Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1050
FLYING PETREL ( 1951-1963 Harbour and coastal tug of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Tug FLYING PETREL passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

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

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1053
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

Floating Crane NEWSHOT passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

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

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1109
LOCH CARRON (1951-1977 General cargo coaster 203 feet long of David MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow) Own Page

LOCH CARRON passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Reg Tonnage233

Sailing

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1110
CALANUS (Marine Biological research vessel of University of Glasgow) Own Page

CALANUS departs Ardrossan after loading oil bunkers

Sailing forMillport (Isle of Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage34
Outward cargoLight - oil bunkers
Master of vessel on sailingJ Sutter

Arrival

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1150
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

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1155
WRESTLER (1957-1979 tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock / Cory Towage)) Own Page

Tug STRONGBOW towing WRESTLER passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage248

Tug STRONGBOW towing tug WRESTLER pass Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver towards Glasgow.  It is not known why WRESTLER needed to be towed.... perhaps engine breakdown ???

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1155
STRONGBOW (1961-1976 Coastal and Harbour tug 110 feet long of Steel & Bennie / R & J H Rea / Cory Ship Towage, Greenock : 2005 scrapped) Own Page

Tug STRONGBOW towing WRESTLER passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage41
Gross Tonnage225

Tug STRONGBOW towing tug WRESTLER pass Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver towards Glasgow.  It is not known why WRESTLER needed to be towed.... perhaps engine breakdown ???

Arrival

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1410
GLENSHIRA (1953 - General cargo motor coaster 87 feet long of G Hamilton Company / Hay Hamilton, Glasgow) Own Page

GLENSHIRA arrives at Ardrossan to load drums of bitumen for Stornoway

Arrived fromLochboisdale (is a ferry port on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage72
Master of vessel on arrivalK AndersonGross Tonnage153
Draught aft on arrival7 feetDeadweght Tonnage190
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on board
Ships agentR L Alpine, Harbour Street, Ardrossan

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1455
CRUISER (1953-1969 Shiphandling Tug 122 feet 5 inches overall of Steel & Bennie Tugowners, Glasgow : 1969 sold and renamed ARDNEIL) Own Page

Tug CRUISER passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage304

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1502
VANGUARD (In 1962 Tug of Steel & Bennie Ltd., Glasgow) Own Page

Tug VANGUARD passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1613
DIVER No 2 (Divers' Motor Launch used by the underwater diver employed by Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page

DIVER No. 2 passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

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

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1700
LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LISMORIA shifts along wall to berth 14/15 Prince's Dock, Glasgow

Ships agentDonaldson Line, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8323

Donaldson line's LISMORIA arrived in Prince's Dock from Montreal at 0703 on 12th July. At 1700 on 18th July she shifted astern along the dock wall from berth 17 Prince's Dock to berth 14/15 Prince's Dock. LISMORIA departed from Prince's Dock for Montreal on 24th July at 1645

Arrival

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1725
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) on her regular service

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

Sailing

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1805
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) on her regular service

Sailing forBrodick (Isle of Arran), Firth of Clyde, ScotlandPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthWinton Pier, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage388
Outward cargoPassengers and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish RailwaysDeadweght Tonnage301

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 1814
ARCADIAN (1960 - 1974 General cargo liner 366 feet long of Ellerman & Papayanni Line, Liverpool) Own Page

ARCADIAN passing Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)