnels (stacks) passing under the Harbour Bridge.

   Can anyone give details of this vessel and its route and timetable ?

   Thanks, JM.

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CLAN FRASER and a rope across the dock at Glasgow

 4 November 2019

Jim McGoogan e-mails :

   Your article of CLAN FRASER of 8^th January 1964 says a rope was put across King George V Dock, Glasgow while the ship was making an engine trial.

   Why put a rope across the dock and where would the rope be attached to the ship and also attached to the dock ?

 

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

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

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Where is the “Chapman Anchorage” ???

   Robbie Keen (Carlisle, England) emails:

 I see in the entry for BENWYVIS that she

was in “Chapman Anchorage.”   Where is

Chapman Anchorage and what would she

 be doing there ???

Robbie.  31 August 2019

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Teak fronts on the front of ship's bridges

By Eric S.     8th July 2019

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

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

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

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

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

All comments are welcome.

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Can anyone identify this cap badge ?

Samms of Nantwich e-mails:    07 July 2019

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

 

anyone identify the cap badge ? 

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

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

    There was a programme on television the other evening

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

Atlantic man and never ventured to the Far East.

   I wondered what difficulties would be experienced by

ships during the Monsoon season’s heavy rainfall and

swollen rivers and storms.

    And also, I can only think of maybe 3 shipping

companies which regularly traded to the area – Calcutta,

Chalna, Chittagong, Rangoon.   What other companies

were there ?

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Where did this ship come from in Sweden ???

Haltst…….. ?????

January 2020 and Bryn Wayt e-mails

A chap was asking where ship came from: the spelling was incorrect using Haltstwik on the 'docket'.

The origin of the ship must have been HALLSTAVIK in Sweden.

The place was/is famous for it paper-mill, hence the ships cargo bound for Belfast.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstavik

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

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

20 May 2019  @ 1540

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

at Tail-of-the Bank.

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

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

bringing stores for the Holy Loch vessels, and the stores

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

lighters and small coasters.

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

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

and blue bands.

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

could be MARSHFIELD or MARSHLAND ….. or something like

that, was obviously a WW2 type but always immaculate

 and a frequent caller.

   Does anyone else remember these ships calling at

the Clyde ?

 

Alan and Jean.

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

 

 14 March 2019   @ 1239

Richard Danielson e-mails

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

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

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

THANK YOU.
Richard Danielson. 

 

Admin Note :

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

 

20 March 2019  @ 1604

 

Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)

 

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

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

  

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

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

12 Hopper Barges.

1 Dumb grab hopper barge.

1 Tug CLYDE.

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

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

11 passenger ferryboats.

1 60-ton floating crane NEWSHOT.

1 Diving Bell barge.

2 Divers’ motor boats.

1 Oil Separating Barge PLOVER

3 motor launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS.

1 Hydrographic Survey launch CRANNOG.

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

Jim Howie.

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Looking for images / photos of BALLYGALLY HEAD of 1950s

 23 January 2019  1011

Joseph McGurk Jr. e-mails

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

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

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

he sailed on her

   Thank you, regards Joseph mc gurk jr

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Renfrew Harbour, Firth of Clyde, around 1980

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

 

   Does anyone have any idea what the other ships are ?

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The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937

 6th  January 2019.

   James Barrowman (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

   Thanks, Jim Barrowman.

7^th January 2019 

   J.S. (Pollokshaws, Glasgow) replies :

The River Clyde runs generally east to west through

the centre of Glasgow and essentially divides the city

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

   In the past and even today people talk of coming

from or living in the South Side.

   Up to around 1970’s passenger excursion steamers

and cross-channel to Ireland steamers left Broomielaw,

Anderston Quay and Lancefield Quay on the North Side

and in the summer months left Bridge Wharf on the

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

= Down the Water = sailing down the River Clyde to

Clyde piers such as Dunoon and Rothesay and

Tighnabruaich.

   The advert mentions the steamer calling at Govan

 Wharf and Renfrew to pick up passengers.

   Today Govan Wharf is only recognisable by a derelict

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

South Bank essentially between the Govan Drydocks

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

yard) and beside the playing field between Wanlock Street

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

small Govan Passenger Ferry used to ply from near

Govan Wharf across the river to the east end of Meadowside

Quay

   It was news to me that excursion steamers stopped

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

   Perhaps someone can help.

 

Ref The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937.

12 January 2019   Robert Orr replies :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

occupied by Simons and Lobnitz shipyards in Renfrew.

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

10 December 2018   Geoff in Australia e-mails :

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

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

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

 

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

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Ellerman’s CITY OF EXETER at Plymouth in 1958    

I was quite surprised to read that CITY OF EXETER called

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

African service passenger liners?

   Jim Hesketh, Liverpool 

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12 November 2018

 

TWEED, a 1959-built 112 foot water carrier of

Furness Withy, Port of Spain, Trinidad

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

    Looking at your list of ships I was surprised to see

TWEED of Furness Withy, a 112 foot water tanker at

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

   Anyone have information on this ship ?

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Can anyone name this British coaster ?

 

05 November 2018

Billy Fullarton writes :

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

Harbour, Scotland.   Can anyone name this coaster. ?

 

   I think her name ends in SOUND.

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British & Irish KILKENNY in 1935

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

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

     I was with Brocklebank’s and sometimes called at

Gan Island in the Indian Ocean to discharge stores for

the RAF overside to landing craft in the lagoon.

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

which carried a small naval tug from Trincomali in

Ceylon to Gan, around late 1960s.

   Anyone know about this ?

    J.S., (Wallasey)

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

Jim J. of Liverpool e-mails :

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

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

Funnel ship there.

   Can anyone enlighten me as to why a Blue Funnel would

be in the Gulf of Mexico ?

   Also in conversation someone told of Blue Funnel having

Chinese crews on deck and catering.   I had always thought

that Blueys had British crews.   Someone please tell me

what is correct.

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Deck cadets Critchley and Doherty on RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965

 22 May 2018

 Alan Rutherford e-mails :

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

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   Looking for information on some British ships around 1950-1954

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

 Great website.

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

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

Regards,
Ian Rae

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Can anyone identify this USN lapel badge ?

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

   Can anyone identify the badge ?

2018-02-18 @ 1320

 

19 May 2018

Hello Douglas,

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

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

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

Bill Steel e-mails

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

17 February 2018 @ 2307

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

    Jim Harrison  (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

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   German cargo ship MILLERNTOR in 1954

 

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

 

   After unloading she left Ardrossan returning to Narvik.

 

Does anyone have any information or details of MILLERNTOR ?

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" If sufficient inducement "

 James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

“ If sufficient inducement “

 

23 January 2019 at 2113

 Geoff  (Australia)  e-mails :

 

James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

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

My understanding of "sufficient inducement" meant if there was

 enough cargo to be lifted to be commercially viable. ”

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Was she “ LAIRDS OAK “ or “ LAIRDSOAK ” ?

   Robert Bothwell (Glasgow) e-mails :

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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Coaster BALLYCASTLE in 1953

 

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

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   Carebeka's coaster RIAN in 1953

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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

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

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

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

Additional note :

Can anyone supply details of ALPHERAT ?

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Norwegian Tanker RAILA in 1953

 

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

 

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

 Fred from Formby (Merseyside, England, writes

 

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

 

Can someone tell something about these services ? ”

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CHANTALA  (Worcester Park, Surrey) writes :

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

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

   All I can remember now is “Asti aria kurro”

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

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

 

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

  

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

 

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

  

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Anchor Line advertisement of 1871

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

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

Thank you.

Still laughing

Fred of Formby, Merseyside, England.

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

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German cargo ship RUHR in 1953

 

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

 

   Has anyone got any details of this ship ?

 

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British coaster J B KEE in 1957

 

 Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England) writes :

 

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

 

   Anyone have details of this ship ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

 Jim Allbright (London) e-mails :

 

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

 

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

 

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SUNBEAR of Saguenay Terminals.

 

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

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

Captain Bryn Wayt writes :

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

James Jeffries replies :

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

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

   In 1972 she was scrapped in Santander, Spain.

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

 

Billy MacAulay (Moderator and Senior Member) writes :

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

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

  

 

  

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   Why was LADY McGOWAN IN Loch Riddon ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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John Kelly's coaster BALLYCLARE in late 1953.

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

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Small boat sailor writes from Inverkip :

 

 

 

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

 

   Does anyone know anything of these two launches ?

 

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

 

   Sandy

  

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Mystery of CVC in Prince’s Dock area of Glasgow

   In 1958 the Clyde Shipping Company’s coaster PLADDA

 was listed as berthed in CVC in Prince’s Dock

 area in Glasgow.

   Does anyone know where CVC was ?

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

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Pacific Steam Navigation’s KENUTA at Puna in 1957

 

Tom Hayworth e-mails :

 

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

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Ben Line’s Far-East coaster BENVEG in 1957

 

Leith Man e-mails

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

for BENVEG as I had never heard of her.

 

Anyone have any more information please ?

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SPRINGFIELD QUAY, GLASGOW

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

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

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

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

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

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LASHERCIA ..... A Spanish coaster in 1962

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

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

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

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Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland) in January 1963.

From Sean R  (Larne, Northern Ireland)

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

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

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Netherlands coaster MADO in 1963

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

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CARGOES FOR BEIRA BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY

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

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

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Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK

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

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Information needed on cargo ship KORBACH in 1958

 

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

 

Does anyone have any information on KORBACH ?

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“Conducting their business in Great Waters” series

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

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WHERE IS " PULO BOKOM "

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

"Hydatina" of Croydon, England, writes :

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

Note : The event for CALCHAS has been amended accordingly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          

Click on these images to enlarge them

First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul

Below it is maybe.... Templar

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

Further down maybe... La Manche

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     

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

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

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

A Manson writes :

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Manson writes :

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

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

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

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

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

A Manson replies; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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