Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

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

Arrival

Wednesday, April 26, 1961 @ 2235 		LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's new ship LETITIA docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Vessel MasterCaptain J L DowniePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived fromAberdeen (Scotland)Gross Tonnage4,381
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowDeadweght Tonnage6,150
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on board

Sailing

Thursday, April 27, 1961 @ 1700
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 leave Clyde on cruise to Bergen, Oslo, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Amsterdam
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

Friday, April 28, 1961 @ 1030 		LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LETITIA leaves Elderslie Drydock for Prince's Dock, Glasgow
Sailing forPrince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowGross Tonnage4,381
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardDeadweght Tonnage6,150
Master of vessel on sailingCaptain J L Downie
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 16 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Telephone CENtral 3901

Arrival

Friday, April 28, 1961 @ 1130 		LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LETITIA arrives in Prince's Dock, Glasgow to load for her maiden voyage to Canada
Arrived fromElderslie Drydock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthPrince's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage4,381
Master of vessel on arrivalCaptain J L DownieDeadweght Tonnage6,150
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on board
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 16 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Telephone CENtral 3901

Sailing

Friday, April 28, 1961 @ 1140 		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 undocks 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

Arrival

Friday, April 28, 1961 @ 1255 		HECTOR (1950 - 1972 passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Blue Funnel's HECTOR docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowNet Tonnage5,922
Gross Tonnage10,125

Ship Event

Friday, April 28, 1961 @ 1700 		CITY OF ROCHESTER (in 1961 General cargo ship 442 feet long of Ellerman Lines, London) Own Page

CITY OF ROCHESTER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa
Ships agentHall Line Ltd., Tower Building, Liverpool 3 Tel. CENtral 8444 Telex 62-185Port of RegistryLondon (UK)

Ship Event

Friday, April 28, 1961 @ 1700 		SANTONA (1959-1967 General cargo ship 297 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's SANTONA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Toronto and Hamilton
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1, Tel CENtral 3901Port of RegistryGlasgow

News Event

Saturday, April 29, 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 CELTIC MONARCH with fuel oil at James Watt Dock, 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

Saturday, April 29, 1961 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CELTIC MONARCH (1957-1964 General cargo ship of Raeburn and Verel, Glasgow) Own Page

CELTIC MONARCH at James Watt Dock, Greenock bunkers fuel oil from oiler CLANITY
Ships agentT L Duff & Company Limited, 17 South Exchange Place, Glasgow, C.2.Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage4,528.19
Gross Tonnage7,776.94

Ship Event

Saturday, April 29, 1961 @ 1700 		PACIFIC NORTHWEST (1954-1971 General and refrigerated cargo liner 501 feet long of Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974) Own Page

PACIFIC NORTHWEST closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for North Pacific ports of U.S.A. and Canada
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (U.K.)
Sailing forNorth Pacific ports of U.S.A. and CanadaNet Tonnage5,529
Ships agentFurness Withy & Co. Ltd., 19 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel Central 3193/6Gross Tonnage9,442
Deadweght Tonnage11,410

 

FURNESS   LINES

 

GLASGOW  DIRECT  TO

LOS  ANGELES,

SAN  FRANCISCO,   SEATTLE,

VICTORIA,   VANCOUVER

 

s.s. PACIFIC UNITY  …………  Closing April 8

s.s. PACIFIC NORTHWEST  ….  Closing April 29

 

FURNESS  WITHY  &  CO.  LTD.,

19  ST  VINCENT  PLACE      Cen 3193/6

News Event

Monday, May 1, 1961 @ 1000 		Own Page

1961 Advertisment by Glen & Co Ltd, Glasgow for their services to Gothenburg, Malmo and Landskrona

News Event

Monday, May 1, 1961 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		Own Page

1961 Advert by David MacBrayne Ltd for coach and steamer services to Scotland's Western Highlands