Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Thursday, April 20, 1961 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		GOTHIC (1947-1969 Passenger/cargo liner of Shaw Savill Line, London) Own Page

Shaw Savill's GOTHIC leaves London for New Zealand and Australia via Panama
Port of RegistryLondon

Ship Event

Thursday, April 20, 1961 @ 1700 		CITY OF ROCHESTER (in 1961 General cargo ship 442 feet long of Ellerman Lines, London) Own Page

CITY OF ROCHESTER closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971Port of RegistryLondon (UK)

Ship Event

Thursday, April 20, 1961 @ 1700 		CRANE (1937-1964 General cargo coastal ship 223 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

General Steam's CRANE closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Bordeaux
Ships agentMoss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage370
Gross Tonnage835
Deadweght Tonnage1,080

News Event

Thursday, April 20, 1961 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		GOTHIC (1947-1969 Passenger/cargo liner of Shaw Savill Line, London) Own Page

Shaw Savill Line's GOTHIC leaves London on a voyage to New Zealand via Panama
Ships agentShaw Savill Line, 11a Lower Regent Street, London S.W.1. Telephone Whitehall 1485Port of RegistryLondon

Ship Event

Friday, April 21, 1961 @ 1700 		GRINDEFJELL (1953 - 1966 General cargo ship 297 feet overall of Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo, Norway) Own Page

Olsen Ugelstad's GRINDEFJELL closes at Glasgow for cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes
Ships agentJ C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock" Port of RegistryOslo
Gross Tonnage1,887
Deadweght Tonnage3,240

News Event

Friday, April 21, 1961 @ 1700 		LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LAURENTIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8249

Ship Event

Monday, April 24, 1961 @ 1500
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's new ship LETITIA delivered by her builders
Ship's locationHall Russell & Co., Aberdeen, ScotlandPort of RegistryGlasgow
Vessel MasterCaptain J L DownieGross Tonnage4,381
Deadweght Tonnage6,150

LETITIA was delivered by her builders Hall Russel & Co. to Donaldson Line of Glasgow

Sailing

Monday, April 24, 1961 @ 1815 		CILICIA (1938-40 Anchor Line passenger/cargo ship : 1940-44 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1944-46 Troopship : 1946 Returned to owners : 1966-80 training ship / Hostel in Rotterdam : 1980 scrapped Bilbao) Own Page

Anchor Line liner CILICIA leaves Glasgow for Bombay (now known as Mumbai, India) via Birkenhead
Arrived fromKarachi (Pakistan) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow with her head westGross Tonnage11,136
Sailing forBombay (now known as Mumbai, India) via Birkenhead (England)
Sailed from berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow with her head west
Draught forward on arrival20' 03"
Draught aft on arrival21' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 948 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo18 April @ 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer
Completed discharge of inward cargo22 April @ 1100
Commened loading outward cargo21 April @ 0800
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 586 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer
Completed loading outward cargo24 April @ 1045
Draught forward on sailing20' 06"
Draught aft on sailing21' 03"
Engine trialsSlow turn at 1030 on 24 April
Vessel bunkered20 April at 0900 bunkered 350 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY
Ships agentAnchor Line, Glasgow
Sailed24 April 1961 at 1815 for Bombay (now known as Mumbai, India) via Birkenhead (England)

Sailing

Tuesday, April 25, 1961 @ 0440 		SOL ( at Glasgow in 1961 526 feet long) Own Page

SOL undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

This was her second drydocking

Arrival

Tuesday, April 25, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		DUNERA (1937-1960 Troopship 1157 troops then 1961-1967 Educational cruise liner 517 feet long 1011 passengers of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

DUNERA scheduled to return to the Clyde from a cruise to Corunna, Gibraltar and Lisbon
Ships agentThe General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage7,430
Gross Tonnage12,620

Sailing

Tuesday, April 25, 1961 @ 0845 		LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's new ship LETITIA leaves her builders for Glasgow
Vessel MasterCaptain J L DowniePort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forGlasgowGross Tonnage4,381
Sailed from berthAberdeen (Scotland)Deadweght Tonnage6,150
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

Arrival

Tuesday, April 25, 1961 @ 0910 		CLAN MACLEAN ( 1947 - 1975 General cargo ship 466 feet long of Clan Line Steamers / Cayzer Irvine, Glasgow : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Clan Line's CLAN MACLEAN docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowNet Tonnage3,328
Gross Tonnage6,013

News Event

Wednesday, April 26, 1961 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page

Oiler CLANITY bunkers British India passenger liner DUNERA with fuel oil at Princes Pier, Greenock
Ships agentT L Duff & Company Limited, 17 South Exchange Place, Glasgow, C.2.Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage224
Gross Tonnage495

Ship Event

Wednesday, April 26, 1961 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		DUNERA (1937-1960 Troopship 1157 troops then 1961-1967 Educational cruise liner 517 feet long 1011 passengers of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

British India passenger liner DUNERA at Princes Pier, Greenock bunkers fuel oil from oiler CLANITY
Ships agentT L Duff & Company Limited, 17 South Exchange Place, Glasgow, C.2.Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage7,430
Gross Tonnage12,620

Sailing

Wednesday, April 26, 1961 @ 2025 		LAKONIA ( 1947 - 1962 WW2 Wartime built "Liberty" cargo ship 441 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LAKONIA undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow