Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0250
SAINT BEDAN (1937-1964 General cargo coaster 157 feet long owned by J & A Gardner, Glasgow) Own Page

Gardner's SAINT BEDAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Belfast with a cargo of scrap

Arrived fromBelfastPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage240
Master of vessel on arrivalD McKinnonGross Tonnage452
Draught aft on arrival13 feetDeadweght Tonnage550
Cargo carried on arrivalScrap metal
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan

News Event

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0400
CORINTHIAN (1938 - 1963 general cargo ship 359 feet long of Ellerman & Papayanni Line (Ellerman Line Group) Own Page

Ellerman & Papayanni's CORINTHIAN arrives at Glasgow from Valencia (Spain) via Dublin and Belfast

Arrived fromValencia (Spain) via Dublin and BelfastPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth61 / 63 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)
Sailing forIzmir via Newport (Monmouthshire)
Sailed from berth61 / 63 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival12' 06"
Draught aft on arrival15' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0930 on 9th November
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1500 on 12th November
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 9th November
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 142 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed loading outward cargo1445 on 13th November
Draught forward on sailing11' 03"
Draught aft on sailing15' 02"
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971

Arrival

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0450
POINTER (1959 - 1975 Container, trailer and flat transport carrier 224 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage608
Master of vessel on arrivalP LynchGross Tonnage1,208
Cargo carried on arrivalTrailers
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers

Arrival

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0515
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
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Holland)
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage300
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersGross Tonnage519
Ships agentGeneral Freight, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage800

Arrival

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0610
PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry) Own Page

PALM arrives in Ardrossan to load tar for Belfast

Arrived fromBelfastPort of RegistryNewry
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage122
Master of vessel on arrivalJ HollywoodGross Tonnage343
Cargo carried on arrivalLight
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan

Sailing

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0625
STAR OF FAITH ( in 1962 LH77 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page
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

Sailing

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0625
SILVER CREST (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler LH 316) Own Page
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

Sailing

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0625
ST NINIAN (inshore fishing boat) Own Page
Sailing forSea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryPort Seton
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourNet TonnageInshore fishing boat
Outward cargoLight

Arrival

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 0950
CALANUS (Marine Biological research vessel of University of Glasgow) Own Page

CALANUS arrives in Ardrossan to load oil bunkers

Arrived fromMillport, Firth of ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage34
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Sutler
Cargo carried on arrivalLight

Sailing

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 1100
CALANUS (Marine Biological research vessel of University of Glasgow) Own Page

CALANUS departs Ardrossan after loading oil bunkers

Sailing forMillport (Isle of Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage34
Outward cargoLight - oil bunkers
Draught aft on sailing9' 6"
Master of vessel on sailingJ Sutler

News Event

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 1105
CRAFTSMAN (1947-1967 Steam General cargo ship 464 feet long of Charente Steamship Company / T & J Harrison, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's CRAFTSMAN arrives at Springfield Quay, Glasgow to load for Trinidad via Liverpool

Arrived fromAmsterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Arrived in berth29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and stem 1 1/2 blinds in from ferry)Net Tonnage4,000
Sailing forTrinidad via LiverpoolGross Tonnage6,725
Sailed from berth29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and stem 1 1/2 blinds in from ferry)Deadweght Tonnage9,160
Draught forward on arrival11' 08"
Draught aft on arrival19' 02"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 11th November
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 908 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed loading outward cargo1130 on 14th November
Draught forward on sailing12' 08"
Draught aft on sailing21' 07"
Vessel on groundAt 0720 on 13th November ship aground and alongside draught forward 12' 07" and aft 19' 06"
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011

Ship Event

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 1209
SEAWAY (1946 - 1969 Coastal and Harbour tug 114 feet long of Ardrossan Harbour Company, Ardrossan : 1969 Scrapped at Dalmuir, River Clyde) Own Page

Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY assists the Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM to dock at Ardrossan

Ship's locationArdrossan HarbourPort of RegistryArdrossan
Gross Tonnage260

FRAGUM was assisted from the Roadstead to the berth by the Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY

Arrival

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 1210
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 fromStanlowPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage1,280
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Diston
Draught aft on arrival17' 6"
Cargo carried on arrivalBitumen
Ships agentT L Duff, Ardrossan

She was assisted from the Roadstead to the berth by the Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY

Sailing

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 1535
SAINT BEDAN (1937-1964 General cargo coaster 157 feet long owned by J & A Gardner, Glasgow) Own Page

Gardner's coaster SAINT BEDAN leaves Ardrossan light-ship for Belfast

Sailing forBelfastPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage240
Outward cargoLight - oil bunkersGross Tonnage452
Draught aft on sailing10 feetDeadweght Tonnage550
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan

Sailing

Friday, November 9, 1962 @ 1730
PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry) Own Page

PALM leaves Ardrossan with a cargo of tar for Belfast

Sailing forBelfastPort of RegistryNewry
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourReg Tonnage122
Master of vessel on arrivalJ HollywoodGross Tonnage343
Cargo carried on arrivalLight
Outward cargoTar
Draught aft on sailing14 feet
Master of vessel on sailingJ Hollywood
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan