Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 1500
WOOLWICH (1955-1962 General cargo ship of Britain S S Co / Watts Watts, London) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage7,669

Tugs FLYING METEOR (as bow tug) and FLYING BUZZARD (as stern tug) were handling the cargo ship WOOLWICH in-bound for the grain berth at 4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow

Arrival

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 1500
FLYING BUZZARD ( 1951-1963 Coastal and harbour tug 115 feet long of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage261

Tugs FLYING METEOR (as bow tug) and FLYING BUZZARD (as stern tug) were handling the cargo ship WOOLWICH in-bound for the grain berth at 4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow

Arrival

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 1515
FLYING METEOR ( Tug of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Tugs FLYING METEOR (as bow tug) and FLYING BUZZARD (as stern tug) had handled the cargo ship WOOLWICH in-bound for the grain berth at 4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow

Arrival

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 1520
FLYING BUZZARD ( 1951-1963 Coastal and harbour tug 115 feet long of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage261

Tugs FLYING METEOR (as bow tug) and FLYING BUZZARD (as stern tug) had handled the cargo ship WOOLWICH in-bound for the grain berth at 4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow

Sailing

Saturday, July 1, 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 the Clyde on 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

Arrival

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 1920
QUEEN MARY 11 (1933-1977 Passenger excursion vessel 263 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)

Sailing

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 1955
PRASE ( 1938 - ? General cargo coaster of Wm Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Robertson's coaster PRASE passes Govan, Glasgow, on her way downriver

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage374

Sailing

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 2000
SAINT ANGUS (1936 -1965 General cargo coaster 151 feet long of J & A Gardner Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Gardner's coaster SAINT ANGUS passes Govan, Glasgow, on her way downriver

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Reg Tonnage195
Gross Tonnage391

Sailing

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 2125
ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece) Own Page

Burns & Laird's ROYAL ULSTERMAN passes Govan, Glasgow, on her way downriver on passage to Ireland

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Net Tonnage1,449
Gross Tonnage3,288
Deadweght Tonnage854

Arrival

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 2302
THUNDERER (1958-1973 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock) Own Page

Tug THUNDERER passes Govan Wharf inbound to Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage208

Arrival

Saturday, July 1, 1961 @ 2308
CHIEFTAIN (1930-1967 Tug 107 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Glasgow) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage197

Arrival

Sunday, July 2, 1961 @ 0015
TAY ( 1958-1965 General cargo coaster 234 feet long of William Sloan Line) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Sailing

Sunday, July 2, 1961 @ 0100
FLYING WIZARD ( 1960-1971 Tug 88 feet long of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

FLYING WIZARD, ANDANIA and FLYING METEOR pass Govan, Glasgow, on their way downriver

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage112

Tugs FLYING WIZARD (at the bow) and FLYING METEOR (at the stern) assist the Cunard Line cargo liner ANDANIA from her berth, and the three vessels pass Govan as they make their way downriver

Sailing

Sunday, July 2, 1961 @ 0100
ANDANIA (1960-1969 Refrigerated / General cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page

FLYING WIZARD, ANDANIA and FLYING METEOR pass Govan, Glasgow, on their way downriver

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage7,004
Deadweght Tonnage9,560

Tugs FLYING WIZARD (at the bow) and FLYING METEOR (at the stern) assist the Cunard Line cargo liner ANDANIA from her berth, and the three vessels pass Govan as they make their way downriver

Sailing

Sunday, July 2, 1961 @ 0103
FLYING METEOR ( Tug of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

FLYING WIZARD, ANDANIA and FLYING METEOR pass Govan, Glasgow, on their way downriver

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow

Tugs FLYING WIZARD (at the bow) and FLYING METEOR (at the stern) assist the Cunard Line cargo liner ANDANIA from her berth, and the three vessels pass Govan as they make their way downriver