Blue Star Line's BRASIL STAR at Montevideo 16 March for Buenos Aires

Ellerman's CITY OF EXETER at Durban 16 March for London

T & J Harrison's STATESMAN at St Lucia 16 March for Grenada

Bibby Line's WORCESTERSHIRE at Port Said 16 March for Rangoon

British India's Troopship NEVASA at Southampton 16 March from Singapore

KUMBA at Lagos 16 March on passage from Glasgow to Abonema

P & O Liner STRATHNAVER at Bombay 16 March for London

Royal Mail Line's LOCH GARTH at San Francisco 16 March for London

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

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.

Ron Stringer has kindly supplied the following details of LOCHWOOD,s voyages and particulars.

LOCHWOOD

Owner : Joseph Constantine Steamship Line, Middlesbrough
Manager : Joseph Constantine Steamship Line, Middlesbrough
Builder : Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Burntisland
Built : December, 1949
Registered : Glasgow
Length : 287’ 00”
Beam : 41’ 09”
Draught : 17’ 08”
Tonnage : 1,689.23 gross, 851.84 net
Official No. : 182138
Radio Call : GDKC
Engines : 1 x 8-cylinder oil, single screw
H.P. : 129
Speed : 12 knots
Fuel : Oil
Passengers : 12
Sister Ships : Gartwood
Fate : 1963. Sold to Atlantska Plovidba, Yugoslavia & renamed “Lapad”
1970. Transferred to Mediterranska Plovidba, Yugoslavia, same name.
1971. Sold to shipbreakers at Split 27 April 1971.

15-Mar-61 Sailed from Dublin for Glasgow. Master Hutchinson
16-Mar-61 Arrived Glasgow from Dublin to load cargo (general cargo, including bonded spirits).
19-Mar-61 Sailed Glasgow for Port Talbot.
21-Mar-61 Arrived Port Talbot and loaded general cargo, including many ingots of brass and other alloys for Genoa.
21-Mar-61 Sailed from Port Talbot for Newport.
22-Mar-61 Arrived Newport to load more cargo, including more ingots.
22-Mar-61 Sailed from Newport for Mediterranean (Marseilles, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Salerno, Palermo, Messina, Tunis) with mixed cargo and 12 passengers.

Union Castle Line's EDINBURGH CASTLE left Southampton 16 March for Durban

Ellerman's CITY OF BRISTOL left Calcutta 16 March for London

CLAN BRODIE closes at Glasgow on March 16 for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

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

CLAN MACTAGGART closes at Glasgow on March 16 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

BENMACDHUI left Rotterdam 16 March for Hamburg