Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0653
FLYING WIZARD ( 1960-1971 Tug 88 feet long of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Tug FLYING WIZARD at bow towing MALTASIAN passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage112

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0653
MALTASIAN (1950-1962 then 1964-1967 General cargo ship 375 feet long of Ellerman Papayanni Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Ellerman Papayanni's MALTASIAN passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage3,910

MALTASIAN was being towed at the bow by tug FLYING WIZARD and towed at the stern by tug FLYING DOLPHIN

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0653
FLYING DOLPHIN (Tug of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Tug FLYING DOLPHIN at stern towing MALTASIAN passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0707
WARRIOR (1935-1968 Tug 107 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Glasgow) Own Page

Tug WARRIOR passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0713
LAIRDS LOCH ( 1944-1969 Passenger / cargo vessel 263 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page

LAIRDS LOCH passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0714
VANGUARD (1946-1961 Harbour and coastal tug 107 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Glasgow : 1968 Scrapped) Own Page

Tug VANGUARD passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage252

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0715
CRUISER (1953-1969 Shiphandling Tug 122 feet 5 inches overall of Steel & Bennie Tugowners, Glasgow : 1969 sold and renamed ARDNEIL) Own Page

Tug CRUISER passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage304

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0742
SCOTTISH COAST (1957-1969 Passenger cargo ship 342 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 2002 scrapped at Mumbai, India)) Own Page

SCOTTISH COAST passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1827
Gross Tonnage3817

Ship Event

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
BENCLEUCH (1949-1972 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENCLEUCH at Djakarta 7 July for Indonesian Ports

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
HOMERIC Own Page

HOMERIC at Southampton 7 July from Montreal

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0847
ST MUNGO (1959-1975 Fireboat 68 feet long of City of Glasgow Fire Brigade)) Own Page

Fire Boat ST MUNGO passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0856
CLYDE (1961-1973 Tug 69 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

Tug CLYDE towing a punt passes Govan Wharf on her way upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Wharf Watch House, Glasgow and inbound for GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Sailing

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0920
IRISH MAPLE ( 1957 - 1968 Tramp Cargo ship 476 feet long of Irish Shipping Line, Dublin) Own Page

Irish Shipping's IRISH MAPLE undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

Arrived in berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLimerick, Ireland
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

Sailing

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
BENLOMOND (1957-1977 General cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

BENLOMOND left London 7 July for the Far East

Port of RegistryLeith
Net Tonnage6,001
Gross Tonnage10,325
Deadweght Tonnage12,010

Sailing

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
LIBERTE (1946-1962 Passenger Liner 936.7 ft (283.5 m) long of Compagnie Generale Transatlantique "French Line": Scrapped 1963) Own Page

LIBERTE left Cowes Roads 7 July for New York

Port of RegistryLe Havre (France)
Gross Tonnage49,746