Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Friday, November 30, 1962 @ 2205
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
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Holland)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage300
Outward cargoContainersGross Tonnage519
Ships agentGeneral Freight, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage800

Ship Event

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PORT JACKSON (1937-1967 General cargo ship of Port Line, London : 1967 Scrapped) Own Page

PORT JACKSON at London (England, UK) from lLyttelton (East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand)

Ship's locationLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived fromlLyttelton (East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand)Gross Tonnage9,687

Ship Event

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MIDDLESEX (1953-1965 General cargo ship of Federal Steam Navigation Co., London) Own Page

MIDDLESEX at Liverpool (England, UK) from Dunedin (South Island of New Zealand)

Ship's locationLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived fromDunedin (South Island of New Zealand)Gross Tonnage8,284

Ship Event

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG (1947- 1970 General cargo ship 476 feet overall of Ellerman Hall Line / Ellerman & Bucknall : 1973 scrapped at Kaohsiung (Taiwan) Own Page

CITY OF JOHANNESBURG at Middlesbrough (England UK) from Beira (Mozambique)

Ship's locationMiddlesbrough (England UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived fromBeira (Mozambique) Net Tonnage4,831
Gross Tonnage8,207

Ship Event

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
AMERICAN HARVESTER (1948-1968 General cargo ship 460 feet long of United States Lines, New York : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

AMERICAN HARVESTER at Savannah (Georgia, USA) from London (England, UK)

Ship's locationSavannah (Georgia, USA)Port of RegistryNew York, USA
Arrived fromLondon (England, UK)

Ship Event

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ALAUNIA (1960-1969 Cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page

ALAUNIA at Baltimore (Maryland, USA) from London (England, UK)

Ship's locationBaltimore (Maryland, USA)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived fromLondon (England, UK)

Arrival

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0215
DEVERON (1959-1963 General cargo coaster 201 feet long of William Sloan Company, Glasgow : 1979 sank off Cyprus) Own Page
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage253
Master of vessel on arrivalW DunlopGross Tonnage511
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral
Ships agentBurns & Laird, Ardrossan

Arrival

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0400
CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage315
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentGeneral Freight, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage780

Ship Event

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0600
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ATHLONE CASTLE (1934-1965 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

ATHLONE CASTLE from Southampton (England, UK) at Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

Ship's locationPort Elizabeth (South Africa) Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived fromSouthampton (England, UK)Gross Tonnage25,564

Ship Event

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
FILEFJELL (1961-1967 Motor ore carrier 605 feet overall of A/S Falkefjell & A/S Dovrefjell / Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo : 1986 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

FILEFJELL at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow bunkers 110 tons of fuel oil from CLYDE ENTERPRISE

Ship's locationGeneral Terminus Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)Port of RegistryOslo (Norway)
Vessel bunkeredSee note belowNet Tonnage8,656
Gross Tonnage17,622
Deadweght Tonnage26,610

30th November FILEFJELL bunkered 320 tons of fuel

oil and on 1st December bunkered 110 tons of fuel

oil, both times from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE.


On sailing from General Terminus Quay the 605 feet

long  FILEFJELL (Pilot B. Taylor) was towed astern by

4 tugs, passing Queen’s and Prince’s Docks, Yorkhill,

Meadowside and Merklands Quays to King George V

Dock where her stern was put into the dock and she

was canted to port and then proceeded ahead going

downriver to Greenock and the Firth of Clyde and

then on passage to Monrovia, in Liberia, West Africa.

Ship Event

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CLYDE ENTERPRISE (Harbour oiler) Own Page

CLYDE ENTERPRISE bunkers FILEFJELL at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow with 110 tons of fuel oil

Ship's locationGeneral Terminus Quay, Glasgow (alongside ore carrier FILEFJELL)

Sailing

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 1340
CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage315
Outward cargoContainersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentGeneral Freight, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage780

Sailing

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SALAMANCA (1948-1967 General cargo ship of Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool) Own Page

SALAMANCA left Middlesborough (England, UK) for Arica (Peru)

Sailing forArica (Arica Privince in northern Chile : only 18km (11 miles) south of the border with Peru)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthMiddlesborough (England, UK)Gross Tonnage6,704

Sailing

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
QUEEN ELIZABETH (1940-1946 Troopship then 1946-1968 passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton (England) for New York (USA)

Sailing forNew York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK ... all in one quick wordPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSouthampton (England, UK)Gross Tonnage83,673

Sailing

Saturday, December 1, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PORT PHILLIP (1941-1971 General cargo ship of Port Line, London : 1971 Scrapped) Own Page

PORT PHILLIP left Cardiff (Wales, UK) for Adelaide (Capital city of the State of South Australia)

Sailing forAdelaide (Capital city of the State of South Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailed from berthCardiff (Wales, UK)Gross Tonnage9,936