Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 1600
DUFF PATON ( 1956 - 1972 Deep-sea fishing trawler 118 feet long owned by Ardrossan Trawling Company (Manager Thomas L Devlin / Walter K Paton, Glasgow)) Own Page

DUFF PATON leaves Ardrossan for deep-sea fishing grounds

Sailing forSea - probably deep-sea fishing grounds off the Outer Hebrides Islands of ScotlandPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage87
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage274

Arrival

Friday, July 20, 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

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 1750
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 leaves Ardrossan for Larne on her regular container service

Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Holland)
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage300
Outward cargoContainersGross Tonnage519
Ships agentAnglo Continental Container Service, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage800

Sailing

Friday, July 20, 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

Arrival

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 1945
IRISH COAST ( 1952-1968 Passenger and cargo vessel 340 feet long of Coast Lines, Liverpool) Own Page

IRISH COAST arrives at Ardrossan from Belfast (Northern Ireland) on her summer passenger service

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Sailing

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 2105
POINTER (1959 - 1975 Container, trailer and flat transport carrier 224 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page

POINTER leaves Ardrossan for Larne on her regular trailer service

Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage608
Outward cargoTrailersGross Tonnage1,208
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers

Sailing

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 2120
MONICA (1932-1965 Coastal oil tanker 144 feet (44.10 metres) long of NV United Tank Coastal Rotterdam, Netherlands) Own Page

MONICA leaves Ardrossan carrying a cargo of tar for Belfast

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam, Holland
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage126
Outward cargoTarGross Tonnage325
Draught aft on sailing10' 6"Deadweght Tonnage419
Master of vessel on sailingC Zekkenheimer
Ships agentR L Alpine, Harbour Street, Ardrossan

Sailing

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 2210
FEDERICO FERRER ( 1959-1979 General cargo coaster 179 feet long of Federico Ferrer Tuset, Valencia) Own Page

FEDERICO FERRER leaves Ardrossan carrying a general cargo for Bilbao (Spain) via Liverpool

Sailing forBilbao (Spain) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryValencia
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourGross Tonnage560
Outward cargoGeneral cargoDeadweght Tonnage948
Draught aft on sailing14 feet
Master of vessel on sailingL Ruiz

Sailing

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 2345
KING ORRY (1946-1978 Passenger ferry 345 feet long of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, Douglas) Own Page

KING ORRY leaves Ardrossan Harbour on the midnight sailing to Douglas (Isle of Man)

Sailing forDouglas, Isle of ManPort of RegistryDouglas (Isle of Man, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage953
Outward cargoPassengersGross Tonnage2485
Master of vessel on sailingT Corteen
Ships agentRennie & Watson

Sailing

Saturday, July 21, 1962 @ 0010
PACIFIC FORTUNE (1948 - 1965 general cargo liner 500 feet long of Furness Withy Line, London) Own Page

Furness Withy's PACIFIC FORTUNE leaves Glasgow for Manchester

Arrived fromLos Angeles via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth6 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head East, bow 1 blind from top
Sailing forManchester
Sailed from berth6 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head East, bow 1 blind from top
Draught forward on arrival21' 6"
Draught aft on arrival24' 10"
Cargo carried on arrival2406 tons general
Commenced discharge of inward cargo17th July at 1330
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClutha Stevedoring Company
Completed discharge of inward cargo20th July at 1400 ; draught forward 19' 1" and aft 20 feet.
Outward cargoPart same
Draught forward on sailing18' 2"
Draught aft on sailing20' 1"
Vessel on groundFirst low water after arrival; draught forward 20' 9" and aft 21' 4"
Ships agentFurness Withy

PACIFIC FORTUNE arrived in Prince's Dock from Los Angeles via Liverpool at 1255 on 17th July 1962.

The ship was on ground (on the bed of the river at her berth) on the first low water after her arrival, her draught forward 20' 9" and aft 21' 4".

PACIFIC FORTUNE departed from Glasgow, for Manchester, on 21st July at 0010

Arrival

Saturday, July 21, 1962 @ 0120
VISHVA JYOTI (1961 - 1986 General cargo liner 506 feet long of Shipping Corporation of India, Bombay) Own Page

Shipping Corp of India's VISHVA JYOTI arrives in Glasgow from Rotterdam

Arrived fromRotterdamPort of RegistryBombay, India
Arrived in berth27 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, head West, bow on 43rd pawl Gross Tonnage9,173
Sailing forBombay via Liverpool
Sailed from berth19 Prince's Dock, Glasgow,
Draught forward on arrival11' 2"
Draught aft on arrival15' 6"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral out
Commened loading outward cargo21st July at 0800
Outward cargo650 tons general
Stevedore loading outward cargoClutha Stevedores
Heavy lifts loaded23rd July loaded 4 heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo23rd July at 1900
Draught forward on sailing17 feet
Draught aft on sailing16' 10"
Ships agentF W Allan

VISHVA JYOTI arrived in Prince's Dock from Rotterdam on 21st July at 0120.

On 23rd July the floating crane NEWSHOT came alongside and loaded 2 heavy lifts at 14 tons 10 cwts and also 2 heavy lifts at 11 tons 10 cwts onto VISHVA JYOTI

On 23rd July at 1730 she shifted from berth 27 Prince's Dock to berth 19 Prince's Dock

VISHVA JYOTI departed Glasgow for Bombay via Liverpool at 0230 on 24th July

Arrival

Saturday, July 21, 1962 @ 0150
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 Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Arrival

Saturday, July 21, 1962 @ 0515
CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page

CLIPPER arrives at Ardrossan from Larne on her regular container service

Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage315
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentAnglo Continental Container Service, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage780

Ship Event

Saturday, July 21, 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 Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM into Ardrossan Harbour

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryArdrossan
Gross Tonnage260

Ship Event

Saturday, July 21, 1962 @ 0540
FRAGUM (1952-1964 Coastal oil tanker 332 feet long of Shell Tankers, London :1976 scrapped at Hong Kong) Own Page

Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM arrives at Ardrossan from Stanlow with a cargo of Bitumen

Arrived fromStanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage1,280
Master of vessel on arrivalC Giachardi
Draught aft on arrival17 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalBitumen
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug SEAWAY assists Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM into Ardrossan Harbour