Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Thursday, July 13, 1961 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BENLAWERS (1944-1968 General cargo ship 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson Company, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENLAWERS leaves Grangemouth for Port Said, Hong Kong, Keelung, Kobe and Yokohama
Ships agentThe General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage4,646
Gross Tonnage7,804

Arrival

Friday, July 14, 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 return to the Clyde from 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

Sailing

Friday, July 14, 1961 @ 1437 		LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

LETITIA leaves Glasgow on voyage 3 for Quebec, Montreal and Dalhousie (Canada)
Sailing forQuebec, Montreal and Dalhousie (Canada)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthGlasgowGross Tonnage4,381
Master of vessel on sailingCaptain J L DownieDeadweght Tonnage6,150

News Event

Friday, July 14, 1961 @ 1700 		GOVERNOR (1952-1972 Cargo liner of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's GOVERNOR closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

Ship Event

Saturday, July 15, 1961 @ 1530 		Own Page

"Empress of Canada" table place-mat

EMPRESS OF CANADA, Image of a table place-mat

Bill Middlemiss contributes this image of a table place-mat depicting the Canadian Pacific liner "Empress of Canada" outbound on the Clyde and passing Cloch lighthouse. The image is undated, but we have simply given it a date of 15th July 1961, to enable the image to be found in any search of "Ship Movements and Events."
Empress of Canada table place-mat

News Event

Saturday, July 15, 1961 @ 1700 		BARON RENFREW (1935-1961 General cargo ship 401 feet long of Hugh Hogarth, Ardrossan) Own Page

Hogarth's BARON RENFREW closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Lisbon and Huelva
Ships agentH Hogarth & Sons Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 6535Port of RegistryArdrossan (Scotland)

News Event

Sunday, July 16, 1961 @ 0130
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		Girvan Lifeboat (of Royal National Lifeboat Institution stationed at Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK) Own Page

Girvan Lifeboat tows a disabled large motor yacht from near Ailsa Craig to Loch Ryan (Scotland)
Ship's locationSouth of Ailsa Craig, Outer Firth of Clyde / North Channel (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Sunday, July 16, 1961 @ 0130
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		SCOTTISH COAST (1957-1969 Passenger cargo ship 342 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 2002 scrapped at Mumbai, India)) Own Page

SCOTTISH COAST stands by a disabled large motor yacht near Ailsa Craig (Scotland, UK)
Ship's locationSouth of Ailsa Craig, Outer Firth of Clyde / North Channel (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1827
Gross Tonnage3817

Ship Event

Sunday, July 16, 1961 @ 0130
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		PICTON SEA LION (in 1961 Fishing Trawler) Own Page

Trawler PICTON SEA LION stands by a disabled large motor yacht near Ailsa Craig (Scotland, UK)
Ship's locationSouth of Ailsa Craig, Outer Firth of Clyde / North Channel (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Tuesday, July 18, 1961 @ 1700 		BARRISTER (1954-1974 General cargo ship of Charente / T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's BARRISTER closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

Ship Event

Tuesday, July 18, 1961 @ 1700 		CITY OF SINGAPORE (1951-1975 General cargo liner 485 feet long 14 knots of Ellerman Hall Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Ellerman's CITY OF SINGAPORE closes at Birkenhead for cargo for West, South and East Africa
Ships agentHall Line Ltd., Tower Building, Liverpool 3 Tel. CENtral 8444 Telex 62-185Port of RegistryLiverpool
Net Tonnage4,204
Gross Tonnage7,338
Deadweght Tonnage10,928

Sailing

Wednesday, July 19, 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, July 19, 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, July 19, 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, July 19, 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