Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0155
DEVERON (1959-1963 General cargo coaster 201 feet long of William Sloan Company, Glasgow : 1979 sank off Cyprus) Own Page

DEVERON arrives at Ardrossan with a general cargo from Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 8 "Burns Berth" Eglinton Tidal Dock near to Burns & Laird office and store)Net Tonnage253
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo Gross Tonnage511
Ships agentBurns & Laird Line, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Arrival

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0435
POINTER (1959 - 1975 Container, trailer and flat transport carrier 224 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page

POINTER arrives at Ardrossan from Larne on her regular trailer service

Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage608
Cargo carried on arrivalTrailersGross Tonnage1,208
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers

Sailing

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0500
MYRTLE ( in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

MYRTLE leaves Ardrossan for inshore fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde off Isle of Arran

Sailing forSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (On Firth of Forth, East Lothian, near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

Sailing

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0500
SPEEDWELL (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

SPEEDWELL leaves Ardrossan for inshore fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde off Isle of Arran

Sailing forSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

Sailing

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0500
VERONICA (Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

VERONICA leaves Ardrossan for inshore fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde off Isle of Arran

Sailing forSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

Sailing

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0500
GLEANER (Inshore fishing boat) Own Page

GLEANER leaves Ardrossan for inshore fishing grounds off Isle of Arran in Firth of Clyde

Sailing forSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryTarbert
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Master of vessel on sailingJohnstone

Arrival

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0520
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 from Larne on her regular container service

Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Holland)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage300
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersGross Tonnage519
Ships agentAnglo Continental Container Service, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage800

Ship Event

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0540
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 Dutch tanker KEIZERSWAARD to berth at Ardrossan

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryArdrossan
Gross Tonnage260

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and tug WRESTLER at the stern assist the tanker KEIZERSWAARD from the roadstead through the harbour entrance to the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Arrival

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0540
KEIZERSWAARD (1955-1970 Oil products tanker 169.5 metres long of NV Verenigde Nederlandse Tankvaartrederij, mgrs. NV Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co’s Scheepvaart Mij, Rotterdam) Own Page

Dutch tanker KEIZERSWAARD berths at Ardrossan Harbour

Arrived fromStanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal) via BelfastPort of Registrys'Gravenhage (Hague, Netherlands) (Dutch flag)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour berth 12 (Ocean tanker berth)Gross Tonnage12,576
Master of vessel on arrivalH Heunelem
Draught aft on arrival22' 6"
Cargo carried on arrivalAvtur and petrol
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and tug WRESTLER at the stern assist the tanker KEIZERSWAARD from the roadstead through the harbour entrance to the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour

KEIZERSWAARD is pronounced KEE-zers- Vaard as the Dutch pronounce the English letter W as V

Arrival

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0540
WRESTLER (1957-1979 tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock / Cory Towage)) Own Page

Tug WRESTLER assists the Dutch tanker KEIZERSWAARD to berth at Ardrossan

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived fromGreenockGross Tonnage248
Master of vessel on arrivalE Docherty

Tugmaster Docherty had brought the tug WRESTLER from Greenock to Ardrossan to assist the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY to berth the tanker KEIZERSWAARD.   On arrival at Ardrossan Roadstead the tug met the tanker and attached to the tankers' stern.

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and tug WRESTLER at the stern assist the tanker KEIZERSWAARD from the roadstead through the harbour entrance to the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour

Sailing

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0600
WRESTLER (1957-1979 tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock / Cory Towage)) Own Page

Tug WRESTLER leaves Ardrossan after assisting the Dutch tanker KEIZERSWAARD to berth

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forGreenockGross Tonnage248
Master of vessel on sailingE Docherty

Tugmaster Docherty had brought the tug WRESTLER from Greenock to Ardrossan to assist the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY to berth the tanker KEIZERSWAARD.   On arrival at Ardrossan Roadstead the tug met the tanker and attached to the tankers' stern.

Tug SEAWAY at the bow and tug WRESTLER at the stern assist the tanker KEIZERSWAARD from the roadstead through the harbour entrance to the tanker berth at Ardrossan Harbour

With the tanker made fast at the berth the Pilot released WRESTLER and the tug left Ardrossan to return to Greenock

Arrival

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0615
COLINA (1960-1967 general cargo liner 294 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson line's COLINA arrives in Glasgow from the Great Lakes via Avonmouth

Arrived fromGreat Lakes via AvonmouthPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth11 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head West, bow on 10/11 wall
Sailing forGreat Lakes
Sailed from berthBerth 10 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head West, with her bow 3 blinds from the bottom.
Draught forward on arrival13' 6"
Draught aft on arrival15' 5"
Cargo carried on arrival828 tons general
Commenced discharge of inward cargo25th July at 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo26th July at 1600
Commened loading outward cargo25th July at 1500
Outward cargo400 tons general
Stevedore loading outward cargoClyde Stevedores
Completed loading outward cargo27th July at 1500
Draught forward on sailing11' 5"
Draught aft on sailing14' 8"
Ships agentDonaldson Line

COLINA arrived in Glasgow at 0615 on 25th July from Great Lakes via Avonmouth.

At 2045 on 25th July she shifted Westwards along the dock wall from berth 11 Prince's Dock to berth 10 Prince's Dock, with her bow 3 blinds from the bottom.

COLINA departed from Glasgow on 27th July at 1630 for the Great Lakes

Sailing

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0710
CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page

CLANITY leaves Ardrossan with a cargo of Diesel Oil for Glasgow

Sailing forGlasgowPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage224
Outward cargoDiesel OilGross Tonnage495
Draught aft on sailing11' 6"
Master of vessel on sailingJ Fleming
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Arrival

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0925
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 arrivalPassengersGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish RailwaysDeadweght Tonnage301

Sailing

Wednesday, July 25, 1962 @ 0930
IRISH COAST ( 1952-1968 Passenger and cargo vessel 340 feet long of Coast Lines, Liverpool) Own Page

IRISH COAST leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Belfast (Northern Ireland) on her summer passenger service

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoPassengers
Ships agentBurns & Laird Line, The Harbour, Ardrossan