Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1630
SPEEDWELL (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

SPEEDWELL arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with her catch of 15 boxes of fish

Arrived fromSea (inshore fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Cargo carried on arrival15 boxes of fish

Arrival

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1640
CHRISTINA 11 ( in 1962 for CHRISTINA 2 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

CHRISTINA 11 arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with her catch of 17 boxes of fish

Arrived fromSea (inshore fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Cargo carried on arrival17 boxes of fish

Arrival

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1640
MYRTLE ( in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

MYRTLE arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with her catch of 7 boxes of fish

Arrived fromSea (inshore fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryPort Seton (On Firth of Forth, East Lothian, near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Cargo carried on arrival7 boxes of fish

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1710
DEVERON (1959-1963 General cargo coaster 201 feet long of William Sloan Company, Glasgow : 1979 sank off Cyprus) Own Page
Ship's locationBelfastPort of RegistryGlasgow
Vessel MasterD.McDonaldNet Tonnage253
CargoGeneral cargoGross Tonnage511
AgentBurns & Laird

She had arrived the previous day at 1415.

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1710
DEVERON (1959-1963 General cargo coaster 201 feet long of William Sloan Company, Glasgow : 1979 sank off Cyprus) Own Page

DEVERON leaves Ardrossan Harbour with general cargo for Belfast (Northern Ireland)

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth8 "Burns Berth" Eglinton Tidal Basin, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage253
Outward cargoGeneral cargoGross Tonnage511
Master of vessel on sailingD McDonald
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, Ardrossan Harbour

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1755
CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page

CLIPPER leaves Ardrossan Harbour with containers for Larne

Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K.Net Tonnage315
Outward cargoContainersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentAnglo Continental Containers, Ardrossan HarbourDeadweght Tonnage780

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1915
MYRTLE ( in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

MYRTLE leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

Sailing forTroon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryPort Seton (On Firth of Forth, East Lothian, near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Outward cargoLight ship = no cargo on board

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1915
CHRISTINA 11 ( in 1962 for CHRISTINA 2 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

CHRISTINA 11 leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

Sailing forTroon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Outward cargoLight ship = no cargo on board

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1915
SPEEDWELL (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

SPEEDWELL leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

Sailing forTroon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Outward cargoLight ship = no cargo on board

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1915
SILVER ROCK (in 1962 Inshore fishing boat) Own Page

SILVER ROCK leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

Sailing forTroon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Outward cargoLight ship = no cargo on board

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 1915
STAR OF FAITH ( in 1962 LH77 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

STAR OF FAITH leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

Sailing forTroon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Outward cargoLight ship = no cargo on board

Sailing

Thursday, May 3, 1962 @ 2110
POINTER (1959 - 1975 Container, trailer and flat transport carrier 224 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page

POINTER leaves Ardrossan Harbour with trailers for Larne

Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K.Net Tonnage608
Outward cargoTrailersGross Tonnage1,208
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers, Dock Road, Ardrossan Harbour

Arrival

Friday, May 4, 1962 @ 0515
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 arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with containers from Larne

Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland, UK)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Holland)
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)Net Tonnage300
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersGross Tonnage519
Ships agentAnglo Continental Containers, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)Deadweght Tonnage800

Image contributed by Jim Wooton (Heysham)

News Event

Friday, May 4, 1962 @ 0700
Own Page

Ross & Marshall daily "Clyde Puffer" diary for 4 May 1962

Ship Event

Friday, May 4, 1962 @ 0700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MOONLIGHT (1952- 1966 steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 88 feet long of Ross & Marshall, Glasgow : 1970 scrapped at Troon) Own Page

MOONLIGHT on passage from Glenarm (Northern Ireland) to Queen's Dock, Glasgow

Ship's locationOn passage from Glenarm (Northern Ireland) to Queen's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Outward cargoPebble Dash, for account of Scottish Agricultural Industries Ltd.Gross Tonnage164
Ships agentRoss & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294Deadweght Tonnage188

When MOONLIGHT arrived in Queen’s Dock, Glasgow, she bunkered with coal for her next passage.

   The next day she moved upriver, passing under city bridges to berth at Custom House Quay, Clyde Street, where her cargo was discharged.