Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 1430
LAIRDSBURN (1959-1966 General cargo coaster 165 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 sank at Sicily) Own Page

LAIRDSBURN leaves Ardrossan light-ship for Greenock

Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage228
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage513
Master of vessel on sailingL StewartDeadweght Tonnage720
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan

LAIRDSBURN was most probably going to Greenock to load steel plates at Scotts Shipyard for the Harland & Wolff Shipyard at Belfast

Sailing

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 1445
SUNIMA (1958-1965 General cargo ship 108.2 metres long 14.5 knots Chartered to Saguenay Shipping Company) Own Page

Saguenay's SUNIMA leaves Queen's Dock, Glasgow for Trinidad via Liverpool

Sailing forTrinidad via LiverpoolPort of RegistryNorway
Sailed from berth15 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage3,896
Outward cargoGeneral cargo (inwards and outwards)Deadweght Tonnage5,758
Draught forward on sailing14' 3"
Draught aft on sailing16' 00"

 

  

Arrival

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 1620
CANBERRA STAR (1956-1972 Refrigerated cargo liner of Salient Shipping Co (Hamilton, Bermuda) Ltd (Blue Star Line) London) Own Page

CANBERRA STAR arrives at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow to load for Cape Town via Liverpool

Arrived fromGovan Drydock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth62/68 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage8,398
Draught forward on arrival16' 03"
Draught aft on arrival17' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo (outwards)

 

  

Arrival

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 1700
SILVER CREST (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler LH 316) Own Page

SILVER CREST arrives in Ardrossan with her catch of 10 boxes of fish

Arrived fromSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Master of vessel on arrivalC Horne
Cargo carried on arrival10 boxes of fish

Arrival

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 1700
SEALIGHT (1930-1963 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 86 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd : 1964 scrapped at Troon)) Own Page

Puffer SEALIGHT arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow to load coal bunkers before sailing to Islay

Arrived fromPrince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth8 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage154
Cargo carried on arrivalBarley (outwards)
Ships agentRoss & Marshall, Greenock

 Puffer SEALIGHT arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow to load coal bunkers before sailing to Port Ellen, Islay

  

Sailing

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 1800
PERTHSHIRE (1936-1964 General cargo ship 499 feet long of Scottish Shire / Houston / Cayzer Irvine) Own Page

PERTHSHIRE leaves Queen's Dock, Glasgow for Cape Town (South Africa) via Dakar (Senegal)

Sailing forCape Town (South Africa) via Dakar (Senegal, West Africa)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth22 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage10.496
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardDeadweght Tonnage11,025
Draught forward on sailing13' 8"
Draught aft on sailing21' 08"
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow

 

  

Arrival

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 2000
BAY FISHER (1958 - 1970 General cargo ship 221 feet long of James Fisher Company, Barrow) Own Page

BAY FISHER arrives at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow to load 2 lifts totalling 165 tons for Newport (Mon)

Arrived fromFishguard (Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales)Port of RegistryBarrow (England)
Arrived in berth52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (at the heavy lift crane)Net Tonnage585
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo carriedGross Tonnage1,289
Deadweght Tonnage1550

 

  

Sailing

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 2020
ULSTER SPINNER (1955-1968 General cargo coaster of Belfast Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Belfast) Own Page

ULSTER SPINNER leaves Ardrossan with a general cargo for Belfast

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 8 "Burns Berth" Eglinton Tidal Dock near to Burns & Laird office and store)
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Sailing

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 2050
PRIOR (1951-1963 general cargo coaster 51.25 meters of Manager: Fiege & Hoff, Rotterdam, Netherlands Owner: Arnoldus Cornelis Hoff, The Hague, Netherlands) Own Page

PRIOR leaves Ardrossan on her regular trailer service to Larne

Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryNetherlands
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage326
Outward cargoTrailersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage665

Sailing

Monday, January 29, 1962 @ 2235
ELISA (1957-1969 General cargo / container carrying coaster 61.77m 191 feet long of Hendrik Pepping / Dammers & van der Heide's Shipping & Trading Company, Rotterdam) Own Page

ELISA leaves Ardrossan for Larne on her regular container service

Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Holland)
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage300
Outward cargoContainersGross Tonnage519
Ships agentAnglo Continental Container Service, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage800

Arrival

Tuesday, January 30, 1962 @ 0320
PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry) Own Page

PALM arrives in Ardrossan to load tar for Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryNewry
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourReg Tonnage122
Master of vessel on arrivalJ HollywoodGross Tonnage343
Draught aft on arrival10 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on board
Ships agentR L Alpine, Harbour Street, Ardrossan

Sailing

Tuesday, January 30, 1962 @ 0405
JOURNALIST (1954 - 1973 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Charente S.S. Co. Ltd. / T & J Harrison Ltd, Liverpool : 1982 scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

Harrison Line's JOURNALIST leaves 79 Plantation Quay, Glasgow for Mombasa via Birkenhead

Arrived fromVera Cruz (Mexico)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth79 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and stem 2 blinds in from east bulkhead wall)Net Tonnage4,434
Sailing forMombasa via BirkenheadGross Tonnage8,366
Sailed from berth79 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and stem 2 blinds in from east bulkhead wall)Deadweght Tonnage9,670
Draught forward on arrival13' 03"
Draught aft on arrival20' 08"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 160 tons inwards
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1400 on 24th January
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1100 on 25th January
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 25th January
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 450 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed loading outward cargo1620 on 28th January
Draught forward on sailing15' 06"
Draught aft on sailing20' 06"
Engine trials27th January slow turn each way from 1420 to 1422 : draught forward 15' 3" and aft 21' 2"
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011

Arrival

Tuesday, January 30, 1962 @ 0420
CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page

CLIPPER arrives at Ardrossan from Larne on her regular container service

Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage315
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentAnglo Continental Container Service, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage780

Arrival

Tuesday, January 30, 1962 @ 0430
PHRYGIA (1955-1965 General cargo liner 348 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Cunard cargo liner PHRYGIA arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow from Patras and Kalamata (Greece)

Arrived fromPatras and Kalamata (Greece)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived in berth23/27 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage3,534
Draught forward on arrival15' 6"
Draught aft on arrival21' 4"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo

 

 

Arrival

Tuesday, January 30, 1962 @ 0435
SPANIEL (1955-1973 Coaster handling containers, trailers and flats, 224 feet long of Link Line/ Coast Line : 1981 Scrapped at Aviles, Spain) Own Page

SPANIEL arrives in Ardrossan on her regular trailer service from Larne

Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)
Cargo carried on arrivalTrailers
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers, The Harbour, Ardrossan