Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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What/When Ship

Ship Movement

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1059
DUNGLASS (Motor launch of Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page

Motor launch DUNGLASS passes Govan Watch House, Glasgow heading upriver towards Glasgow

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

Ship Movement

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1200
RUYSDAEL (1957 - 1968 general cargo ship 461 feet long of Bolton Shipping Company, London : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Bolton Shipping Company's RUYSDAEL shifts from Meadowside Quay to Prince's Dock, Glasgow

Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage6452
Deadweght Tonnage10,431

RUYSDAEL arrives in Glasgow on 6th July at 1845 from Buenos Aires (Argentina) via Liverpool.

On 12th July at 2120 RUYSDAEL shifted from berths 7 and 8 Prince's Dock to Meadowside Quay, returning from Meadowside on 19th July to her previous berth 7 and 8 Prince's Dock.
The Prince's Dock logbook does not show what time she returned to Prince's Dock, so until the time is established a general time of 1200 is keyed onto site.

At 1010 on 25th July the oiler APEXITY comes alongside and delivers 140 tons of diesel.
Later that day, at 1515, APEXITY again comes alongside an delivers 10 tons of fuel oil to RUYSDAEL

RUYSDAEL departed Glasgow for Buenos Aires (Argentina) via Liverpool on 26th July at 1732.

Ship Movement

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1225
CORINTHIAN (1938 - 1963 general cargo ship 359 feet long of Ellerman & Papayanni Line (Ellerman Line Group) Own Page

Ellerman's cargo liner CORINTHIAN shifts berth in Prince's Dock, Glasgow

Port of RegistryLiverpool

CORINTHIAN arrived in Prince's Dock, Glasgow at 0935 on 17th July from Mediterranean ports via Belfast. At 1225 on 19th July she shifted along the wall from berth 2 Prince's Dock into berth 3 Prince's Dock At 1400 on 19th July, the floating crane NEWSHOT came alongside and loaded 3 heavy lifts totalling 72 tons 19 hundredweights onto CORINTHIAN CORINTHIAN departed from Glasgow for Mediterranean ports via Liverpool on 21st July at 1010

Ship Movement

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1320
SAINT KENTIGERN (1938 - General cargo coaster 236 feet long of J & A Gardner, Glasgow) Own Page

SAINT KENTIGERN passes Govan Watch House, Glasgow heading upriver towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage152
Gross Tonnage249
Deadweght Tonnage310

Sailing

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1325
GLENSHIRA (1953 - General cargo motor coaster 87 feet long of G Hamilton Company / Hay Hamilton, Glasgow) Own Page

GLENSHIRA leaves Ardrossan with a cargo of drums of bitumen for Stornoway

Sailing forStornoway (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage72
Outward cargoBitumen in drumsGross Tonnage153
Master of vessel on sailingK AndersonDeadweght Tonnage190
Ships agentR L Alpine, Harbour Street, Ardrossan

Ship Movement

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1353
DUNGLASS (Motor launch of Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page

Motor launch DUNGLASS passes Govan Watch House, Glasgow heading upriver towards Glasgow

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

Arrival

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1400
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 loads 3 heavy lifts onto Ellerman's CORINTHIAN in Prince's Dock. Glasgow

Arrived in berth3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (alongside CORINTHIAN)Port of RegistryGlasgow

CORINTHIAN arrived in Prince's Dock, Glasgow at 0935 on 17th July from Mediterranean ports via Belfast.

At 1225 on 19th July she shifted along the wall from berth 2 Prince's Dock into berth 3 Prince's Dock

At 1400 on 19th July, the floating crane NEWSHOT came alongside and loaded 3 heavy lifts totalling 72 tons 19 hundredweights onto CORINTHIAN

CORINTHIAN departed from Glasgow for Mediterranean ports via Liverpool on 21st July at 1010

Ship Event

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1400
CORINTHIAN (1938 - 1963 general cargo ship 359 feet long of Ellerman & Papayanni Line (Ellerman Line Group) Own Page

CORINTHIAN at Prince's Dock, Glasgow loads 3 heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOT

Arrived in berth3 Prince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Heavy lifts loadedOn 19th July loaded 3 heavy lifts totalling 72 tons 19 cwts from floating crane NEWSHOT
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971

CORINTHIAN arrived in Prince's Dock, Glasgow at 0935 on 17th July from Mediterranean ports via Belfast. At 1225 on 19th July she shifted along the wall from berth 2 Prince's Dock into berth 3 Prince's Dock At 1400 on 19th July, the floating crane NEWSHOT came alongside and loaded 3 heavy lifts totalling 72 tons 19 hundredweights onto CORINTHIAN CORINTHIAN departed from Glasgow for Mediterranean ports via Liverpool on 21st July at 1010

Ship Movement

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1428
FLYING SPITFIRE (1946- Tug 108 feet long of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Tug FLYING SPITFIRE tows RUYSDAEL from 4 Meadowside Quay past Govan Watch House, Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow

Tug FLYING DUCK at bow and tug FLYING SPITFIRE at stern were towing RUYSDAEL from berth 4 Meadowside Quay ahead and passing Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver.

   At Prince's Dock canting basin (= a large area of water where a ship can be turned around 180 degrees) the two tugs canted (= turned) RUYSDAEL and the ship was then able to proceed down the River Clyde on the start of her passage to her next port-of-call.

News Event

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1428
RUYSDAEL (1957 - 1968 general cargo ship 461 feet long of Bolton Shipping Company, London : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

RUYSDAEL towed from berth 4 Meadowside Quay past Govan Watch House, Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berth4 Meadowside Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage6452
Deadweght Tonnage10,431

Tug FLYING DUCK at bow and tug FLYING SPITFIRE at stern were towing RUYSDAEL from berth 4 Meadowside Quay ahead and passing Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver.

   At Prince's Dock canting basin (= a large area of water where a ship can be turned around 180 degrees) the two tugs canted (= turned) RUYSDAEL and the ship was then able to proceed down the River Clyde on the start of her passage to her next port-of-call.

Ship Movement

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1428
FLYING DUCK (1956-1976 Tug 99 feet long of Clyde Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Tug FLYING DUCK tows RUYSDAEL from 4 Meadowside Quay past Govan Watch House, Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth4 Meadowside Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage176

Tug FLYING DUCK at bow and tug FLYING SPITFIRE at stern were towing RUYSDAEL from berth 4 Meadowside Quay ahead and passing Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver.

   At Prince's Dock canting basin (= a large area of water where a ship can be turned around 180 degrees) the two tugs canted (= turned) RUYSDAEL and the ship was then able to proceed down the River Clyde on the start of her passage to her next port-of-call.

Sailing

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1445
CITY OF POONA (1946 - 1968 general cargo liner 489 feet long of Ellerman Line (Hall Line), London Own Page

Ellerman's cargo liner CITY OF POONA departs Glasgow for Liverpool

Arrived fromEldersliePort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth6 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head East, bow 1 blind from topNet Tonnage5,644
Sailing forLiverpoolGross Tonnage9,850
Sailed from berth77 Plantation Quay, Glasgow, head WestDeadweght Tonnage11,956
Draught forward on arrival11' 1"
Draught aft on arrival18' 7"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight (200 tons of sand ballast)
Commenced discharge of inward cargo17th July at 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ Spencer & Company
Completed discharge of inward cargo19th July
Draught forward on sailing10' 3"
Draught aft on sailing21' 4"
Ships agentCity Line, Glasgow

CITY OF POONA arrived at Prince's Dock from Elderslie at 1005 on 13th July. At 1050 on 17th July CITY OF POONA left from berth 6 Prince's Dock, shifting to berth 77 Plantation Quay, head West, arriving in position 77 at 1130 am. Draught forward was 11' 7" and aft 18' 11" She departed from Plantation Quay for Liverpool on 19th July at 1445

Sailing

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1445
SUMMERSIDE (1961- Deep-sea fishing trawler 106 feet long of William Liston Ltd, Leith) Own Page

SUMMERSIDE leaves Ardrossan Harbour for deep-sea fishing grounds

Sailing forSea - probably deep-sea fishing grounds off the Outer Hebrides Islands of ScotlandPort of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage70
Gross Tonnage214

Ship Movement

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1502
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 passes Govan Watch House, Glasgow 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

Sailing

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1505
TIDE (1959 - 1973 general cargo coaster 192 feet 48.9m overall of Amons & Co, Zaandam / N.V. Rederij "Tide", Bunde, Limburg /Timmerman's Handel & Industrie Maats N.V., Goes, Netherlands) Own Page

Timmerman's Dutch coaster TIDE sails light-ship for Portrush, Northern Ireland

Arrived fromNarvik (Norway)Port of RegistryGoes (Netherlands)
Arrived in berth25 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head EastNet Tonnage267
Sailing forPortrush (County Antrim, Northern Ireland)Gross Tonnage399
Sailed from berth25 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head EastDeadweght Tonnage565
Draught forward on arrival10' 7"
Draught aft on arrival12 feet
Cargo carried on arrival520 tons felspar
Commenced discharge of inward cargo18th July at 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoHoneyman
Completed discharge of inward cargo19th July at 1340
Outward cargoLight
Draught forward on sailing4 feet
Draught aft on sailing8' 3"
Ships agentC Salvesen

TIDE arrived in Prince's Dock from Narvik (Norway) at 1525 on 17th July

She departed Glasgow, light-ship, for Portrush on 19th July at 1505