Ship Event
Wednesday, December 12, 1962 @ 0900
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TREMORVAH (1954-1968 Tramp general cargo ship 456 feet overall of Hain Steamship Company / Hain Nourse Line)) |
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Hain's TREMORVAH at Springfield Quay, Glasgow loads 6 heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOT |
Ship's location | 29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (with her head east) | Port of Registry | London (England, UK) |
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Heavy lifts loaded | 12 December 2 X lifts @ 21 tons each and 4 X lifts @ 14.5 tons each, total 100 tons | Gross Tonnage | 5,605 |
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Ships agent | Frank C Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CITy 6131 | | |
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Ship Event
Wednesday, December 12, 1962 @ 0900
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NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) |
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Floating crane NEWSHOT loads 6 heavy lifts onto Hain's TREMORVAH at Springfield Quay, Glasgow |
Ship's location | 29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (alongside Hain's TREMORVAH) | Port of Registry | Glasgow |
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Heavy lifts loaded | 12 December 2 X lifts @ 21 tons each and 4 X lifts @ 14.5 tons each, total 100 tons | | |
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News Event
Wednesday, December 12, 1962 @ 1235
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VASILIY KACHALOV (1957- General cargo ship 395 feet long of U.S.S.R) |
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Russian ship VASILIY KACHALOV arrives at Clydebank carrying 4,591 tons of steel coils from Latvia |
Arrived from | Ventspils (on the Baltic Sea coast of Latvia) | Port of Registry | Russia |
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Arrived in berth | 16 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow, (head East) | Gross Tonnage | 3,106 |
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Sailing for | Bremen (Germany) | Deadweght Tonnage | 5,660 |
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Sailed from berth | 16 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow, (head East) | | |
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Draught forward on arrival | 22' 3" | | |
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Draught aft on arrival | 22' 3" | | |
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Cargo carried on arrival | 4,591 tons of steel coils | | |
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Commenced discharge of inward cargo | 12 December at 1330 | | |
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Stevedore discharging inward cargo | J F Wilson | | |
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Completed discharge of inward cargo | 15 December at 0945 | | |
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Outward cargo | Light - no cargo on board | | |
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Draught forward on sailing | 10 feet | | |
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Draught aft on sailing | 15' 9" | | |
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The Russian general cargo ship VASILIY KACHALOV arrived at berth 16 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow at 1235 on 12th December 1962. She had come from Ventspils on the Baltic Sea coast of Latvia and was carrying an inward cargo of 4,591 tons of steel coils, and was sitting evenly with a forward and aft draught of 22’ 3.”
Stevedores J. F. Wilson commenced discharging at 1330 on 12th December, and finished unloading at 0945 on 15th December.
VASILIY KACHALOV left Rothesay Dock for Bremen (Germany) at 1200 on 15th December, light-ship (no cargo on board) and draught 10 feet forward and 15’ 9” aft.

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Arrival
Wednesday, December 12, 1962 @ 1330
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STAR OF FAITH ( in 1962 LH77 Inshore fishing trawler) |
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Arrived from | Sea | Port of Registry | Port Seton (Scotland) |
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Arrived in berth | Ardrossan Harbour | | |
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Cargo carried on arrival | Light | | |
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Arrival
Wednesday, December 12, 1962 @ 1530
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ST NINIAN (inshore fishing boat) |
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Arrived from | Sea | Port of Registry | Port Seton |
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Arrived in berth | Ardrossan Harbour | Net Tonnage | Inshore fishing boat |
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Cargo carried on arrival | Light | | |
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Arrival
Wednesday, December 12, 1962 @ 1630
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SILVER CREST (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler LH 316) |
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Arrived from | Sea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde) | Port of Registry | Port Seton (Scotland, UK) |
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Arrived in berth | Ardrossan Harbour | | |
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Cargo carried on arrival | 7 boxes of fish | | |
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Sailing
Wednesday, December 12, 1962 @ 2110
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SPANIEL (1955-1973 Coaster handling containers, trailers and flats, 224 feet long of Link Line/ Coast Line : 1981 Scrapped at Aviles, Spain) |
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Sailing for | Larne (Northern Ireland) | Port of Registry | Liverpool (England, U.K.) |
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Sailed from berth | Ardrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock) | | |
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Outward cargo | Trailers | | |
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Ships agent | Northern Ireland Trailers | | |
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Arrival
Thursday, December 13, 1962 @ 0045
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POINTER (1959 - 1975 Container, trailer and flat transport carrier 224 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow) |
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Arrived from | Larne (Northern Ireland) | Port of Registry | Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) |
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Arrived in berth | Ardrossan Harbour | Net Tonnage | 608 |
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Master of vessel on arrival | P Lynch | Gross Tonnage | 1,208 |
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Cargo carried on arrival | Trailers | | |
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Ships agent | Northern Ireland Trailers | | |
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News Event
Thursday, December 13, 1962 @ 0600
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STORMLIGHT (1957-1973 General cargo steam / then diesel coaster 88 feet long of Light Shipping Company Ltd. / Ross & Marshall Ltd, Greenock : 15 December 1973 wrecked at Craighouse, Jura)) |
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STORMLIGHT was windbound at Glenarm (Northern Ireland, U.K.) then at 1200 sailed for Rothesay |
Arrived from | Craighouse (Isle of Jura, Western Isles of Scotland, UK) | Port of Registry | Greenock (Scotland, UK) |
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Arrived in berth | Glenarm (Northern Ireland, U.K.) | Net Tonnage | 71 |
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Sailing for | Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland) | Gross Tonnage | 166 |
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Sailed from berth | Glenarm (Northern Ireland, U.K.) | Deadweght Tonnage | 183 |
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Cargo carried on arrival | Light = no cargo on board | | |
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Outward cargo | Lime for Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Scotland) : for account of J Gibson & Son | | |
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Ships agent | Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294 | | |
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Sailing
Thursday, December 13, 1962 @ 0635
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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) |
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Sailing for | Larne (Northern Ireland) | Port of Registry | Rotterdam (Holland) |
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Sailed from berth | Ardrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock) | Net Tonnage | 300 |
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Outward cargo | Containers | Gross Tonnage | 519 |
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Ships agent | Atlantic Steam Navigation, Ardrossan | Deadweght Tonnage | 800 |
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News Event
Thursday, December 13, 1962 @ 0700
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SKYLIGHT (1936-1967 steam engined Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock) |
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SKYLIGHT left Glasgow on passage to Troon : p.m. at Troon loaded 85 tons 17 cwts of coal for Dunoon |
Sailing for | Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) | Port of Registry | Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) |
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Sailed from berth | Custom House Quay, Clyde Street, Glasgow) | Net Tonnage | 40 |
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Outward cargo | At Troon loaded 85 tons 17 cwts of coal for Dunoon : account of A. Blackwood | Gross Tonnage | 90 |
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Ships agent | Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294 | | |
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Sailing
Thursday, December 13, 1962 @ 0720
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STAR OF FAITH ( in 1962 LH77 Inshore fishing trawler) |
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Sailing for | Sea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde) | Port of Registry | Port Seton (Scotland) |
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Sailed from berth | Ardrossan Harbour | | |
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Outward cargo | Light - no cargo on board | | |
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Sailing
Thursday, December 13, 1962 @ 0720
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ST NINIAN (inshore fishing boat) |
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Sailing for | Sea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde) | Port of Registry | Port Seton |
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Sailed from berth | Ardrossan Harbour | Net Tonnage | Inshore fishing boat |
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Outward cargo | Light - no cargo on board | | |
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Sailing
Thursday, December 13, 1962 @ 0720
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SILVER CREST (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler LH 316) |
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Sailing for | Sea - Inshore fishing grounds (usually in waters off Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde) | Port of Registry | Port Seton (Scotland, UK) |
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Sailed from berth | Ardrossan Harbour | | |
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Cargo carried on arrival | Light - no cargo on board | | |
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Outward cargo | Light - no cargo on board | | |
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News Event
Thursday, December 13, 1962 @ 0800
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SEALIGHT (1930-1963 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 86 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd : 1964 scrapped at Troon)) |
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SEALIGHT after sheltering from storm left Campbeltown with a cargo of coal for Port Ellen (Islay) |
Arrived from | Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) on passage to Port Ellen (Isle of Islay) | Port of Registry | Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) |
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Arrived in berth | Campbeltown (Kintyre, Scotland, U.K.) to shelter from severe weather | Gross Tonnage | 154 |
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Sailing for | Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Scotland, U.K.) | | |
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Sailed from berth | Campbeltown (Kintyre, Scotland, U.K.) | | |
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Outward cargo | Coal (154 tons 16 hundredweights for account of A. J Currie) | | |
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Vessel bunkered | Bunkered with 6 tons of coal at Troon Harbour | | |
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Ships agent | Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294 | | |
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