1960 Advertisment for Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line

1960 Advertisment for C H Bailey Dry Dock owners and Ship Repairers in Wales and Malta

1960 Advertisment for Grayson, Rollo & Clover Docks Ltd. on the Mersey for Repairs and Tank Cleaning

Frank C. Strick's SERBISTAN opens for receiving cargo at Glasgow for Persian Gulf

PERSIAN   GULF

FROM

SCOTLAND

STRICK  &  ELLERMAN  LINES

m.v.  SERBISTAN

Receiving  Glasgow  …………. 8^th – 17^th  March 1966

for

KUWAIT,   BAHRAIN,   KHORRAMSHAHR,

BASRAH   (BAGHDAD,   MOSUL,   KIRKUK),

DAMMAM,   UMM  SAID,   DUBAI

m.v.  BELLE ETOILE

Receiving  Grangemouth  ………. 10^th  - 17^th  March 1966

for

BANDAR  SHAHPUR,   KHORRAMSHAHR,

BASRAH   (BAGHDAD,   MOSUL,   KIRKUK),

DAMMAM

For  further  details  apply

FRANK  C.  STRICK  &  CO.  (Glasgow)  LTD.,

95  Bothwell  Street,  Glasgow  C 2

Telephone  CITy  6131  

Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel liner IXION arrives in Glasgow from Sydney (Australia) via Liverpool

   The 523-feet long Blue Funnel passenger / cargo liner IXION arrived in Glasgow at 0625 on 10^th April 1957.   She had come from Sydney (Australia) via Liverpool and berthed at berth 3 King George V Dock, Shieldhall, Glasgow with her head south and her draught forward being 20’ 05” and aft 22’ 08”.

   Renfrew Stevedoring Company commenced unloading her inward (= to be unloaded in Glasgow) general cargo at 0800 on 10^th April and completed discharging at 2030 on 15^th April.

   At noon on 17^th April IXION, then drawing 16’ 00” forward and 21’ 06” aft shifted astern from King George V Dock and moved astern a short distance downriver to Elderslie Drydock where she entered the Drydock for a short routine maintenance.   She left the Drydock on 19^th April and returned to King George V Dock at 1530, berthing in berth 1/2  with her head south and draught forward 16’ 01” and aft 21’ 05”.

     Renfrew Stevedoring Company commenced loading her 1,700 tons of outward (= to be loaded in Glasgow to be taken by the vessel to some other port) general cargo at 0800 on 16^th April and completed loading at 1700 on 26^th April.

   On 20^th April at 1000 she shifted 30 feet astern in her berth

   Having finished loading at 1700 IXION, draught forward 19’ 10” and aft 22’ 09” prepared for sea, and, at 1900 on 26^th April, two tugs pulled her from the berth and towed her stern-first from the Dock and then canted (turned) her in the River Clyde and IXION made her way down-river to the sea and on her passage to Liverpool to complete loading of more cargo for Sydney (Australia).

1977 Advertisment for Seaspan International Ltd.Towage and Salvage of Vancouver B.C., Canada

1977 Advertisment for Association of Maryland Pilots, Baltimore, U.S.A.

1977 Advertisment for Belgian North Sea Pilotage, Antwerp

Donaldson Line's 1942-built cargo ship GRACIA at Glasgow

Alfred Holt's 1943-built cargo ship EURYMEDON at Glasgow

Royal Mail Lines announce a new cargo service to Costa Rica and Nicaragua

   Royal Mail Lines Limited of London have announced a new cargo service from London to Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

   The service, starting on February 13, will operate on about monthly intervals and offers direct discharge at Punta Arenas in Costa Rica, at Corinto in Nicaragua, La Libertad in El Salvador and at San Jose de Guatemala in Guatemala.

   Cargo will be accepted on through rates of freight from Glasgow and Leith, via London, to all of these destinations.

Sailing Notice for PORT MONTREAL from Grangemouth on 3rd February 1959 to Australia

PORT   LINE   LTD.

GRANGEMOUTH  to  AUSTRALIA

m.v. “ PORT MONTREAL ”  ......  3rd February 1959

for  ADELAIDE,   MELBOURNE,   GEELONG,

SYDNEY   and   BRISBANE

 Further details from

THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD.,

91 Bothwell Street,  Glasgow,  C 3

Woman stowaway from Adelaide on P & O's STRATHNAVER is allowed to continue on the ship to London

   A 19-year-old woman who stowed away on the P & O Liner STRATHNAVER at Adelaide, Australia had good news when she was told that she was being allowed to continue on the ship to London instead of being put ashore at Aden and returned to Australia.

   The woman’s mother had visited a shipping agent’s office in Glasgow and made arrangements to pay her daughter’s fare.

   The woman, who had lived near Glasgow, had emigrated to Australia under the £10 assisted passage scheme – whereby the intending emigrant pays £10 and the Australian Government pays the additional cost of travel to Australia.   A requirement is that the person agrees to reside in Australia for a minimum of two years.

   In this case the Australian Authorities have agreed to waive the two year rule.

CLAN SHAW at berth 6, floating crane NEWSHOT at berth 5 and Alfred Holt's AENEAS at berth 4

Federal Steam Navigation's tanker LINCOLN suffers heavy-weather damage and shelters in Belfast Lough

   The brand-new tanker LINCOLN, on her maiden voyage from the Clyde to Houston (Texas) suffered damage in a severe storm in the North Atlantic and was forced to seek shelter in Belfast Lough.

   The vessel had left the Clyde yesterday and, 36 hours after leaving, the Master considered that the heavy-weather damage to the ship was too severe and he decided to make for Belfast Lough for shelter and to make repairs.

   LINCOLN is a 558-feet long 12,772 gross ton oil tanker which was launched on 11^th September 1958 by John Brown Shipbuilders at Clydebank for the Federal Steam Navigation Company of London, part of the great P & O Shipping Group.

   The ship was on passage to Houston to load a cargo of oil which she would bring to the U.K.

Anchor Line's CALEDONIA closes for cargo at Birkenhead on 30 March 1961 for Pakistan and India

ANCHOR   LINE

PORT  SAID,   ADEN,   KARACHI,   BOMBAY

                              Closing for cargo     Glasgow       Birkenhead

(1)  CALEDONIA  …………………………….................    March 30

(2)  (3)  (4)  EGIDIA  ………………........  April 6  …..  April 14 

(1)  Karachi cargo by special arrangement only.

(2)  Port Said cargo not accepted at Glasgow

(3)  Not loading for Karachi

(4)  Takes cargo for Kandia (if inducement)

ANCHOR – CUNARD  JOINT  SERVICE

to

NEW  YORK,   BALTIMORE,   HAMPTON  ROADS

(r)   ALAUNIA ….  Receiving Glasgow March 16 / March 22

(r)   ANDANIA …  Receiving Glasgow March 30 / April 5

(r)  Refrigerated space available

AS  LOADING  BROKERS  FOR  CUNARD  LINE

GLASGOW

to

HOUSTON,   GALVESTON,   NEW  ORLEANS,

MOBILE   and   TAMPA

 IRISH MAPLE …..  Receiving Glasgow March 22 / April 4

AS  LOADING  BROKERS  FOR  HEAD & LORD  LINE

FOR  DETROIT  and  CHICAGO

 FAIR HEAD  ……..  Receiving Glasgow March 27 / March 31

Loading Berths —  Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow

East Float, East Quay, Birkenhead

ANCHOR  LINE

14 ST. VINCENT PLACE,  GLASGOW  C 1

Quiz number 1

Quiz  number  1

by  Jim Jarvie  (Paisley, Scotland)

 Test yourself on questions about ships and shipping and ports.

( a )  World ports and places.

1.   In the 1950’s and 60’s Port Swettenham in Malaysia was a very common call by cargo ships.   In 1972 it was renamed.   What is it now called ?   - - - -    - - - - -

 2.   In the 1960’s if you were sailing ALONG THE COAST from the Persian / Arabian Gulf to Calcutta you would pass these ports …. Cochin,  Bombay,  Karachi,  Calicut,  Mangalore.

Now put them in order as you would pass them.    

 3.   Where is Table Mountain ?

 4.   Is it  Medditeranean  or  Mediterranean  or Medditteranean  or  Medditeranean ?

 5.   Hamburg in Germany is on what River ?

 6.   Aden is in which country ?

 7.   Where was Kidderpore Dock ?

 8.   Sailors at Colombo used to go along the coast to visit an imposing seaside hotel.   What was it called ?

 ( b )   Shipping Companies

1.   In the 1950’s Bibby Line of Liverpool served which Far Eastern country ?   - - - - -

2.   Brocklebank Line of Liverpool normally had their own ships names beginning with what letter ?

3.   What British coaster company ships names started with BALLY

4.   Which tanker owning company of Newcastle (England) had their ships names ending in   … FIELD.

5.   Which Company owned / operated OTAIO, HINAKURA, PIAKO in 1960’s ?

( c )  IRON ORE

Name these iron ore loading ports in

1.   Venezuela  - - - - - -    - - - -

2.   Canada    - - - - -    - - - - - - -  or also known as   - - - -   - - - -

3.   Russia    - - - - - - - -

4.   Norway  - - - - - -

5.   Sweden   - - - - -

6.   Liberia   - - - - - - - -

7.   Brasil   - - - - - - - -

( d )  Where were they going to ?

   Furness Withy cargo ships such as PACIFIC STRONGHOLD,  PACIFIC NORTHWEST  and  PACIFIC ENVOY in the 1960’s left UK loaded for North American ports.   Which ports ?

( e )   How well do you know the Clyde

  1.   You have landed on shore at Hunter’s Quay and want to drive direct to the lighthouse on Toward Point.   What towns or villages would you pass through ?

  2.   You are in Tighnabruaich on the west Kyles of Bute, and want to drive to Ardlamont Point.   You will pass through two villages.    What villages ? 

  3.   Dumbarton stands on which river ? 

  4.   On TV News showing golf being played at Turnberry Golf Course, Ayrshire, the camera often shows a lighthouse in the background.   What lighthouse is it ?

  5.   At the southern end of Arran is a small island.   What island ?

( f)   Which large Cunard passenger liner sank with great loss of life on 7 May 1915

 ( g )  Name the six states of Australia, and which state is Brisbane in ?

Answers are to be found on “Events” for 17 July 2017

 This is our first little quiz. If you would like to create a quiz then please do so and e-mail it to us at the “Contact us” tab at the top of the Home Page.

Advertisment in March 1966 by Furness Withy for sailings from Leith (Scotland) to Denmark

LEITH  TO  DENMARK

and  VICE  VERSA

WEEKLY  SAILINGS

Cargo taken to and from all parts of

Denmark (except Copenhagen).

PASSENGER  SERVICE  THREE TIMES  WEEKLY

NEWCASTLE / COPENHAGEN  via  ESBJERG

and  vice  versa  June 10  to September  10

For further particulars apply to Travel Agents or

FURNESS  WITHY  &  CO.  LTD.,  LEITH

Telephone  Leith  1311

or

THE  UNITED  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY LIMITED,

COPENHAGEN

Brocklebank Line's MAKRANA closes for receiving cargo May 4 at Birkenhead for India

BROCKLEBANK   LINE

                                                                Glasgow  and  Liverpool

to

PORT  SAID,   SUEZ,   ADEN,

CALCUTTA   and   CHALNA

Also  VISAKHAPATNAM  (if inducement offers)

*†‡  MAKRANA   Closing Birkenhead May 4

* Calling  Gibraltar,  Malta,  Tripoli  on  Cunard  berth

†  Not  taking  Chalna  cargo

‡  Closes South Wales port 22 April

All  vessels  have  liberty  to  call  at  other  ports

                                                                        either  on  or  out  of  route

For  particulars  apply  to

P.  HENDERSON  &  CO.  (Agencies)  LTD.,

                                                             95  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW,  C. 2.

Working on I.C.I's explosives carrier LADY ANSTRUTHER in Dry Dock date and place unknown

Lambert Brothers cargo ship COULMORE at Swansea 8th June 1936

I.C.I's explosives carrier LADY McGOWAN at a date and place unknown

From the collection of the late Mr. John Sinclair of Irvine, who worked on vessels at Irvine Harbour.

Moss Hutchison's KYPROS probably loading explosives from an unknown (possibly I.C.I.) coaster

Fjell Oranje Line's RAVNEFJELL closing for receiving cargo at Glasgow on 25th March 1966

FJELL  ORANJE  LINES

From  GLASGOW  by  Direct  Regular  Sailings 

(R)  m.s. RAVNEFJELL   ….  Closing 25 March

Calling  at  MONTREAL,  TORONTO,

HAMILTON,  CLEVELAND,  DETROIT,

MILWAUKEE  and  CHICAGO

(R)  Refrigerated Space

Cargo  must  not  be  delivered  unless  space  previously  booked

Apply :

J.  C  PEACOCK  &  CO.  LTD.,

166  BUCHANAN  STREET,  GLASGOW  C  1

Phone  DOUglas  7101        Grams  “Peacock”   

Cunard liner QUEEN ELIZABETH undocks from Firth of Clyde Dry Dock, Greenock, Scotland

Wednesday 9^th March 1966  

 The Cunard liner QUEEN ELIZABETH undocked from the Firth of Clyde Dry Dock at Greenock, having arrived last December, and now completing the main part of a refit costing £1.25million.  The work was being done by John Brown & Company (Clydebank) Ltd., the shipyard who had built the ship 28 years previously.

   With the ship’s Master, Captain Geoffrey T. Marr, Commodore of the Cunard Line, the Clyde Pilot Captain George Howison of Gourock, a choice Pilot of Anchor Line and Cunard Line, took charge of the manoeuvre as 10 tugs assisted the vessel from the Dock to the anchorage at Tail-of-the-Bank.   Pilot Howison had previous experience of handling the liner as he had piloted her into the Dry Dock when she arrived at Greenock.

   As the 1,030 feet long QUEEN ELIZABETH backed out from the Dock in heavy rain she was caught by the strong Force 5 Westerly wind, and, despite strenuous efforts by the attendant tugs, her side gently touched the entrance knuckle of the Dock and caused some paint to be scraped from the liner’s side.

   The ship had been in Dock for about 3 months and, on leaving, a solitary Scottish Piper played tunes on his bagpipes.

   A few days ago a special railway train from Southampton brought nearly 220 crewmen to join the vessel and more will arrive this week and the last will join the ship next week, making a total of about 1,200.

   After leaving the Dock QUEEN ELIZABETH was towed from the Great Harbour and past Custom House Quay, which was crammed with spectators, to anchor at Tail-of-the-Bank, the total operation taking about one-and-a-half hours.

   Crowds of people filled Greenock Esplanade to view the liner as she went past.

   The ship is scheduled to leave the anchorage for Southampton at 2pm (1400) on Saturday and on-board will have around 400 workmen, mostly joiners, electricians and plumbers who will complete the refit.   She is expected to arrive in Southampton at 0400 on Monday.

BOOKER VALIANCE closes for receiving cargo at Glasgow for Caribbean Islands on 28 March 1966

BOOKER   LINE

FAST  DIRECT  SERVICE  to

ANTIGUA,   ST  KITTS,   DEMERARA

m.v.  “ BOOKER VALIANCE “

Closing Glasgow 28^th March

P.  HENDERSON  &  CO.  (Agencies)  Ltd.,

95  BOTHWELL  STREET,   GLASGOW  C 2

Furness Withy's PACIFIC STRONGHOLD closes for receiving cargo at Glasgow on 29th March 1966

FURNESS  LINES

GLASGOW  DIRECT  to

LOS  ANGELES,  SAN  FRANCISCO,

SEATTLE,  *VICTORIA B.C.,  VANCOUVER  B.C.,

PORTLAND  ( ORE )

* Calls Victoria if inducement offers

s.s.   PACIFIC  STRONGHOLD          Closing  Glasgow March 29 1966

FURNESS  WITHY  &  CO.  LTD

19  ST  VINCENT  PLACE,  GLASGOW

Telephone  CENtral  8193/6

Head Line's DUNMORE HEAD at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow loading coal from tipping waggons

Conducting their business in Great Waters around 9th January 1959

January 1959

ARAMAIC left Port Said Jan 7 on passage Brisbane for Hull

ATHLONE CASTLE left Southampton Jan 8 for Durban

AUCKLAND STAR left Sydney Jan 9 for Brisbane

BENALBANACH left Hong Kong Jan 9 for Grangemouth

BENATTOW at Hong Kong Jan 9 from Hull

BENDIGO left Geelong Jan 8 on passage London for Sydney

BENLAWERS at Rejang Jan 8 for Newcastle

BENRINNES left Hull Jan 9 for Antwerp

BENVEG left Bangkok Jan 9 for Singapore

BLOEMFONTEIN CASTLE left Gravesend Jan 9 for Beira

CARTHAGE at Suez Jan 8 for London

CHUSAN left Colombo Jan 8 for Kobe

CITY OF COVENTRY from Kobe at Hull Jan 7

CITY OF DURHAM left Aden Jan 7 for Bombay

CITY OF KIMBERLEY left Port Said Jan 8 for London

CITY OF PERTH at Dakar Jan 8 for London

DOMINION MONARCH at Sydney Jan 9 from London

EDINBURGH CASTLE at Southampton Jan 9 from Durban

HIMALAYA at Colombo Jan 9 for London

HINAKURA left Auckland Jan 9 for London

KENILWORTH CASTLE left Lourenco Marques Jan 8 for Beira

KOHIMA at Takoradi Jan 8 on passage Lagos for Liverpool

NEW ZEALAND STAR left Cape Town Jan 7 for Beira

OTAIO left Auckland Jan 9 for Avonmouth

PORT DUNEDIN at Bluff Jan 9 for London

PORT NAPIER at Auckland Jan 9 for Dunedin

PRETORIA CASTLE left Cape Town Jan 9 for Durban

QUEEN MARY at Southampton Jan 8 from New York

QUEENSLAND STAR left Gravesend Jan 9 for Brisbane

SOUTHERN CROSS left Suez Jan 8 for Wellington

STIRLING CASTLE at East London Jan 9 for Southampton

STRATHEDEN at Suez Jan 8 for London

Greek submarine ARGONAFTIS (formerly H.M.S. VIRULENT) found drifting in Bay of Biscay

   Fishermen on two Spanish fishing trawlers had the biggest catch of their lives when they found an unmanned Greek submarine in the Bay of Biscay, about 40 miles north of San Sebastian.

   The submarine, formerly H.M.S. VIRULENT, a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy had been on loan to the Royal Hellenic Navy of Greece since 1946 and had been renamed ARGONAFTIS by them.

   In November 1958 it was decided to scrap the submarine and, unmanned, she left Malta under tow by a tug to the ship breakers on the River Tyne, England.

   However, in the Bay of Biscay on 15^th December she broke away from the tug towing her and drifted ashore on the coast of northern Spain.    

   On 5^th January the Spanish trawlers found her drifting and, with the Spanish naval sloop HERNAN CORTES, the submarine was towed to Pasajes in Spain.

Additional note : In 1961 she was sold to a Spanish ship breaker and broken up at Pasajes in April 1961.