Johnson Warren Line’s NEWFOUNDLAND briefly aground at Argentia, Newfoundland

Contributed by Charlie Fennelly, New Jersey, USA

Johnson Warren Line’s NEWFOUNDLAND briefly aground at Argentia, Newfoundland

   The 1948-built and 440-feet long passenger and cargo liner NEWFOUNDLAND of Johnson Warren Line of Liverpool ran aground on a reef outside Argentia Harbour in Newfoundland and remained stuck for six hours before floating off.

   The 7,437 ton Liverpool registered vessel, with 98 passengers aboard, was on passage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, and encountered severe gales and heavy ice along the coast which forced her to make for Argentia for shelter.   She anchored off Argentia, but the storm caused her to drag her anchor, and she went aground on a reef, damaging a few plates in her stern.  

Conducting their business in Great Waters 10, 11 and 12 March 1961

ACCRA at Freetown 11 March for Liverpool

ALAUNIA at Gravesend 12 March from New York

ANDRIA at Southampton 12 March for London

BEAVERDELL left Rotterdam 11 March for St John (New Brunswick)

BENVORLICH at Aden 11 March

CHUSAN left Gravesend 11 March for Yokohama

CIRCASSIA left Liverpool 11 March for Bombay

CITY OF MADRAS at Port Sudan 11 March for London

CUSTODIAN left Liverpool 11 March for Zanzibar

ORION at Aden 11 March for Sydney

PRETORIA CASTLE at Port Elizabeth 11 March for Southampton

PROME left Aden 11 March for Rangoon

POTOSI left Liverpool 10 March for San Antonio

QUEEN MARY at Southampton 10 March from New York

SPECIALIST at Liverpool 11 March from Demerara

STRATHAIRD at London 12 March from Sydney

SYLVANIA left Liverpool 10 March for New York

WARWICK CASTLE left Aden 11 March for Beira

Cunard Liner QUEEN MARY at Southampton 10 March from New York

Some 1961 Sailing Notices for passengers for Shaw Savill vessels

Cunard's liner QUEEN MARY delayed by fog off Southampton and passengers landed by tenders

Charlie Fennelly contributes :

Cunard Line's passenger liner QUEEN MARY which had been delayed by fog off the Isle of Wight for 24 hours berthed at the Ocean Terminal, Southampton.   Her 711 passengers had earlier been transferred to tenders sent from Southampton and landed at Ocean Terminal.

Clyde puffer LADY ISLE goes aground on Davaar Island near Campbeltown

 The Irvine puffer LADY ISLE today ran aground on

 Davaar Island at the entrance to Campbeltown Loch.

   There was dense fog and a heavy sea running, and

the puffer, which was on passage from Irvine to Islay

with a cargo of bricks, ran onto rocks at the East side of the Island.

   Efforts were made to back the vessel off the rocks

using her own engine and eventually she came free

 but was deeply awash at her bow.

   The four crewmen were so concerned that the ship

 was in danger of sinking that, despite the heavy sea,

they launched the puffer’s life raft and left the ship.

   Three distress rockets were fired, and, when one back-fired,

 the ship’s engineer, 40-year old Robert Fachau of Greenock,

 suffered severe burns to an arm.

   The rockets failed to attract attention and the

 ship’s master, Calum MacCorquodale of Troon, returned

to the heavily listing puffer, raised steam and started

the engine by himself, and steered the vessel, with the

life raft with the three crew in tow, from the Island,

up Campbeltown Loch and brought her to berth in

Campbeltown.

   When the LADY ISLE reached Campbeltown Mr. Fachau

was removed to Hospital and later flown to Renfrew Airport

(now known as Glasgow Airport) and taken to the

Southern General Hospital in Glasgow for treatment.

   Mr MacCorquodale said that the puffer had a hole

below the waterline at her bow and he hoped to have

the hole repaired and the water pumped out within a

few days and the ship would then resume her

 voyage to Islay. 

Model of Clyde puffer LADY ISLE

CLAN MACTAGGART closes at Newport on March 10 for receiving cargo for Eastern ports

C L A N    L I N E

F A S T    L I N E R    S E R V I C E S

SOUTH  AND  EAST  AFRICA

CAPE  TOWN,   MOSSEL  BAY,   PORT  ELIZABETH

EAST  LONDON,   DURBAN,

LOURENCO  MARQUES   and   ‡BEIRA

*CLAN CAMPBELL  ….  ‡Closing Birkenhead March 7

CLAN STEWART  ….  §Newport April 8  ….  Birkenhead April 18

‡Closes for Beira March 3

*Not for Mossel Bay    §If inducement

All vessels call at TENERIFFE

LOBITO,   CAPE  TOWN,   MOSSEL  BAY,

PORT  ELIZABETH,   EAST  LONDON   and

MAURITIUS

CLAN URQUHART  ….  Closing Glasgow March 9  ….  Birkenhead March 20

All vessels call at TENERIFFE

DURBAN,    LOURENCO  MARQUES    and    †BEIRA

CLAN MACIVER  ….  Closing *Birkenhead March 3

CLAN BRODIE  ….  Closing Glasgow March 16  ….  ‡Birkenhead March 24

*Closed for Beira     ‡Closes for Beira March 21

†Beira cargo must be specially booked before dispatch

CEYLON,   INDIA   and   PAKISTAN

AQABA,   ADEN,   MADRAS,   CALCUTTA

and   CHITTAGONG

CLAN MACINTOSH  ….  Closing ‡Birkenhead March 2

CLAN MALCOLM  ….  Closing Glasgow March 20  ….  Birkenhead March 27

‡Not for Aqaba

ADEN,   BERBERA,   BOMBAY,   COCHIN.

TUTICORIN   and   COLOMBO

(via  Corunna)

CLAN MACTAGGART  ….  Closing *Newport March 10  ….  Glasgow March 16

and Birkenhead March 25

*Bombay cargo not accepted from Newport

Vessels have liberty to call at other ports

either on or out of route

For all information, apply to

CAYZER,  IRVINE  &  CO.  LTD.,

LONDON,  LIVERPOOL  and

109  HOPE  STREET,  GLASGOW

Telephone  CENtral  7050

MANGLA leaves Birkenhead on 10 March 1961 for Eastern Ports

B R O C K L E B A N K    &    C I T Y    L I N E S

R E G U L A R    D I R E C T    S E R V I C E S

TO

C A L C U T T A

Calling  at  PORT  SAID,  SUEZ,  ADEN  and  CHALNA

Also  VISAKHAPATNAM  (if  inducement  offers)

*MANGLA  ……  Receiving Birkenhead March 8  ….  Sailing  March 10

*MANAAR  ….  Receiving Birkenhead March 9-22  ….  Sailing March 24

CITY OF LICHFIELD  ….  Receiving Glasgow March 22-30

Receiving Birkenhead March 22- April 8  ….  Sailing April 11

*MATHURA  ….  Receiving Birkenhead April 6-18  ….  Sailing April 20

*Refrigerator space available

All vessels have liberty to call at other ports either on or out of route.

LOADING :— 

GLASGOW  ….  BROCKLEBANK LINE - 65 PLANTATION QUAY

CITY LINE – PRINCE’S DOCK

BIRKENHEAD  ….  JOINT BERTH – VITTORIA WHARF, EAST FLOAT

For particulars apply to :—

THE CITY LINE LTD,

75 BOTHWELL STREET, GLASGOW C 2   

P. HENDERSON & CO.

95 BOTHWELL STREET, GLASGOW C 2     

ASIA left London 10 March for Houston

BEAVERDELL left London 10 March for St John (New Brunswick)

BENCLEUCH from Immingham and left Hong Kong 10 March

CAPETOWN CASTLE left Cape Town 10 March for Durban

MACHARDA left Colombo 10 March from Calcutta

RUAHINE left Wellington 10 March for London

POTOSI left Liverpool 10 March for San Antonio