Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1654
ELDERSLIE (1924-1973 Grab Hopper Dredger 182 feet long owned by Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

ELDERSLIE passes Bowling as she heads upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Bowling Watch House, River Clyde : arrival = Inbound = heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1656
HOPPER No 1 (1926-1973 Hopper Barge 202 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

HOPPER No 1 passes Bowling as she heads upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Bowling Watch House, River Clyde : arrival = Inbound = heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage352
Gross Tonnage908

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1708
COLONSAY (Clyde puffer) Own Page

Puffer COLONSAY passes Bowling as she heads upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Bowling Watch House, River Clyde : arrival = Inbound = heading east upriver towards Glasgow

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1716
LENNOX 11 (Name should be read as "LENNOX 2" 1954-1983 Grab Hopper dredger of Clyde Navigation Trust) Own Page

LENNOX 11 passes Bowling as she heads upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Bowling Watch House, River Clyde : arrival = Inbound = heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1725
CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock) Own Page

CALEDONIA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Millport to land passengers from an excursion cruise

Arrived fromMillport, (Isle of Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Winton Pier)Gross Tonnage623
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengersDeadweght Tonnage161
Ships agentBritish Railways

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1728
GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

GLEN SANNOX arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Brodick (Isle of Arran)

Arrived fromBrodick, (Isle of Arran), Firth of Clyde, ScotlandPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Winton Pier)Net Tonnage388
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish RailwaysDeadweght Tonnage301

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1730
CAMPAIGNER ( 1957 - 1970 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie Ltd., Glasgow) Own Page

Tug CAMPAIGNER arrives at Ardrossan Roadstead to assist in docking the tanker CLYMENE

Arrived fromGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour RoadsteadGross Tonnage248
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on board

Sailing

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1732
CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock) Own Page

CALEDONIA leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Troon on an excursion cruise

Sailing forTroon (Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire, Scotland)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Winton Pier)Gross Tonnage623
Outward cargoPassengersDeadweght Tonnage161
Ships agentBritish Railways

Ship Event

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1734
HOPPER No 8 (1912-1969 Hopper Barge 200 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust /Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

HOPPER No 8 passing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Ship Event

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1800
SEAWAY (1946 - 1969 Coastal and Harbour tug 114 feet long of Ardrossan Harbour Company, Ardrossan : 1969 Scrapped at Dalmuir, River Clyde) Own Page

Tug SEAWAY assists the Tanker CLYMENE to berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryArdrossan
Gross Tonnage260

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and Steel & Bennie's tug CAMPAIGNER at the stern tow the tanker CLYMENE from the roadstead through the 300-feet wide harbour entrance to the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Ship Event

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1800
CAMPAIGNER ( 1957 - 1970 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie Ltd., Glasgow) Own Page

Tug CAMPAIGNER assists the Tanker CLYMENE to berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage248

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and Steel & Bennie's tug CAMPAIGNER at the stern tow the tanker CLYMENE from the roadstead through the 300-feet wide harbour entrance to the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1800
CLYMENE (1961-1976 Oil products tanker Shell "A"-class 560 feet long of Hadley Shipping Company, London) Own Page

Tanker CLYMENE arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Belfast with a cargo of petrol

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour berth 12 (Ocean tanker berth)Gross Tonnage12,251
Master of vessel on arrivalW A Lewis
Draught aft on arrival21' 9"
Cargo carried on arrivalPetrol
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and Steel & Bennie's tug CAMPAIGNER at the stern tow the tanker CLYMENE from the roadstead through the 300-feet wide harbour entrance to the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour

CLYMENE would discharge her cargo of petrol through the network of pipes to the nearby Shell Refinery at North Crescent, Ardrossan

Sailing

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
NORTHERN STAR (1961-1975 Passenger liner 650 feet long of Shaw, Savill & Albion Line, London) Own Page

NORTHERN STAR leaves Southampton on a 76 days cruise Round-the-World

Ships agentShaw Savill Line, 11a Lower Regent Street, London S.W.1. Telephone Whitehall 1485Port of RegistrySouthampton (England, UK)
Reg Tonnage12,567
Gross Tonnage23,982

Sailing

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1808
GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

GLEN SANNOX leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Brodick (Isle of Arran)

Sailing forBrodick (Isle of Arran), Firth of Clyde, ScotlandPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Winton Pier)Net Tonnage388
Outward cargoPassengers and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish RailwaysDeadweght Tonnage301

Arrival

Tuesday, July 10, 1962 @ 1811
HOPPER No 25 (1954-1982 Hopper barge 210 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page
Ship's locationPassing Bowling Watch House, River Clyde : arrival = Inbound = heading east = towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage330
Gross Tonnage941