Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 1808
TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage478

Sailing

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 1809
APEXITY ( 1945 - 1964 Harbour and coastal oil tanker 136 feet long of F T Everard Company, London) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow outbound from 4 Meadowside Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berth4 Meadowside Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage49
Gross Tonnage136
Deadweght Tonnage180

Sailing

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 1813
FLYING PETREL ( 1951-1963 Harbour and coastal tug of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Tug FLYING PETREL tows Cunard cargo liner BRESCIA downriver past Govan

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

Sailing

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 1813
BRESCIA (1947-1966 General cargo liner 339 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Tug FLYING PETREL tows Cunard cargo liner BRESCIA downriver past Govan

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryLiverpool
Net Tonnage2,107
Gross Tonnage3,841
Deadweght Tonnage5,927

Arrival

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 1836
DIVER (The Divers' Motor Launch used by the underwater diver employed by Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 1836
FLYING PETREL ( 1951-1963 Harbour and coastal tug of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 1852
VANGUARD (1964-1981 Tug 110 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Glasgow / Cory Towage) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage224

Arrival

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 1913
QUEEN MARY 11 (1933-1977 Passenger excursion vessel 263 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) Own Page

Excursion vessel QUEEN MARY 11 nears the end of her day's cruising as she passes Govan

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : arrival = Inbound= heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)

Sailing

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 2002
ROBERT DUNDAS (1938-1974 Royal Fleet Auxiliary coastal store carrier 220 feet long: pennant no. A204) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London
Gross Tonnage1125

Arrival

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 2026
THUNDERER (1958-1973 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock) Own Page

Tugs THUNDERER and CHIEFTAIN tow Ellerman's CITY OF SINGAPORE upriver past Govan

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow, inbound to 3 Prince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage208

Tug THUNDERER at the bow and tug CHIEFTAIN at the stern tow Ellerman's cargo liner CITY OF SINGAPORE upriver past Govan to her berth at 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow

Arrival

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 2026
CITY OF SINGAPORE (1951-1975 General cargo liner 485 feet long 14 knots of Ellerman Hall Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Tugs THUNDERER and CHIEFTAIN tow Ellerman's CITY OF SINGAPORE upriver past Govan

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow, inbound to 3 Prince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Net Tonnage4,204
Gross Tonnage7,338
Deadweght Tonnage10,928

Tug THUNDERER at the bow and tug CHIEFTAIN at the stern tow Ellerman's cargo liner CITY OF SINGAPORE upriver past Govan to her berth at 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow

Arrival

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 2026
CHIEFTAIN (1930-1967 Tug 107 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Glasgow) Own Page

Tugs THUNDERER and CHIEFTAIN tow Ellerman's CITY OF SINGAPORE upriver past Govan

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow, inbound to 3 Prince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage197

Tug THUNDERER at the bow and tug CHIEFTAIN at the stern tow Ellerman's cargo liner CITY OF SINGAPORE upriver past Govan to her berth at 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow

Sailing

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 2115
THUNDERER (1958-1973 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock) Own Page

Tug THUNDERER passes Govan Wharf outbound towards Greenock

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage208

Sailing

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 2125
ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece) Own Page
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

Sailing

Tuesday, July 4, 1961 @ 2130
LOCHWOOD ( 1949-1963 general cargo ship 287 feet long of Joseph Constantine Company) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow : sailing = outbound= heading west = towards GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage851.84
Gross Tonnage1689.23