Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Tuesday, February 14, 1950 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BRAGANCA Own Page

BRAGANCA arrives in Greenock with a cargo of Sugar from San Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Arrived fromSan Domingo (officially Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital in the Dominican Republic)Port of RegistryLisbon (Portugal)
Arrived in berthJames Watt Dock, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalHenrique de Olivina
Cargo carried on arrivalSugar
Ships agentJ & J Denholm Ltd,, Greenock

News Event

Friday, February 17, 1950 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		FORT NAKASLEY (General cargo ship) Own Page

FORT NAKASLEY arrives in Greenock with a cargo of Sugar from Australia
Arrived fromAustraliaPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthJames Watt Dock, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalA Cromatry
Cargo carried on arrivalSugar
Ships agentJ & J Denholm Ltd,, 27 Hamilton Street, Greenock Telephone 22276 (3 lines)

Sailing

Sunday, February 19, 1950 @ 1200 		JASON (1950 - 1972 General cargo/passenger liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Blue Funnel's JASON left UK on her maiden voyage to Australia
Port of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage10,160

Her maiden voyage left UK to Australia on 19th February 1950.

On 23rd May 1972 she arrived at Kaosiung (Taiwan) for demolition.

News Event

Monday, February 20, 1950 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		DA CAPO (1948-1962 General cargo coaster 61.8m long of Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co's Stoomvaart-Maatschappij N.V., Rotterdam / Frans van der Laan, Groningen) Own Page

Van Nievelt, Goudriaan's DA CAPO arrives in Greenock with an Engine Unit for a vessel
Arrived fromRotterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryGroningen (Netherlands)
Arrived in berthGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage161
Master of vessel on arrivalFrans Van der Laan (the owner of the ship)Gross Tonnage499
Cargo carried on arrivalEngine unit for vesselDeadweght Tonnage787
Ships agentJ & J Denholm Ltd,, Greenock

Arrival

Monday, February 27, 1950 @ 1100 		GLENVILLE Own Page

New ship GLENVILLE moves from Lithgow's Shipyard to Greenock for fitting-out
Ship's locationDATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance onlyNet Tonnage3,727.44
Arrived fromLithgow's Shipyard, Port GlasgowGross Tonnage6,320.34
Arrived in berthJames Watt Dock, Greenock (being a new ship for fitting-out)

Builders are Lithgows, Limited
Engineers are Rankine & Blackmore, Limited

News Event

Monday, March 6, 1950 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		MENDI PALM (1949-1959 General cargo ship of Palm Line, London) Own Page

Palm Line's MENDI PALM arrives in Greenock with a cargo of Palm Kernels from West Africa
Arrived fromWest AfricaPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage5,424
Master of vessel on arrivalL Wilding
Cargo carried on arrivalPalm Kernels
Ships agentJ & J Denholm Ltd,, Greenock

News Event

Sunday, March 12, 1950 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		INDORE (General cargo ship) Own Page

INDORE arrives in Greenock with a cargo from British West Indies
Arrived fromBritish West IndiesPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthJames Watt Dock, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalJ J Ramsay
Cargo carried on arrivalRaw sugar, Cane sugar, Asphal ??, Rum
Ships agentD MacDougall (Shipping) Ltd,, Greenock

Arrival

Thursday, March 16, 1950 @ 1100 		QUORRA Own Page

New ship QUORRA moves from Denny's Shipyard to Greenock for fitting-out
Ship's locationDATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
Arrived fromDenny's Shipyard, Dumbarton
Arrived in berthAlbert Harbour, Greenock (being a new ship for fitting-out)

Builders are Denny's Shipyard, Dumbarton
Engineers are Rankine & Blackmore, Limited

Arrival

Monday, March 20, 1950 @ 1100 		EL KERYM Own Page

New ship EL KERYM moves from Ardrossan Shipyard to Greenock for fitting-out
Ship's locationDATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance onlyNet Tonnage1,103.60
Arrived fromArdrossan Shipyard, ArdrossanGross Tonnage2,066
Arrived in berthJames Watt Dock, Greenock (being a new ship for fitting-out)

Builders are Ardrossan Dockyard, Ardrossan
Engineers are John G Kinkaid & Company Limited

Sailing

Monday, March 20, 1950 @ 1800 		EL KERYM Own Page

New ship EL KERYM returns to Ardrossan Shipyard from Greenock
Ship's locationDATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance onlyNet Tonnage1,103.60
Arrived fromArdrossan Shipyard, ArdrossanGross Tonnage2,066
Arrived in berthJames Watt Dock, Greenock (being a new ship for fitting-out)

Builders are Ardrossan Dockyard, Ardrossan
Engineers are John G Kinkaid & Company Limited

EL KERYM is listed as arriving in James Watt Dock for fitting-out, and also shown as returning to Ardrossan that same day.

News Event

Tuesday, March 21, 1950 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BARON SCOTT (1940-1961 General cargo ship of H Hogarth & Co. / Baron Line, Glasgow : 1969 Scrapped) Own Page

Hogarth's BARON SCOTT arrives in Greenock with Sugar and Rum from Santo Domingo
Arrived fromSan Domingo (officially Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital in the Dominican Republic)Port of RegistryArdrossan (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthJames Watt Dock, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage4,574
Master of vessel on arrivalW Fitzgerald
Cargo carried on arrivalSugar and Rum
Ships agentJ & J Denholm Ltd,, Greenock

News Event

Tuesday, March 21, 1950 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		HOMEGATE (General cargo ship) Own Page

HOMEGATE arrives in Greenock with a cargo of Palm Kernels from West Africa
Arrived fromWest AfricaPort of RegistrySunderland (England, U.K).
Arrived in berthGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Mills
Cargo carried on arrivalPalm Kernels
Ships agentJ & J Denholm Ltd,, Greenock

Ship Event

Friday, March 31, 1950 @ 1500 		HECTOR (1950 - 1972 passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Blue Funnel's new ship HECTOR is completed at Belfast
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Net Tonnage5,922
Gross Tonnage10,125

Completed by Harland and Wolff Shipbuilders, Belfast, for the Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool

News Event

Saturday, April 1, 1950 @ 0900 		CITY OF LIVERPOOL (1948-1967 General cargo liner of Ellerman Lines, London) Own Page

Feature in April 1950 Australia's "Fashion" Magazine and Ellermam's CITY OF LIVERPOOL
Ship's locationMelbourne (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Vessel MasterCaptain Scrimageour

News Event

Saturday, April 1, 1950 @ 1000
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date 		RAJULA (1926-1973 Passenger / cargo liner 462 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974) Own Page

British India Steam Navigation Company Postcard of RAJULA on Madras-Nagapattinam-Straits Service
Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Net Tonnage4,702
Gross Tonnage8,478

 

Company Postcard of RAJULA.

   On the reverse side of the card is

B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.           MADRAS – NAGAPATTINAM-

s.s. “RAJULA”                                 STRAITS SERVICE

8496 tons