Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Monday, May 1, 1961 @ 2245
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 undocks 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

Arrival

Monday, May 1, 1961 @ 2335
KENILWORTH CASTLE ( 1946 - 1967 Cargo Liner 498 feet long of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

Union Castle Line's KENILWORTH CASTLE 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

News Event

Tuesday, May 2, 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 CLAN MACNAB with fuel oil at Deep Water Berth, 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

Tuesday, May 2, 1961 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CLAN MACNAB (1961-1980 General cargo ship 506 feet long of Clan Line / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1984 scrapped) Own Page

CLAN MACNAB at Deep Water Berth, 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 Tonnage4,994
Gross Tonnage9,169

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 3, 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 CLAN MACNAB with fuel oil at Deep Water Berth, 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, May 3, 1961 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CLAN MACNAB (1961-1980 General cargo ship 506 feet long of Clan Line / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1984 scrapped) Own Page

CLAN MACNAB at Deep Water Berth, 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 Tonnage4,994
Gross Tonnage9,169

Ship Event

Friday, May 5, 1961 @ 1000
The actual and correct time is unknown and the time shown here is simply our best estimate
SIGLI (1949-1968 General cargo ship of Koninlijke Paketvaart Mij N.V., Netherlands) Own Page

SIGLI at Port Swettenham (now known as Port Kelang) Malaysia

Ship's locationPort Swettenham (now known as Port Kelang) MalaysiaPort of RegistryNetherlands

Sailing

Friday, May 5, 1961 @ 1424
LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LETITIA leaves Glasgow on her maiden voyage (voyage 1) to Canada

Sailing forQuebec and Montreal (Canada)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthPrince's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage4,381
Outward cargoGeneral cargoDeadweght Tonnage6,150
Master of vessel on sailingCaptain J L Downie
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 16 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Telephone CENtral 3901

Sailing

Friday, May 5, 1961 @ 1445
KENILWORTH CASTLE ( 1946 - 1967 Cargo Liner 498 feet long of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

Union Castle Line's KENILWORTH CASTLE 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

Arrival

Sunday, May 7, 1961 @ 0535
ADRASTUS ( 1954 - 1978 "A" class General cargo liner 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Blue Funnel's ADRASTUS docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

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

Ship Event

Tuesday, May 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date shown is as timetabled and the time shown is our best estimste
RYNDAM (or RIJNDAM) (1951-1966 Passenger / cargo Liner 153m 503ft of Holland America Line "Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart-Maatschappij", Rotterdam : Sank 2003 on way to Breakers) Own Page

RYNDAM scheduled to leave Montreal (Canada) for Southampton, Le Havre and Rotterdam

Ship's locationMontreal (the largest city of the Canadian Province of Quebec)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Sailing forSouthampton (England, UK), Le Havre (France) and Rotterdam (Netherlands)Gross Tonnage15,015
Outward cargoPassengers
Ships agentHolland-America Line, 1245 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada Tel : University 6.1731

Contributed by Patricia (Site Administrator, Quebec, Canada)

Sailing

Wednesday, May 10, 1961 @ 0645
ADRASTUS ( 1954 - 1978 "A" class General cargo liner 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Blue Funnel's ADRASTUS undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

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

Arrival

Wednesday, May 10, 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 arrive Leith from 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

Arrival

Wednesday, May 10, 1961 @ 1935
IRISH LARCH ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo ship 496 feet long of Irish Shipping Company, Dublin) Own Page

Irish Shipping's IRISH LARCH docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

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

Arrival

Saturday, May 13, 1961 @ 1015
HMS BRIGHTON ( 1961 - 1985 Anti-submarine warfare frigate 370 feet long pennant number F 106 of Royal Navy, London) Own Page

New Royal Navy Frigate HMS Brighton docks at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

Arrived fromYarrow's Shipyard, Whiteinch, GlasgowPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)
Arrived in berth1 Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

She was one of a 9-ship class of "Rothesay class" anti-submarine frigates.