CALANUS towing broken-down Clyde puffer SEALIGHT arrives at Ardrossan Harbour

    SEALIGHT had just finished an almost two weeks of repair and maintenance at the Ross & Marshall yard in Greenock, and the previous day (21 June) raised steam in her 2-Cylinder compound steam engine.

   Early on 22^nd June SEALIGHT left Greenock for Troon to load 150 tons 18 hundredweights of coal for N. Beaton coal merchants of Portree (Isle of Skye).

   Probably around 1000hrs the vessel broke down off the Cumbraes (Firth of Clyde).   The weather was bad, and the master anchored the vessel for safety.

   The Company daily diary records the breakdown as “bottom ends heated up”.

   The master attracted the attention of CALANUS, the Cumbrae-based research vessel of the University of Glasgow, and CALANUS towed SEALIGHT to the relatively-nearby Ardrossan Harbour, arriving there at 1520hrs.

   CALANUS left Ardrossan for Cumbrae at 1615hrs and the crew of SEALIGHT repaired the breakdown and the puffer left Ardrossan at 0700hrs the next morning (23 June) to finish her two hour passage to Troon.

CITY OF LUCKNOW departs Glasgow for South African ports via Swansea

Lucknow is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.

CITY OF LUCKNOW arrived in Prince's Dock from Mombasa via Belfast at 0900 on 14th June 1962.

She shifted berth at 0700 on 15th June from berth 1/2 Prince's Dock, moving eastwards along the dock wall, to berth 3/4 Prince's Dock, with her stern on berth 3/4 wall.

Another shift, this time at 1730 that day, 15th June, shifting ahead to put her bow on berth 1/2 wall, draught forward 11 feet and aft 20' 6"

She sailed from Glasgow for Swansea and South African ports on 22nd June at 1542

Ron Stringer has kindly supplied details of voyages and particulars of "City of Lucknow"

City of Lucknow

Owner : Ellerman Lines Ltd., London
Manager : Hall Line, Liverpool
Builder : Wm. Denny & Bros., Ltd., Dumbarton
Built : May, 1946
Registered : London
Length : 500’ 00”
Beam : 64’ 04”
Draught : 29’ 98”
Tonnage : 9,972.38 gross, 5,485.58 net
Official No. : 181017
Radio Call : GDSP
Engines : 3 x steam turbines, single screw
H.P. : 8,880
Speed : 16 knots
Fuel : Oil
Passengers : Nil (accommodation for 12 passengers converted for 25 apprentices in 1959)
Sister Ships : City of Khartoum, City of Swansea, City of Poona, City of Carlisle
Fate : 1963. Sold to W.H. Eddie Hsu, Taiwan & Renamed “Lisboa”, Panama reg.
March 1971. Sold and delivered to Taiwan shipbreakers at Kaohsiung.

19-Feb-62 Sailed from Swansea for Glasgow.
20-Feb-62 Arrived Glasgow to complete discharging and to continue loading. Master F.C. O'Neill.
27-Feb-62 Sailed from Glasgow for Liverpool.
27-Feb-62 Arrived Liverpool, West Float Dock, Birkenhead to complete loading for Red Sea and East African ports via Suez Canal. Master F.C. O'Neill.

30-May-62 Arrived Avonmouth from Tanga, Tanganyika, via Aden and Suez Canal, to commence discharging cargo. Master B.T. Wortley.
04-Jun-62 Sailed from Avonmouth to Liverpool.
05-Jun-62 Arrived Liverpool to discharge cargo.
09-Jun-62 Sailed from Liverpool for Belfast.
09-Jun-62 Arrived Belfast to discharge cargo.
13-Jun-62 Sailed from Belfast for Glasgow.
14-Jun-62 Arrived Glasgow from Belfast to complete discharging and commence loading for South African ports (general cargo including bonded spirits).
22-Jun-62 Sailed Glasgow for Swansea.
23-Jun-62 Arrived Swansea to load cargo.
26-Jun-62 Sailed from Swansea for Liverpool.
26-Jun-62 Arrived Liverpool to complete loading cargo.
07-Jul-62 Sailed from West Float dock, Birkenhead for Lobito, Angola and South African ports. Master B.T. Wortley.

08-Sep-62 Sailed from Capetown for Avonmouth.
25-Sep-62 Arrived Avonmouth to discharge cargo. Master B.T. Wortley.
27-Sep-62 Sailed from Avonmouth for Belfast. Master R. Frame
28-Sep-62 Arrived Belfast to discharge cargo.
01-Oct-62 Sailed from Belfast for Liverpool.
02-Oct-62 Arrived Liverpool to discharge cargo.
12-Oct-62 Sailed from Liverpool for Ellesmere Port.
12-Oct-62 Arrived Ellesmere Port to discharge cargo.
17-Oct-62 Sailed from Ellesmere Port for Glasgow. Master R. Frame
18-Oct-62 Arrived Glasgow from Ellesmere Port to discharge cargo. Enter GOVAN drydock for repairs and, on completion, commence loading (general cargo, including bonded spirits) for USA and Australia via Panama Canal. Master R. Frame
31-Oct-62 Sailed from Glasgow for Philadelphia, USA. Master B.T. Wortley.

CALEDONIA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to prepare for tomorrow's sailing for Brodick (Isle of Arran)

CALANUS leaves Ardrossan Harbour after towing broken-down Clyde puffer SEALIGHT

    SEALIGHT had just finished an almost two weeks of repair and maintenance at the Ross & Marshall yard in Greenock, and the previous day (21 June) raised steam in her 2-Cylinder compound steam engine.

   Early on 22^nd June SEALIGHT left Greenock for Troon to load 150 tons 18 hundredweights of coal for N. Beaton coal merchants of Portree (Isle of Skye).

   Probably around 1000hrs the vessel broke down off the Cumbraes (Firth of Clyde).   The weather was bad, and the master anchored the vessel for safety.

   The Company daily diary records the breakdown as “bottom ends heated up”.

   The master attracted the attention of CALANUS, the Cumbrae-based research vessel of the University of Glasgow, and CALANUS towed SEALIGHT to the relatively-nearby Ardrossan Harbour, arriving there at 1520hrs.

   CALANUS left Ardrossan for Cumbrae at 1615hrs and the crew of SEALIGHT repaired the breakdown and the puffer left Ardrossan at 0700hrs the next morning (23 June) to finish her two hour passage to Troon.

LETITIA arrives in Greenock from Liverpool

CLIPPER leaves Ardrossan Harbour with containers for Larne

WARLIGHT arrives at Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Scotland, UK) with a cargo of lime from Corpach

GLEN SANNOX arrives at Ardrossan with passengers and general cargo from Brodick (Isle of Arran)

GLEN SANNOX leaves Ardrossan Harbour with passengers, general cargo and vehicles for Brodick

SPANIEL leaves Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of trailers for Larne

SNAEFELL arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to embark passengers for Douglas (Isle of Man, UK)

LETITIA leaves Greenock for Quebec

SNAEFELL leaves Ardrossan Harbour with passengers for Douglas (Isle of Man, UK)

PALM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of tar for Belfast

PALM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of tar for Belfast