SHIPS  OF  THE  CLYDE ... and shipping World-wide

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27 May 2023 and USNS Replenishment Oiler LEROY GRUMMAN at Hunterston Jetty, Firth of Clyde, Scotland.

 

 

February 1957 and Lloyds Surveyor at Cape Town inspects heavy weather damage to CLAN MACKINNON (1946-1961).

March 1957 Elder Dempster Lines loading notice for sailings from UK and Continent to West Africa.

April  1957 and Dodero Lines LIBERTAD leaves London UK for River Plate ports.

 

March 1957 and Hamburg registered freighter LISSY SCHULTE on Furness Withy charter sails from London, UK. to ports in the Great Lakes of North America.

 

March 1957 and Bullard, King's Natal Line freighter UMKUZI leaves London for Durban and Mauritius.

 

April 1957 P & O / British India Lines sailing schedule for services from UK and Continent.

December 1962 and man in court at Sydney found guilty of smuggling a watch from Dominion Line's EASTERN QUEEN.

December 1962 and Royal Interocean Line's TJILUWAH leaves Wooloomooloo, Sydney, Australia with passengers and cargo for Japan and Hong Kong.

 

May 1957 and Shell UK Tanker HYGROMIA at Stanlow, Manchester.

November 1957 and Reardon Smith's freighter MADRAS CITY arrives in Glasgow with 8.300 tons of grain from Norfolk (Virginia, USA).

26 October 1962 and Ross & Marshall's ship manager's daily "Clyde Puffer" diary.

 

 

June 1964 and Irish Shipping's IRISH POPLAR arrives in Glasgow with 5,499 tons of soya beans from Newport News (USA).

 

Clan Line's sailing notice for September and October 1967 from UK to Africa, Ceylon and India.

 

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September 1967 and Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel AJAX arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow and loads cargo for Singapore via Birkenhead.

17 May 2023 and passenger / vehicle ferry ALFRED at Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)

February 1957 and Clan Line's freighter CLAN MATHESON arrives at Glasgow to discharge and then load for Durban.

15 May 2023 and RUNNER at Troon (Scotland) having discharged her cargo of logs from Campbeltown.

15 May 2023 and Royal Wagenborg general cargo ship SPEYK at Ayr (Scotland) discharging bulk barley from Halmstad (Sweden).

 

31 May 1957 and the vessels in port at Manchester and the Manchester Ship Canal (England, UK)

November 1962 and Eastern & Australian Steamship Co. passenger / cargo ship NELLORE leaves Sydney for Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and Port Kembla (all Australia).

 

November 1962 and Shaw Savill passenger liner NORTHERN STAR leaves Sydney (Australia) on a cruise via Panama Canal to Southampton.

 

October 1963 and P & O Liner ORONSAY leaves Sydney (Australia) on a 4 month world cruise-tour.

 

In Dutch language : front page of leaflet possibly 1950s of J & A van der Schuyt Stoombootrederij, Rotterdam.  More images are at Latest Entries at the top of this page.

May 2023 and Amasus Shipping's general cargo ship EEMS TRANSPORTER arrives at Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) with a cargo of wind turbine components from Leixoes (Portugal). More images are at Latest Entries at the top of this page.

May 2023 and Wagenborg's general cargo ship LARIXBORG arrives at the Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) with a cargo of malted barley from Halmstad (Sweden). More images are at Latest Entries at the top of this page.

 

 

September 1967 and Port Line's cargo ship PORT VINDEX attempts to recover a capsized trimaran off Gabo Island (Victoria, Australia).   The full story is on Latest Entries at the top of this page.

 

September 1967 and at Auckland (New Zealand) a man was rescued from his drifting small boat by setting fire to his underpants.

 

February 1970 and Russian Naval vessels pass Gibraltar towards a damaged Russian submarine off Melilla.

October 1969 and Harrison's cargo liner ADVENTURER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for west, south and east Africa.

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opera House and International Ocean Terminal at Circular Quay, all at Sydney, Australia.   Contributed by J.G., Parramatta.

 

 

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Front cover of Burns & Laird Lines September 1963 - June 1964 timetable for night passenger services between Glasgow and Belfast. The full timetable is on Latest Entries at the top of this page.

 

August 1963 advert by China Navigation Company for a 46 day cruise from Sydney (Australia) around the far east on their passenger liner KUALA LUMPUR.  The vessel was formerly British India Line's DILWARA (1936-1960), sister ship to their DUNERA and DEVONIA.

2 May 2023 and ro-ro passenger ferry catamaran ALFRED on charter to Caledonian MacBrayne approaches Troon Harbour (Firth of Clyde) for berthing trials.

1 May 2023 and workboat MEGAN M at Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)

1 May 2023 and CEG COSMOS loading logs at Brodick Pier (Isle of Arran) for Troon (Firth of Clyde).

1 May 2023   ALFRED is on a nine month charter by Caledonian MacBrayne from Pentland Ferries at a reported cost of nine million UK pounds sterling (that's one million pounds each month).

   The ship was at Ardrossan Harbour for berthing trials on 1 May and is expected to leave Ardrossan at 0630 on 2 May for berthing trials at Campbeltown, Troon and Ayr.   Ayr is an unusual port for ALFRED as the port does not have a ramp, but apparently Ayr, at some time, may be needed as a lay-by for ALFRED.

1 May 2023 and Panana registered but Turkish owned general cargo ship SABAHAT SONAY anchored in Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Scotland) waiting on a berth in Glasgow. 

April 2023 and Caledonian MacBrayne's HEBRIDEAN ISLES doing berthing trials at Brodick Pier (Isle of Arran, Scotland)

April 2023 and Norwegian cruise liner SPITZBERGEN of Hurtigruten Expeditions anchored in Brodick Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) on a cruise around the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

 

April 2023 and Valetta (Malta) flagged Oil Products Tanker AYANE anchored in Brodick Bay, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, carrying oil from Antwerpen (Antwerp) Belgium and waiting for a berth in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Glasgow)

 

 

April 2023 and Caledonian MacBrayne's CALEDONIAN ISLES about to leave Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland) for Brodick (Isle of Arran).

 

Ross & Marshall's ship manager's daily diary for their Clyde Puffer coasting fleet for 12 May 1962

May1966 and Harrison Line's ADVENTURER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira.

May 1966 and Fjell Line's RAVNEFJELL closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago.

June 1966 and Safmarine's S A TRADER closes at Glasgow, South Wales and Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira.

 

 

June 1966 and Furness Withy cargo liner PACIFIC NORTHWEST closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the Pacific Coast of North America.

June 1966 and Clan Line's CLAN MACLAY and Ellerman's CITY OF SWANSEA close at Glasgow and Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Red Sea and East African ports.

 

June 1966 and CLAN MACINTYRE closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Tenerife, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira.

June 1966 and Brocklebank Line's MANGLA (1959-1972) closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Gibraltar, Malta, Tripoli (North Africa), Benghazi, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Vizhapatnam and Calcutta.

 

June 1966 and fire breaks out on general cargo ship ARAGONA at Govan Dry Dock, Glasgow.   Can anyone give information on this ship which was employed carrying newsprint from Dalhousie (Canada) to Glasgow ?

June 1966 and Frank C. Strick's BALTISTAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Persian Gulf ports.

3 April 2023 and Ayr Pilot Boat SCOTIA returning to harbour after boarding the Pilot onto the inbound SEA MELODY. More images are on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

March 1949 and a male passenger from liner STRATHAIRD was found floating in the sea off Galle (Ceylon)

 

A 1930's black and white film "Cargo for Ardrossan" on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJdGQIN3QAY

Cargo for Ardrossan : a 1930s black and white film showing a Shell Oil Tanker arriving at Ardrossan (Scotland) and the many uses which the oil is used for.

   It is a pleasant film and shows lives and employment in a gentler time of life.

 

  

March 1936 and a busy day with Burns & Laird steamers at Broomielaw, Glasgow

15 April 2023 and CELTIC PIONEER of Charles M. Willie of Cardiff, Wales, at Port of Ayr, Scotland, with a cargo of white salt from Motril (Spain)

 

 15 April 2023 and Hansa Shipping's KATI berthed at Port of Ayr (Scotland) with a cargo of fertilisers from Avonmouth (England)

 

Ardrossan Shipyard (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) probably in 1950s

Front page of Burns & Laird Lines timetable for their passenger services in Summer Season 1965.   The full timetable is on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

 

 

June 1966 and Fjell-Oranje joint service cargo liners PRINS WILLEM 11 and PRINS WILLEM GEORGE FREDERIK close at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes.

 

 

June and July 1966 and Ellerman cargo liners CITY OF LICHFIELD and CITY OF PHILADELPHIA close at Glasgow and Birkenhead for receiving cargo for west, south and east Africa.

 

 

November 1962 advert by Dominion Line for their new passenger-cargo service from Sydney (Australia) to Manila, Hong Kong, Keelung and Japan.

 

 

June 1966 and recommendation that Paisley Harbour and the White Cart river channel (Scotland) be closed. 

 

June 1966 advert by Esso Petroleum Company Limited, London, for certificated Marine Engineer Officers.

 

June 1966 and a wartime bomb was exploded near Craigendoran (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)

 

Painting of paddle steamer WAVERLEY, contributed by Ian Ritchie

June 1966 and Harrison Line's DIPLOMAT closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies.

 

June 1963 and P & O liner STRATHEDEN leaves Sydney (Australia) on a 3 1/2 month cruise-tour of the Far East and Europe.

 

November 1962 and two men missing when tug sinks after colliding with British Royal Navy Commando Carrier H.M.S. ALBION at Aden.

3 April 2023 and Pilot boat SCOTIA leaves Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) to board the Pilot onto inbound SEA MELODY.  More images are on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

 

Front page of David MacBrayne Ltd. winter services timetable to the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland from 1 October 1965 to 30 April 1966.   The full timetable is on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

 

April 2023 and heritage and education ship QUEEN MARY at Glasgow Science Centre, Pacific Quay, Glasgow.

 

3 April 2023 and Gillie & Blair's general cargo ship SEA MELODY arrives at Ayr (Scotland) with a cargo of agricultural products from Rouen (France)

 

Information required on a steam tug HELVECIA 11 which sank in Lago Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia, Argentina in 1906.   More details are on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

 

Sunset on dockland at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow

Painting or digital creation of paddle steamer WAVERLEY (1974-  )

 

From Ellerman's Company magazine, the CITY OF WELLINGTON (1956-1978) leaves Montreal (Canada) in October 1968 for Sarnia (Lake Huron on the Great Lakes).  The article is on Latest Entries = see the top of this page.

 

The passenger and cargo steamer QUEEN VICTORIA was built in Glasgow in 1896 and served on Lake Malawi (Malawi, Africa) until being wrecked in 1924.   Brian Lewis of Blantyre, Malawi, kindly contributes information and images on Latest Entries = see the top of this page.

 

20 March 2023 and Caledonian MacBrayne's chartered ro-ro cargo ship ARROW arriving at Troon (Firth of Clyde) for berthing trials.

 

 

20 March 2023 and, in heavy rain and poor visibility, container ship MSC ATLANTIC arrives in the Clyde with containers from Liverpool.

 

1958 Advert by Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co. for their passenger services from London to South Africa.

 

E-mail to this website 19 March 2023

 

E-mail from Jim (Rothesay)      1240 on 19 March 2023

 

Hello Douglas.

 

Dutch liner VOLENDAM during World War 2

 

What an amazing and useful website you have for shipping of the past in the Clyde.

 

   A story was handed down through my family, grandparents to my parents then to me.   We have always stayed in Rothesay ( Douglas adds = Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland).

   The story was that in the second world war a large Dutch passenger liner VOLENDAM had been seriously damaged in a German attack in the Atlantic and was brought into the Clyde and, to stop it sinking, was beached on the Isle of Bute.   My grandfather had a photograph (long since lost) of the ship on the beach.  and I remember seeing the photograph in his house, and on the back of the photograph was written Dutch ship VOLENDAM after being torpedoed by a German submarine.

 

Do any of your readers have information on this ship and the torpedoing ?

Jim (Rothesay)

 

March 1958 and CLAN MALCOLM arrives at Glasgow to discharge cargo then load for Cape Town.

Image contributed by J Manners (London)

  

July 1971 and Clan Line / Hall Line Joint Service sailing schedule for CLAN MACGILLIVRAY and CITY OF NEWCASTLE close at Glasgow and Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Red Sea and East African ports.

 

 June 1975 and Australian Customs find heroin on Dutch cargo / passenger liner TJILUWAH at Walsh Bay, Sydney. The full story is on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

 

May and June 1975 and Austasia Line's MALAYSIA (formerly Booth Line's HUBERT) leaves Singapore on a 6 day passage to Fremantle (Western Australia)

Jon (Croydon, London, England) asks if anyone can identify the Cunard cruise liner in the Norwegian Fjord.

June 1965 and the Manly ferry SOUTH STEYNE leaves Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia on a 5 hour ocean cruise.

June 1965 and Chinese stewards involved in a brawl in the dining room of Sitmar emigrant liner FAIRSTAR.

December 1952 and Cunard liner QUEEN MARY had a small fire in a cabin while in dry dock at Southampton.

November 1962 the French trawler JEANNE GOUGY was wrecked in a storm at Land's End, England.  The full story and a link to a free-to-view film of the rescue is on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

On 3 November 1962 the Fleetwood fishing trawler ELLA HEWETT struck a sunken wreck at Rathlin Island (Northern Ireland) and her crew of 19 were taken off by the Portrush lifeboat.   The full story is on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

 

May 1968 and Harrison Line's freighters WANDERER and TACTICIAN close at Glasgow and Liverpool for receiving cargo for ports in the Caribbean Sea.

 

May 1968 and Head Line freighters RATHLIN HEAD and ROONAGH HEAD close at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes.

May 1968 and Harrison Line's GOVERNOR closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa.

 

May 1968 Notice to Mariners about the employment of Pilots in the Clyde area.

February 1961 advert by T & J Brocklebank of Liverpool for sea-going Engineer Officers.

February 1960 and Booth Line's freighter CLEMENT is disabled with engine problems about 350 miles off New York.

February 1961 and Ben Line's BENVORLICH (1946-1971) leaves Grangemouth for Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong and Manila.

 

26 February 2023 and the Geneva owned MSC CAGLIARI 1V arrived at Greenock Ocean Terminal with containers from Le Havre (France) via Liverpool.

28 February 2023 and the Douglas (Isle of Man) cargo / container ship OSAKANA arrives at Greenock Ocean Terminal with sheet wood products from China via Antwerp (Belgium), Tilbury and Thamesport.

28 February 2023 and an atmospheric image and glassy sea with container ship EINSTEIN passing Kilcreggan outward bound with containers from Greenock to Belfast.

25 February 2023 and the Germany owned but Madeira registered container ship ELBSUN leaves Greenock with containers for Bilbao (Spain) and passes the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker TIDEFORCE.

January 1960 and Saguenay's SUNAMELIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Trinidad, Demerara and other West Indian Islands.

January 1960 advert by David MacBrayne Ltd. for their sea and land services from Glasgow to the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

January 1960 Ben Line sailing notice for BENMACDHUI and BENATTOW leaving Grangemouth (Scotland) for Far Eastern ports.

January 1960 and Captain Clifford Edgecombe appointed Master of the new Orient liner ORIANA (1961-1986)

 

February 2023 and Caledonian MacBrayne's ISLE OF ARRAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Brodick (Isle of Arran)

February 1960 and Irish Shipping's IRISH ALDER closes at Glasgow and Birkenhead for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa.

 

 

Please help to make this website better.

   We want to improve this website to make it more interesting and informative for you, the reader.

   So, please tell us what you want to see : maybe more of this, or less of that, or something completely new.   It’s up to you to tell us.

   We have visitors to this site from all over the world.  They tell us about things from their countries, and this website is happy to include items from outwith the U.K.   You will be surprised how many countries visit this site each day.

   And we welcome any items which you can e-mail for inclusion to this site.   They don’t need to be associated with Glasgow and the Clyde.   Anywhere in the world is welcome.   As long as it has something to do with ships and the sea.

   A suggestion was recently made that readers could become correspondents for their areas, submitting  stories, images/photographs, information, whatever, for the present or the past.   Would you be willing to be a correspondent for your area ?

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January 1960 and Court Line's freighter JEVINGTON COURT is refloated after 40 days aground on a sandbank in the River Plate, South America.

 

January 1961 and Ellerman & Papayanni's FLAMINIAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean ports.

 

March 1961 and Union Castle's BRAEMAR CASTLE leaves London on a 15 day cruise to Tangier, Naples, Palma and Lisbon.

January 1961 and P & O liner ARCADIA goes aground on a reef outside Honolulu (Hawaii)

 February 2023 and the Swedish tanker FURE WEST anchored in Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Scotland) with the mountain "Goatfell" in the background.

 

February 2023 and the Faroe Islands general cargo ship HAV ALDA in Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Scotland) and engaged in fish farm operations with the mountain "Goatfell" in the background.

 

July 1966 and Lloyd Triestino's liner GALILEO leaves Sydney (Australia) on a voyage to Genoa (Italy).   A full advert is on Latest Entries at the top of this page.

 

 

May 1966 and Lyle Shipping's CAPE HORN near North Island, New Zealand, answers a Mayday call from collier KAITAWA and spots a red parachute flare.  A much more detailed account from Wikipedia is on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page. 

February 1967 and P & O liner ORONSAY leaves Sydney (Australia) on a 20 day Pacific cruise.

Front page of Isle of Man passenger steamer timetable for May to September 1966.   The full timetable can be viewed at "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

 

May 1966 advert by Karlander New Guinea Line for Masters and Deck Officers for their vessels in the Australia-New Guinea service.

 

September 1955 notice for Scindia's cargo ship JALAPRATAP (1952-1966) loading cargo at Madras for Calcutta (both India)

A painting showing, probably around 1955, Clyde passenger steamers at Rothesay (Scotland, U.K.)

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, spanning the East River and joining the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.

 

19 February 2023 was a heavily overcast morning, the sky covered with thick, grey clouds, occasional light rain with drizzle and a strong southerly wind and really quite cold.   Not a morning to go out for a pleasant and gentle stroll and certainly not the ideal weather to photograph WILSON AVILES at Ayr, Scotland, with a cargo of fertilisers from Teesport, England.

 

June 1957 and Alfred Holt's PATROCLUS closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Singapore, Manila and Hong Kong.

Painting of excursion steamer MAID OF THE LOCH on Loch Lomond, Scotland

August 1987 and Historic vessel / Decommissioned Fire Boat MASSEY SHAW sank at it's moorings in the River Thames, London.

 

May 1957 sailing schedule for Elder Dempster's services to West Africa.

 

May 1954 and Ellerman's freighter CITY OF BRISTOL (1942-1961) closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Port Said, Suez, Port Sudan, Aden, Vizaghapatnam, Calcutta and Chalna.

 

Lowland Tanker Company's tanker BORDER PELE (1961-1979)

October 1979 and Ben Line container ship CITY OF EDINBURGH rescues 47 Vietnamese boat people.   For the full report see Latest Entries at the top of this page.

November 1940, during World War 2, statement by master of British freighter EMPIRE PENGUIN on his convoy in mid-Atlantic being attacked by German Kreigsmarine pocket battleship ADMIRAL SCHEER and the sinking of HMS JERVIS BAY.

June 1951 and Anchor Line's freighter EUCADIA at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow loads a Constellation airliner as deck cargo for USA.

 

12 February 2023 and Netherlands coaster EEMS SPIRIT at Ayr (Scotland) with a cargo of Limestone from Galway (Ireland)

February 1961 and SOS radio message from Shaw Savill's RUNIC aground on Middleton Reef in the Tasman Sea, on passage from Brisbane (Australia) to Wellington (New Zealand)

 

Please help to make this website better.

   We want to improve this website to make it more interesting and informative for you, the reader.

   So, please tell us what you want to see : maybe more of this, or less of that, or something completely new.   It’s up to you to tell us.

   We have visitors to this site from all over the world.  They tell us about things from their countries, and this website is happy to include items from outwith the U.K.   You will be surprised how many countries visit this site each day.

   And we welcome any items which you can e-mail for inclusion to this site.   They don’t need to be associated with Glasgow and the Clyde.   Anywhere in the world is welcome.   As long as it has something to do with ships and the sea.

   A suggestion was recently made that readers could become correspondents for their areas, submitting  stories, images/photographs, information, whatever, for the present or the past.   Would you be willing to be a correspondent for your area ?

     Please e-mail any replies to ShipsoftheClyde1@btinternet.com

 

October 1968 and Harrison Lines FORESTER and ARBITRATOR close at Glasgow and Liverpool for receiving cargoes for the West Indies.

 

March 1958 and collier HUDSON RIVER arrives at Glasgow with 4,105 tons of coal from London.

 

8 February 2023 and CLARITY leaving Ayr (Scotland) for Kilroot (Northern Ireland).   For our records can anyone tell who the owners are and when they acquired the vessel ?

23 January 1962 and Ross & Marshall's daily diary for their fleet of Clyde Puffer lighters.

March 1970 and Hall Line / Harrison Line Joint Service sailing notice for CUSTODIAN and CITY OF OTTAWA loading for west, south and east Africa.

March 1957 and Irish Shipping freighter IRISH ELM arrives in Glasgow with 7,500 tons of Grain from Philadelphia USA.

Front page of Master's report to the shipowners of Anchor Line's cargo ship TARANTIA (1942-1948) visit to Mahe in the Seychelles during World War 2.   The full report is on "Latest Entries" at the top of this page.

 

9 May 1928 the Chief Officer's Log Book for Donaldson Lines CORDILLERA from Montevideo to Buenos Aires.

 

An old steam tug FLYING SERPENT (1911-1947) on the Clyde

December 1961 and Furness Withy's freighter PACIFIC NORTHWEST arrives in Glasgow with general cargo from the Pacific Coast of North America

1 June 1971 the front cover of Sitmar Line's FAIRSTAR welcome dinner menu.   The full menu is on Latest Entries at the top of this page.

February 2023 and Norwegian cargo ship FRI OCEAN at Ayr (Scotland) with a cargo of Soda Ash from Gdansk (Poland)

 

November 1955 and United States Lines sailing notice for services from UK and Dublin to USA.

May 1971 and a luncheon menu from Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel CENTAUR on passage from Singapore to Fremantle.   More menus, a passenger ticket and Crossing the Line Certificates are in Latest Entries (see top of this page)

February 2023 and a heavily overcast winter's morning and Royal Wagenborg's SKAGENBANK was at Ayr (Scotland) discharging a bulk cargo of malted barley from Halmstad (Sweden).

 

Shell UK coastal tanker FRAGUM (1952-1964)

1960's and Canadian Pacific liner EMPRESS OF CANADA passes Cloch Lighthouse, Firth of Clyde, outbound from Greenock to Liverpool or Quebec and Montreal.

 

June 1964 and Shaw Savill's DELPHIC is at Glasgow and loading cargo for Melbourne (Australia)

 

May 1966 and TERNEFJELL and MONICA SMITH close at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the Great Lakes

3rd January 1966 and Master's Log for Burns & Laird's LAIRDSGLEN for her passage from Glasgow to Dublin and then return to Glasgow 

April 1987 and Danish coaster ARRIBO collides with a railway bridge spanning the River Ouse near Goole (England)

April 1987 and JOSEPH LYKES (1960-1996) surveyed in dry dock after striking the mole at Gatun Lock, Panama Canal)

April 1987 advert by Hapag-Lloyd

 

 

January 2023. BY E-MAIL

Interested in your really good website.   Was at Ardrossan Harbour around 1974 on Ropner’s tanker THIRLBY when she was on long term charter to Shell.

A.  (Middlesbrough, England)  Name withheld by request.

 

May 1966 and Donaldson Line of Glasgow sailing notice for LISMORIA loading for Montreal, and SANTONA loading for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton.

 

26 January 2023 and cement carrier NACC ITACA passes Greenock outbound on passage to Arzew, Algeria.

January 2023 and WILSON AMSTERDAM passes Greenock on her way up the River Clyde for Clydebank with a cargo of limestone from Galway, Ireland.

January 1955 and Danish cargo ship THYRA TORM (1951-1962) arrives at Glasgow from Londonderry (Northern Ireland) to load a cargo of potatoes for Haifa (Israel)

In 1952 the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier MIDWAY was at Tail of the Bank anchorage off Greenock and the paddle steamer CALEDONIA carried passengers to view the warship.

 

September 2017 and Argyll Ferries ARGYLL FLYER approaches Gourock Pier (Firth of Clyde) with passengers from Dunoon.

 

June 1962 and Bolton Steamship's ore carrier RIPON (1956-1972) was at Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore from Seven Islands (Sept Iles) Canada.

 

A youtube film about the construction of the Erskine Bridge, near Glasgow, around 1970.

Construction of the Erskine Bridge in 1970’s

   In the early 1970’s a very large road bridge was constructed to span the River Clyde, joining the County of Dunbartonshire on the north bank and the County of Renfrewshire on the south bank.   It is called "The Erskine Bridge"

   A 22 minute long professionally made film, in colour, recorded the construction of the bridge, and also the surrounding areas and businesses and, shows the shipping and river traffic on the Clyde.

   Yes, being produced in 1970 the film is quite dated, but, nevertheless, is well worth watching.

   You will find it on Youtube 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dytx7z1yEg

 

November 1961 and Blue Star Line's COLORADO STAR (1957-1972) arrives in Glasgow to embark 8 passengers and load 1,869 tons of general cargo for Vancouver.

2nd April 1961 and Royal Interocean Lines passenger liners SEVEN SEAS and WILLEM RUYS both arrive at Sydney (Australia)

 

Front cover of Ben Line calendar for 1965

April 1961 and Kon. Rotterdamsche Lloyd passenger ship WATERMAN leaves Sydney (Australia) for Wellington, Tahiti, Balboa, New York, Southampton and Rotterdam.

 

August 1965 and Moss Hutchison's KANTARA has a change from the Mediterranean when she goes on a Harrison Line charter to the Caribbean Sea.

 

July 1965 newspaper cutting about Anchor Line of Glasgow ending their passenger service to India. 

 

 February 1967 newspaper cutting and Brocklebank's MAHOUT (1963-1978) goes on a 4.5 month charter by Fearnley & Eger of Norway for an America to Far East round voyage.

April 1967 and Matson Lines reduce family fares northbound on their liners MARIPOSA and MONTEREY from Sydney (Australia) to Paradise via Noumea, Fiji, Pago Pago, Honolulu and San Francisco.

 

July 1957 and Scottish Shire Line's freighter LANARKSHIRE (1940-1959) arrives at Glasgow to discharge, then drydock and then load general cargo for Durban (South Africa)

Postcard of around 1985 showing excursion vessel JUNGFRAU at Oberhofen (Lake Thun, Switzerland)

20 January 2023 and Madeira registered oil/chemical tanker PATAGONIA passes Greenock Container Terminal outward bound for Mongstad (Norway).

June 1957 and Alfred Holt's NELEUS (1953-1971) arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load 630 tons of general cargo for Australian Ports.

 

A 1956 poster by British India Line for 100 years of service 1856-1956

Painting of Turnberry Lighthouse and Ailsa Craig at Firth of Clyde, Scotland

Ross & Marshall daily Clyde Puffer diary for 22 June 1962

January 2023 and container ship NORDIC HAMBURG (2010-  ) leaves Greenock, Scotland for Dublin (Ireland)

July 1963 and P & O liner CHUSAN leaves Melbourne (Australia) on a cruise around the South Pacific.

February 1963 and P & O liner ORCADES leaves Sydney (Australia) on a 7-day cruise to Welington and Picton (New Zealand)

October 1963 and British cable ship ALERT (1961-1981) arrives in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank to load cable for the Faroes Islands.

 Front page of dinner menu of Union Castle / Safmarine's EDINBURGH CASTLE (1947-1976) on 16th March 1976.  The full menu is on Latest Entries whose shortcut is at the top of this page.

 

Front page of dinner menu of Ellerman's CITY OF DURBAN (1954-1971) on 16th June 1967.  The full menu is on Latest Entries whose shortcut is at the top of this page.

May 1973 front page of leaflet for Caledonian MacBrayne's Clyde cruising on GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989).   The full leaflet is on Latest Entries whose shortcut is at the top of this page.

 

April 1961 and Olsen Ugelstad cargo freighters RUTENFJELL and GRINDEFJELL close at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes.

April 1961 and Ellerman Papayanni cargo ship ANGLIAN (1947-1963) closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Marseilles, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples and Sicily.

May 1962 and Shell Tankers Rotterdam KATELYSIA (1954-1977) arrives at Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland with a cargo of crude oil from Puerto Miranda (Venezuela) via Stanlow.

April 1962 and Hogarth's BARON INVERCLYDE closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Lisbon (Portugal)

August 1963 and Everard's coaster PENELOPE EVERARD arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde) with 2,467 tons of clinker from London.

1st September 1972 crew list of Ellerman's CITY OF ADELAIDE, AUCKLAND, CANBERRA, CAPE TOWN, COLOMBO and DELHI.

February 1975 and front page of Alfred Holt's ELPENOR (1954-1978) voyage diary from 1975 to 1976.   The full six pages are shown in "Latest Entries" (whose shortcut is at the top of this page).

March 1970 and Harrison's CUSTODIAN and Ellerman's CITY OF OTTAWA close at Birkenhead and Glasgow for receiving cargo for West, South and East African ports.

April 1964 and Commissioner of Irish Lights tender ISOLDA (1953-1976) at Ardrossan (Scotland) for annual overhaul.

Ben Bulletin magazine : Approximate positions of Ben Line fleet at Christmas December 1974

Some cruises from Sydney (Australia) in 1960

Around 1936 advert in "Java Gazette" by Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company in Jakarta (Java)

May 1963 and Donaldson Line's LISMORIA closes at Prince's Dock, Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal (Canada)

December 1959 and Cunard cargo liner BRESCIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean ports.

 

Help needed about Clyde port and harbour launch DUNGLASS

Clyde Port and Harbour launch DUNGLASS in early 1940s

9 January 2023   Port of Registry Glasgow

Good Evening My father drove/piloted M.V Dunglass on the Clyde from the age 16 to 18 when he enlisted for WW2. 1943-1945. I was wondering if anyone had a photo of it or knew what became of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated and happy for my message to appear. Sincerely Helen Duggan 11 January 2023    Willie McMahon replies DUNGLASS may have been built by Hugh McLean & Sons  Ltd., Boatbuilders at their yard in Renfrew.   The business is long gone.  Don’t know where any records or archives will be in case any photos may have been taken.

January 2023 and Netherlands registered TAAGBORG passes Braehead, Glasgow, on her way to Riverside Quay.

March 1959 invitation by Anchor Line of Glasgow to a luncheon on their CALEDONIA at Birkenhead to meet the High Commissioner of India

January 1960 and Port Line's PORT WELLINGTON leaves Grangemouth for Australian ports.

Front page of Ben Line Agencies leaflet of March 1990.  The full leaflet is on "Latest Entries"

 

December 1965 and Royal Interocean Lines TJILUWAH leaves Sydney (Australia) with passengers and cargo for Japan and Hong Kong.

 

June and July 1949 sailing notice for East Asiatic Lines services from Madras (India)

Ross & Marshall daily Clyde Puffer / lighter diary for 5 April 1955

August 1959 and Furness Withy freighter PACIFIC NORTHWEST leaves Glasgow for Vancouver with 2,300 tons of general cargo and 12 passengers.

June 1957 sailing notice by Union Castle Line for their services from U.K. and continent to African ports.

January 2023 and Caledonian MacBrayne's ro-ro ferry HEBRIDEAN ISLES at Troon (Scotland) undergoing maintenance by Dales Marine Services.

Excursion paddle steamer MERCURY (1934-1939) on the Firth of Clyde. Note the open (no wheelhouse) bridge.

 

1959 advert for R.F.D. Inflatable Liferafts

June 1967 and Clan Line's CLAN FINLAY closes at Glasgow and Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Tenerife, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira

 

October 1964 sailing notice for Frank Strick's ALBISTAN and NIGARISTAN loading at Glasgow and Grangemouth for Persian Gulf ports.

 

October 1964 sailing notice for P & O / Ben Line's BENVORLICH and SALSETTE from Grangemouth to the Far East.

2 January 2023 and the Panama flagged cement carrier NACC ITACA passes Greenock on her way upriver to Glasgow.

 

and also on 2 January 2023 Caledonian MacBrayne's ferry ARGYLE leaves Wemyss Bay for Rothesay.

 

and also on 2 January the world famous Cloch Lighthouse near Gourock, Firth of Clyde.

 

and also on 2 January the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry LOCH SHIRA leaves Largs for Cumbrae Slip.

 

and also on 2 January the Western Ferries SOUND OF SCARBA at McInroy's Point, Gourock loading for Hunter's Quay.

IRISH COAST (1952-1968) passenger / cargo vessel of Coast Lines, Liverpool.  During her 16 years she served on the Irish Sea services between Glasgow / Ardrossan / Liverpool and Belfast and Dublin.

May 1953 and Moss Hutchison's TABOR closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Bordeaux, Nantes, Port Said, Beyrouth and Tripoli (Syria)

June 1953 and Ellerman Line's CITY OF SYDNEY (1930-1958) closes at Glasgow and Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Port Said, Suez, Aden and Karachi.

31 December 2022 and Amasus Shipping B.V. cargo ship EEMS DUNDEE at Ayr, Scotland, after a 16 day passage with wind turbine blades from Izmir (Turkey) via Ceuta (Spain)

30 December 2022 and CLARITY has finished discharging her cargo of Agriprods and is waiting on the tide to sail from the Port of Ayr, Scotland for Belfast

November 1963 and St Andrews Shipping / Denholm ore carrier DUNCRAIG arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, with iron ore from Pepel, Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Log Book for Moor Line's CRAGMOOR as vessel arrives at Brisbane, Australia in March 1955.

December 1955 and Port Line's PORT TOWNSVILLE closes at King George V Dock, London for receiving cargo for Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane,via Cape of Good Hope.

Can anyone identify the ship (D F or O F on funnel / stack) at Glasgow, probably around 1950s / 1960s ?

Can anyone identify the passenger vessel at Glasgow, date unknown but probably late 1940s / early 1950s ?

September 1959 and Holland America liner ROTTERDAM (1959-1973) arrives in New York on her maiden voyage.

22 December 2022 was a very dull and heavily overcast day when Caledonian MacBrayne ferry CALEDONIAN ISLES (1993-  ) arrived at Ardrossan Harbour on her regular service from Brodick, Isle of Arran.

 

June 1953 and Anchor Lines CIRCASSIA arrives at Glasgow from Bombay (India) via Liverpool.

Three Port Line ships at Hobart, Tasmania, around 1960. From left to right are PORT WELLINGTON, PORT JACKSON and PORT VICTOR.   Contributed by Tasman ABC.

 

Painting of Canadian Pacific liner EMPRESS OF BRITAIN (1956-1964) at Liverpool.  Contributed by Steven Millar.

Advertising poster for Anchor Donaldson Joint Service from Glasgow to Canada

August 1965 advert for Navigation, Radio and Radar courses at Watt Memorial College, Dalrymple Street, Greenock.

June 1965 and Oranje Line's PRINS WILLEM GEORGE FREDERIK (1954-1967) closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Toledo, Milwaukee and Chicago.

 

July 1965 and Harrison Line's FACTOR (1948-1972) closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies

 

A watercolour painting of the Clyde puffer SAXON (1925-1965) discharging her cargo of coal into two horse-drawn carts on a Scottish beach.

 

Portofino, a town in the city of Genoa in the Italian Riviera. Contributed by John Ferguson.

Plockton, a town on Loch Carron in the West Highlands of Scotland.   Contributed by John Ferguson.

December 2022 and Troon Tug Company's ro-ro landing craft RED BARONESS at Old Dock, Troon.

 

December 2022 and Caledonian MacBrayne's CATRIONA is undergoing maintenance at Dales Marine Services Drydock, Troon.

February 1966 and United States Lines freighter AMERICAN PACKER arrives at Glasgow with general cargo from Boston U.S.A.

 

May 1957 and CLAN ROBERTSON arrives at Glasgow to discharge and then load for Port Sudan, Djibouti, Mombasa, Tanga, Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Lindi, Mtwara and Nacala.

 

 

July 1962 and Buries Markes ore carrier LA COLINA arrives at Terminus Quay, Glasgow with 10,134 tons of Iron Ore from Huelva (Spain)

Anchor Line's leaflet for visiting the World's Fair in New York in 1939

 

October 1957 and Lyle Shipping's freighter CAPE YORK was at Glasgow and loading general cargo and heavy lifts for Melbourne (Australia)

June 1957 and John Kelly's coaster BALLYLUMFORD (1954-1971) arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow with 1680 tons of Gyproc from Drogheda (Ireland)

 

 

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SHIPSOFTHECLYDE.COM

        The aim of this nostalgic website is to record the visits of vessels to Glasgow Docks and the River Clyde and other ports in Britain and often worldwide, generally through the years 1950 to 1975 and sometimes earlier and sometimes later, and to describe any events of local shipping and overseas interest - and vessel movements at other Clyde ports and harbours, and memories from the docks and yards and dry-docks.                 Such a free and vastly detailed store of information will be of immense assistance to researchers, historians, enthusiasts and the general public who may need to find information on ships and shipping on the Clyde and often elsewhere and throughout the world.

It is intended to add items on a daily basis. There is an enormous amount to do, and it will take time.

USING THE SITE

The primary search facility is by the "Search Events" tab.   Just click on that tab, put in the dates you want to view, either as a single date, or, as a general sweep, as for example 10th March 1960 to 15th September 1968.  If you want the listings for a particular ship then select the ship's name from the "Ships" tab.   Then just click on "Show full details."  If you want to see all the ships entries for a certain period of time then just leave the "Ships" field empty and click "Show full details"

The "Latest Events" tab shows the latest 100 most noteworthy listings added to the website, but there are very many other everyday listings which are added to the site and which are not shown on "Latest Events."

The "Ships" tab simply shows the names of the vessels currently on the site, but more ships are being added as the entries progress.  Information or details on all the vessels will be most gratefully received, and would be added to the website.

Vessel arrivals and sailings and articles are often input in a varied basis, very often at the specific request of a viewer.   Generally speaking, entries so far (including those which are being planned and prepared) include :

Anchor Line Menus, Timetables, Advertising Posters, arrivals & sailings, etc.

KGV Dock, Shieldhall Riverside and Shieldhall Wharf, Glasgow

General Terminus, Kingston Dock, Bridge Wharf, Springfield and Mavisbank Quays, Glasgow

Queen's Dock, Stobcross and Yorkhill Quays, Glasgow

Elderslie Drydocks dockings and undockings, Glasgow 

Broomielaw, Lancefield, Anderston, Clyde Place and Custom House Quays, Glasgow

Merklands and Meadowside Quays, Glasgow 

Meadowside Dry Dock and River Kelvin

Prince's Dock, Plantation Quay, Govan Dry-Docks, Glasgow 

Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, and Pudzeoch (Renfrew)

Bridge Wharf and Clyde Place Quay, Glasgow, passenger vessels 1930s to 1950s

Ardrossan Harbour

Ardrossan Shipyard and Drydock

Ayr and Troon Harbours

Ross & Marshall coastal vessel diaries

Bowling Watch House and Bowling Harbour, River Clyde

Dunglass and Old Kilpatrick oil depots, River Clyde 

Arnott Young Shipbreakers at Dalmuir, Glasgow

Govan Watch House, Glasgow

Irvine Harbour 1950's to 1990's

Donaldson Line archive material and their vessel diaries

Clyde Pilot Handbook of 1930

Burns & Laird vessel diaries and material

Ben Line vessel diaries and material

Ailsa Shipyard at Troon

Anchor Line's SIDONIA maiden voyage in 1961

Anchor Line's choice pilots at Glasgow from 1960's

Patrick Henderson (Paddy Henderson) Line material.

Greenock ship movements

Clyde steamers attending Liners at Greenock from 1945 to 1948

Clyde steamer timetable for 1955

Clyde Emergency Port Anchorage in WW2

Vessels repaired in the Clyde during WW2

Transatlantic ship diaries for before 1900

Articles about shipping from 1850 to the present day

and very many vessel movements worldwide 1950's to 1980's

 

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As you will appreciate, there is a massive amount of information still to be input, and if you have details of any of the ships or paintings or images which you can contribute, please contact us at the "Contact Us" tab at the top of the page.

ALSO while transcribing material, it is sometimes hard to read some ships names, places, etc, and the "difficult to read" items are shown in the "Comments/Can you help" section.   Any assistance you can give in clarifying them will be gratefully appreciated.  

DISCLAIMER:   Although every attempt is made to ensure complete accuracy, I cannot accept responsibility for any losses incurred due to errors or mistakes within.   Data has been sourced from many places and contributors and therefore can be subject to errors.   It is the individuals own responsibility to double check all information. 

Lastly, I am personally unable to conduct research on behalf of viewers, due to the time required in keeping this website updated.   However, any requests for research or assistance or specific queries can be placed in the "Comments/Can you help" section for other viewers to assist.

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