Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 0945
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 Net Tonnage388
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish RailwayDeadweght Tonnage301

News Event

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1010
KOYAN (1952-1966 General cargo ship 455 feet long of British & Burmese Steam Navigation / Patrick Henderson / 1964 - 1966 Elder Dempster, Liverpool : 1978 scrapped) Own Page

Henderson's KOYAN at Springfield Quay, Glasgow to load general cargo and 2 heavy lifts

Arrived fromLondon (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (assisted by 2 Steel & Bennie tugs)Net Tonnage3,193
Sailing forBombay via BirkenheadGross Tonnage5,537
Sailed from berth29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (assisted by 2 Steel & Bennie tugs)Deadweght Tonnage9,300
Draught forward on arrival12' 00"
Draught aft on arrival16' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo1015 on 27th August
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 2,500 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoClutha Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233
Heavy lifts loaded28 August loaded 1 X 16 1/2 tons per road and NEWSHOT and 1 X 25 1/2 tons by rail and NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1735 on 3rd September
Draught forward on sailing13' 08"
Draught aft on sailing17' 07"
Ships agentJohn G Borland & Peat Ltd., 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 3651

Sailing

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1020
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)

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

Ship Event

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1035
SEAWAY (1946 - 1969 Coastal and Harbour tug 114 feet long of Ardrossan Harbour Company, Ardrossan : 1969 Scrapped at Dalmuir, River Clyde) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and STRONGBOW assist the German tanker HELMA ENTZ to leave Ardrossan Harbour

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryArdrossan
Gross Tonnage260

Tugs SEAWAY (at stern) and STRONGBOW (at the bow) assist the German ocean tanker HELMA ENTZ stern-first from Ardrossan Harbour to the Roadstead.

Sailing

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1035
HELMA ENTZ (1958-1971 Products tanker 170 metres 558 feet of Thomas Entz Tanker GmbH, Rendsburg, Germany : 1977 Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

German ocean tanker HELMA ENTZ leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Kiel (Germany)

Sailing forKiel (Germany)Port of RegistryHamburg (Germany)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Reg Tonnage7,367
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage12,430
Draught aft on sailing19' 6"Deadweght Tonnage20,146
Master of vessel on sailingH Claussen
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tugs SEAWAY (at stern) and STRONGBOW (at the bow) assist the German ocean tanker HELMA ENTZ stern-first from Ardrossan Harbour to the Roadstead.

HELMA ENTZ was a single-screw steam turbine products tanker with a service speed of 15 knots and was built in 1958 by Kieler Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel, Germany for Thomas Entz Tanker GmbH, Rendsburg, Germany.
In 1971 she was sold to Bernuth Tankers Inc, and renamed JEANE HANCOCK under the Liberian flag.
1975 saw her sold and renamed FRIENDSHIP L and she went to the shipbreakers at Kaosiung, Taiwan in 1977.

Sailing

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1035
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 leaves Ardrossan assisting in sailing the German tanker HELMA ENTZ

Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Net Tonnage41
Gross Tonnage225

Tugs SEAWAY (at the stern) and STRONGBOW (at the bow) had assisted the German ocean tanker HELMA ENTZ stern-first from Ardrossan Harbour to the Roadstead, and after being released by the Harbour Pilot STRONGBOW left to return to Greenock

Sailing

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1245
HANS (General cargo coaster, 2 holds, one mast of Dutch owners) Own Page

HANS leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Carnlough (Northern Ireland)

Sailing forCarnlough ( County Antrim, Northern Ireland )Port of RegistryGroningen
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage179
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Master of vessel on sailingD Jager
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan

Arrival

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1430
MONICA (1932-1965 Coastal oil tanker 144 feet (44.10 metres) long of NV United Tank Coastal Rotterdam, Netherlands) Own Page

MONICA arrives in Ardrossan to load a cargo of tar for Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam, Holland
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage126
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage325
Deadweght Tonnage419

Sailing

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1500
PRASE ( 1938 - ? General cargo coaster of Wm Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Robertson's Gem Line coaster PRASE leaves Ardrossan for Dundalk

Sailing forDundalk (County Louth, Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Gross Tonnage374
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Draught aft on sailing9 feet
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan

Sailing

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1630
CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock) Own Page

Excursion Paddle Steamer CALEDONIA leaves Ardrossan for Ayr

Sailing forAyr (On the Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire, Scotland)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourGross Tonnage623
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardDeadweght Tonnage161
Ships agentBritish Railway

Arrival

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1730
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 HarbourNet Tonnage388
Master of vessel on arrivalA McNabGross Tonnage1,107
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers and general cargoDeadweght Tonnage301
Ships agentBritish Railway

Arrival

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1730
SILVER CREST (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler LH 316) Own Page
Arrived fromSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Cargo carried on arrival6 boxes of fish

Arrival

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1730
CHRISTINA 11 ( in 1962 for CHRISTINA 2 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page
Arrived fromSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Cargo carried on arrival5 boxes of fish

Arrival

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1730
MYRTLE ( in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page
Arrived fromSea - 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)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Cargo carried on arrival4 boxes of fish

Sailing

Monday, August 27, 1962 @ 1735
ANTRIM COAST (1937-1964 a general cargo coaster 209 feet long of Coast Line, Liverpool) Own Page

ANTRIM COAST leaves Ardrossan Harbour with a general cargo for Belfast (Northern Ireland)

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 8 "Burns Berth" which was near the Burns & Laird office and store)Net Tonnage234
Outward cargoGeneral cargoGross Tonnage646
Master of vessel on sailingG R JonesDeadweght Tonnage930
Ships agentBurns & Laird, Ardrossan