Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Tuesday, June 13, 1961 @ 1700 		SIDONIA (1961-1967 General cargo liner 472 feet / 144 metres of Anchor Line / 1967-1968 Moor Line, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

SIDONIA at Pier 51, New York Harbor ceases discharge for the day
Ship's locationPier 51, New York Harbour, USAPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Vessel MasterW. S. ThomsonNet Tonnage2.740
Gross Tonnage5,704

Sailing

Wednesday, June 14, 1961 @ 0700
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne) Own Page

David MacBrayne's KING GEORGE V leaves Fort William on an excursion cruise to Iona and Staffa
Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage985

KING GEORGE V landing passengers by motor boat at the jetty at Iona.

 

Iona Abbey with the Isle of Mull in the background

 

Arrival

Wednesday, June 14, 1961 @ 1110
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne) Own Page

David MacBrayne's KING GEORGE V arrives at Iona on an excursion cruise from Fort William
Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage985

Sailing

Wednesday, June 14, 1961 @ 1255
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne) Own Page

David MacBrayne's KING GEORGE V leaves Iona for Staffa on an excursion cruise from Fort William
Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage985

Arrival

Wednesday, June 14, 1961 @ 1325
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne) Own Page

David MacBrayne's KING GEORGE V arrives Staffa from Iona on an excursion cruise from Fort William
Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage985

News Event

Wednesday, June 14, 1961 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BENVORLICH (1946-1971 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENVORLICH sails from Grangemouth for Far Eastern Ports
Ships agentThe General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland)
Gross Tonnage9,767

Arrival

Wednesday, June 14, 1961 @ 2000
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne) Own Page

David MacBrayne's KING GEORGE V arrives Fort William after an excursion cruise to Iona and Staffa
Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage985

Sailing

Thursday, June 15, 1961 @ 1400 		ARGYLLSHIRE ( 1956 - 1975 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Scottish Shire Line / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1977 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

Clan Line's ARGYLLSHIRE undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowNet Tonnage5267
Gross Tonnage9299
Deadweght Tonnage11250

Sailing

Thursday, June 15, 1961 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		CORINTHIC (1947-1969 Passenger / cargo liner of Shaw Savill Line, London) Own Page

Shaw Savill's CORINTHIC leaves London for New Zealand and Australia via Panama
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage15,264

Sailing

Thursday, June 15, 1961 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CORINTHIC (1947-1969 Passenger / cargo liner of Shaw Savill Line, London) Own Page

Shaw Savill Line's CORINTHIC 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 (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage15,264

Arrival

Friday, June 16, 1961 @ 1552 		LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

LETITIA arrives in Montreal on voyage 2 from Glasgow
Arrived fromGlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthMontreal (Canada)Gross Tonnage4,381
Master of vessel on arrivalCaptain J L DownieDeadweght Tonnage6,150
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo
Ships agentCunard Line, Montreal

News Event

Friday, June 16, 1961 @ 1700 		CITY OF DURHAM (1945 - 1962 General cargo ship 498 feet long of Ellerman Line, London) Own Page

Ellerman's CITY OF DURHAM 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

Arrival

Saturday, June 17, 1961 @ 0250 		BENGLOE ( 1961 - 1978 Cargo liner 550 feet long of Ben Line) Own Page

Ben Line's new ship BENGLOE docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLeith
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

She had been built at Charles Connell's yard at Scotstoun, Glasgow in 1961, and was sold in 1978 for demolition in Hong Kong

Sailing

Tuesday, June 20, 1961 @ 1525 		BENGLOE ( 1961 - 1978 Cargo liner 550 feet long of Ben Line) Own Page

Ben Line's new ship BENGLOE undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLeith
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

She had been built at Charles Connell's yard at Scotstoun, Glasgow in 1961, and was sold in 1978 for demolition in Hong Kong

Arrival

Tuesday, June 20, 1961 @ 1700 		DEMODOCUS ( 1955 - 1970 then 1972-1973 General cargo liner 492 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line. Liverpool) Own Page

Blue Funnel's DEMODOCUS docks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowGross Tonnage7,968