Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Sunday, March 12, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
ANDRIA (1951-1963 Cargo liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Cunard cargo liner ANDRIA at Southampton 12 March for London

Ship's locationSouthampton (England)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,228

Ship Event

Sunday, March 12, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
STRATHAIRD (1932-1967 Passenger / cargo liner of P & O Line, London) Own Page

STRATHAIRD at London 12 March from Sydney

Ship's locationLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived fromSydney (Australia)

Sailing

Monday, March 13, 1961 @ 0900
CITY OF LICHFIELD ( 1961 - 1978 General cargo liner 433 feet long of Ellerman Line, London) Own Page

Ellerman's new ship CITY OF LICHFIELD undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

CITY OF LICHFIELD was at Elderslie for drydocking by the builders Denny of Dumbarton prior to being handed over to her owners.

In 1984, after some changes in ownership, she was broken up in Spain

Arrival

Monday, March 13, 1961 @ 0940
HARMATTAN ( 1961 - 1972 General cargo ship 488 feet long of J & C Harrison, London) Own Page

J & C Harrison's new ship HARMATTAN docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

HARMATTAN was at Elderslie for drydocking by the builders Lithgows of Port Glasgow prior to being handed over to her owners.

In 1971 she was at anchor off Karachi (Pakistan) when she was struck by a missile fired from an Indian plane (India and Pakistan were at war at the time). She was badly damaged, and was scrapped in Pakistan shortly afterwards in 1972.

Arrival

Monday, March 13, 1961 @ 1000
AJOY ( 1960 - ? a bucket dredger 185 feet long of Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta, Calcutta) Own Page

Calcutta's new dredger AJOY docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

Arrived in berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryCalcutta, India
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowNet Tonnage347
Gross Tonnage1,066

AJOY was at Elderslie for drydocking by the builders Fleming and Ferguson of Paisley for her second drydocking prior to being handed over to her owners.

News Event

Monday, March 13, 1961 @ 1000
Own Page

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool, invite applications for Marine Engineer Officers

 

M A R I N E

E N G I N E E R

O F F I C E R S

 

THE PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY invite applications for positions as

Second Engineer Officers in their

modern fleet of steam and motor

cargo vessels trading direct to

South America.

 

There are also vacancies for

Junior Engineers preferably with

Ordinary National Certificates.

 

Rates of pay and leave are

good and there are excellent

prospects of promotion.

 

Applications for interview

should be made to

The  Superintendent  Engineer

THE  PACIFIC  STEAM

NAVIGATION  COMPANY 

30 James Street,  Liverpool  2 

News Event

Monday, March 13, 1961 @ 1000
Own Page

British India Steam Navigation Company advertises for Engineers

 

B – I

BRITISH  INDIA

STEAM  NAVIGATION  CO.  LTD.

ONE ALDGATE,  LONDON,  E.C.3 

 

Offers  Careers  as

ENGINEERS

To those young men who

have completed four years

apprenticeship and have heavy

engineering experience.

Academic qualifications

are also desirable.

Arrival

Monday, March 13, 1961 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
LIMELIGHT (1948-1963 steam general cargo puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall, Greenock : scrapped at Dalmuir 1966) Own Page

LIMELIGHT arrives at James Watt Dock Basin, Greenock and waits to load Cable Handling Equipment

Ship's locationJames Watt Dock Basin, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGreenock (UK)
Gross Tonnage96
Deadweght Tonnage140

News Event

Monday, March 13, 1961 @ 2330
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
LAIRDSBANK (1936-1963 Twin-screw General cargo coaster 229 feet long of Burns & Laird Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Fire damages Burns & Laird's LAIRDSBANK berthed in Old Dock, Ardrossan Harbour

Ship's locationOld Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) ... Old Dock is the Ardrossan Shipyard BasinPort of RegistryGlasgow
Reg Tonnage316
Gross Tonnage789

Ship Event

Tuesday, March 14, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
KOHIMA (1952-1964 General cargo liner 455 feet long of British & Burmese Steam Navigation Company / Patrick Henderson Line, Glasgow then 1964-1966 of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool) Own Page

KOHIMA at Monrovia 14 March on passage Glasgow for Abonnema (Nigeria)

Ship's locationMonrovia (Liberia)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage3,182
Gross Tonnage5,579
Deadweght Tonnage9,300

News Event

Tuesday, March 14, 1961 @ 1600
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
LIMELIGHT (1948-1963 steam general cargo puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall, Greenock : scrapped at Dalmuir 1966) Own Page

LIMELIGHT leaves James Watt Dock Basin, Greenock with 7 tons of Cable Handling Equipment for Oban

Sailing forOban (West Highlands of Scotland)Port of RegistryGreenock (UK)
Sailed from berthJames Watt Dock Basin, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage96
Outward cargo7 tons of Cable Handling EquipmentDeadweght Tonnage140

News Event

Tuesday, March 14, 1961 @ 1700
MEMPHIS (1947-1971 General cargo ship 364 feet overall of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool, 1971-1972 P & O General cargo Division)) Own Page

Moss Hutchison's MEMPHIS closes for receiving cargo in Glasgow on 14 March 1961

Ship's locationGlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Ships agentMoss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2, tel CENtral 6643

 

MEDITERRANEAN,

FRANCE,  PORTUGAL,  SPAIN

 

MALTA,   LIMASSOL,   FAMAGUSTA, 

TEL-AVIV   and   HAIFA

m.v.  “ MEMPHIS  “ …………  Closing  Glasgow  14  March  1961

 

TRIPOLI  (N.A.J.),   *TOBRUK,   BEYROUT, 

TRIPOLI  (LEB),   LATTAKIA,   *ISKENDERUN,

*MERSIN   and   ALEXANDRIA

*If inducement

m.v.  “ASSIOUT  “  ………….  Closing  Glasgow  17 March 1961

 

PIRAEUS,   THESSALONICA,   ISTANBUL,

*BOURGAS,   *VARNA,   *CONSTANZA  and  IZMIR

*If inducement

m.v.  “ KANTARA “  …………  Closing  Glasgow  25  March  1961

 

CASABLANCA,   GIBRALTAR,   CADIZ,   OPORTO

m.v.  "ADJUTANT "  ........  Closing  Glasgow  24  March  1961


 

MOSS  HUTCHISON  LINE  LIMITED

91  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2

Telephone  CENtral  6643

Telegrams  “ MOSSLINE,  GLASGOW “

News Event

Tuesday, March 14, 1961 @ 1700
BIOGRAPHER (1949-1964 General cargo ship 464 feer long of Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's BIOGRAPHER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Ships agentThos & Jas Harrison Ltd., LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

News Event

Wednesday, March 15, 1961 @ 0800
Own Page

Conducting their business in Great Waters in mid-March 1961

ARGENTINA STAR at Tenerife 16 March for Buenos Aires

BENCRUACHAN at Port Sudan 15 March for Suez Canal

BENCLEUCH left Manila 15 March for Iloilo (Philippines)

BENMACDHUI left Rotterdam 16 March for Hamburg

BENRINNES left Singapore 16 March for Aden

CITY OF BRISBANE at Aden 16 March for Hull

CITY OF COLOMBO at Hong Kong 15 March for Hull

CITY OF DURHAM left Aden March 15 on passage Glasgow for Dar-es-Salaam

CITY OF EXETER left Lourenco Marques 15 March for London

CITY OF HEREFORD at Aden 15 March on passage Glasgow for Chalna

CITY OF MADRAS at Suez 15 March for London

CITY OF POONA passed Gibraltar 16 March on passage Glasgow for Far East

CITY OF RIPON at Suez 15 March for London

COPTIC at Gisborne 16 March for U.K.

CORFU at Penang 16 March for London

CORINTHIC left Auckland 16 March for Lyttelton

CRAFTSMAN at Puerto Cabello 15 March for Maracaibo

EMPRESS OF BRITAIN left Saint John (N.B.) 15 March for Liverpool

HIMALAYA at Sydney 16 March from London

KOHIMA at Monrovia 14 March on passage Glasgow for Abonnema (Nigeria)

NUDDEA left Dunkirk 15 March for Hull

ORCADES at Adelaide 16 March for Sydney

ORONTES left Sydney 15 March for London

OXFORDSHIRE left Aden 15 March for Hong Kong

PENDENNIS CASTLE at Cape Town 16 March for Durban

QUEEN ELIZABETH left New York 15 March for Southampton

QUEEN MARY left Cherbourg 16 March for New York

SCOTTISH STAR at Santos 15 March for London

STRATHEDEN at Marseilles 16 March for London

  

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 15, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
BENCRUACHAN (1946-1966 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENCRUACHAN at Port Sudan 15 March for Suez Canal

Ship's locationPort Sudan (eastern Sudan)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forSuez Canal