WAIRANGI at Hull 1 April from Bluff

Bad weather stops the public visiting the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. WASP at Tail-of-the-Bank, Greenock

   Plans to allow the public to visit the U.S. Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. WASP at the Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock were cancelled today due to strong winds and rough seas.

   It had been intended, as had happened yesterday when about 700 people had visited the Carrier, that the public were to be taken from Greenock by the ship’s boats to the WASP, but it was felt that the weather made it too dangerous to operate the boats and there would be difficulties in members of the public embarking and disembarking at the Carrier.

   WASP (CVS-18), classified as an anti-submarine carrier and other American warships of Carrier Division 14 under the command of Rear Admiral Paul D. Buie, is on an operational visit to the Clyde and this is not her first visit to Greenock.   She had called there in the Autumn (Fall) of 1952 when taking part in the NATO “Exercise Mainbrace” in which naval vessels from U.S.A., Britain, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Netherlands and Belgium operated in the Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, North Sea and near the Jutland Peninsula and the Baltic Sea, and the objective of the exercise was to convince Denmark and Norway that their countries could be defended from attack by the Soviet Union.                       

Oiler CLANITY arrives to bunker LAKE PENNASK with 100 tons of fuel oil

LAKE PENNASK bunkers 100 tons fuel oil from oiler CLANITY

LAKE PENNASK arrived in Glasgow at 1745 on 30th March 1962 from Avonmouth.

At 1000 on 2nd April the harbour oiler CLANITY came alongside and bunkered her with 100 tons of fuel oil

On 5th April the floating crane NEWSHOT loaded 3 lifts total 32 tons onto LAKE PENNASK

At 1600 on 9th April LAKE PENNASK departed Glasgow for Calcutta via Birkenhead

For those who are interested Lake Pennask is a lake in British Columbia, Canada and is located south of the community of Merritt. Pennask Lake offers excellent camping, fishing and outdoor recreation.

Henderson's MARTABAN leaves Govan Dry Dock, moving up-river to Springfield Quay, Glasgow

Henderson's MARTABAN tied-up in Prince's Dock, Glasgow, at 1305 on 2nd March 1962, from Rangoon via Liverpool.

On 14th March at 0830 she shifted 352 feet astern to berth 20/21 Prince's Dock.

The following day, 15th March at 1145 she shifted 45 feet ahead to berth 20/21 Prince's Dock.

At 1045 on 22nd March MARTABAN again shifted, this time from berth 20/21 Prince's Dock to berth 19 Prince's Dock.

Next day, 23rd March at 1030 she shifted from berth 19 Prince's Dock to Number 1 Govan Dry Dock, her draught forward being 8' 6" and aft 14' 4"

MARTABAN left Govan Dry Dock at 1035 on 2nd April and moved up-river to Springfield Quay, Glasgow, to load for Burma.

LETITIA leaves Liverpool on voyage 10 for Greenock

Cargo ship AUALEUN departs Glasgow for New Zealand via Liverpool

At 0440 on 29th March 1962 the cargo ship AUALEUN arrived at Plantation Quay, Glasgow, from Newport (Wales)

On 30th March at 1200 she shifted 40 feet ahead in the berth

At 2105 on 3rd April she departed Glasgow for Auckland (New Zealand) via Liverpool

LETITIA arrives in Greenock from Liverpool

British India's DEVONIA begins storing at Glasgow prior to her commencing educational cruises

At 1350 on 4th April 1962 British India's passenger ship DEVONIA

tied-up at berth 73 Plantation Quay, Glasgow, having just been converted

from a troopship to an educational cruise ship by Barclay Curle, Whiteinch, Glasgow, and moved upriver from Elderslie Dry Dock. She then

commenced storing (loading ship's stores, foodstuffs, etc) prior

to commencing her new service as a "School-ship" On 9th April

at 1330 she shifted from berth 73 to berth 77 Plantation Quay.

At 1000 on 10th April DEVONIA bunkered 200 tons fuel oil from

the oiler CLANITY, and again that day at 1500 bunkered another

495 tons of fuel oil again from CLANITY On 12th April at 0415

DEVONIA cast-off from 77 Plantation Quay, and moved a short

distance downriver to Prince's Dock where she canted at the

entrance and was underway for Liverpool at 0600. A few days

later she commenced her educational cruises, starting at Liverpool.

Some historical information is of interest. DEVONIA was built in

1939 as the troopship DEVONSHIRE for Bibby Line, Liverpool, and

in 1962 Bibby's sold her to British India Line, London, for £175,000

for conversion to an educational cruise ship carrying 194 cabin

passengers and 834 dormitory passengers. British India renamed

her DEVONIA. Conversion was made by Barclay Curle, Whiteinch

, Glasgow, and DEVONIA entered service with BI in Easter 1962.

For 5 years she carried school parties and special interest groups

to generally Scandanavian and Mediterranean ports, and, on 15th

December 1967, having completed 110 educational cruises, she was

sold to Cantieri Navali ‘Santa Maria’, Genoa, Italy, to be broken up.

Demolition began at La Spezia, Italy, in January 1968. DEVONIA

was replaced by the educational cruise ship UGANDA of British India Line,

Donaldson Line's SANTONA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Toronto and Hamilton

LETITIA leaves Greenock for Quebec and Montreal

Ross & Marshall ship manager's daily "Clyde Puffer" diary for 05 April 1962

Ross & Marshall's SKYLIGHT arrives at Troon then loads a cargo of coal for Rothesay

Ross & Marshall's STORMLIGHT discharging her cargo of coal at Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Scotland)

Ross & Marshall's MOONLIGHT discharging bagged malt and empty casks at Port Askaig (Isle of Islay)

2 April and MOONLIGHT was finishing loading at Prince's Dock, Glasgow then shifted to nearby Queen's Dock to bunker with coal for the passage to Islay.