Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Sunday, February 3, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		WILLEM RUYS (in 1952 Rotterdam LLoyd) Own Page

WILLEM RUYS leaves Sydney for Rotterdam and Amsterdam via Panama

Sailing

Sunday, February 3, 1963 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LADY ROSLIN (1958-1982 Explosives carrier 174 feet long of I.C.I. Nobel Division, Irvine) Own Page

LADY ROSLIN leaves Irvine Harbour with 111 tons of explosives for Liverpool
Sailing forLiverpool (UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthGarnock Wharf, River Garnock, Irvine Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Net Tonnage304
Outward cargo111 tons of explosivesReg Tonnage275
Ships agentI.C.I.Nobel Division, Ardeer Factory, Stevenston, Ayrshire, ScotlandGross Tonnage698
Deadweght Tonnage552

Arrival

Sunday, February 3, 1963 @ 2245 		SPANIEL (1955-1973 Coaster handling containers, trailers and flats, 224 feet long of Link Line/ Coast Line : 1981 Scrapped at Aviles, Spain) Own Page

SPANIEL arrives in Ardrossan on her regular trailer service from Larne
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Master of vessel on arrivalV. Sheppard
Cargo carried on arrivalTrailers
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers

Sailing

Sunday, February 3, 1963 @ 2325 		B P REFINER (1952-1964 Coastal oil tanker of Shell Mex & BP, London) Own Page

B P REFINER departs Ardrossan with a cargo of fuel oil and gas oil for Stornoway
Sailing forStornoway (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourGross Tonnage797
Outward cargoFuel oil and gas oil
Draught aft on sailing14' 6"
Master of vessel on sailingG Sayer

Sailing

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1105 		HANS (General cargo coaster, 2 holds, one mast of Dutch owners) Own Page

HANS leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Irvine.
Sailing forIrvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (4 nautical miles South of Ardrossan)Port of RegistryGroningen
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourNet Tonnage179
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Master of vessel on sailingS Salomons

The Ardrossan Harbour logbook shows HANS as arriving light-ship and also as leaving as light-ship. This is strange as normally HANS and any other vessel arriving from Carnlough would be carrying a cargo of Limestone

Perhaps her stay in Ardrossan was simply waiting for orders - or waiting for a berth to become free at Irvine Harbour - and we will probably never know the answer.

However, her draft on arrival was 8' 6" and draft on sailing was 7 feet, so it may well be that she was indeed carrying Limestone from Carnlough and that the Ardrossan Harbour Control operator who wrote the ships entry in the Logbook may have made a mistake in showing her as being "light"

Sailing

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1115 		SPES MAJOR (1961-1972 General cargo coaster 51.47 metres long of Bergsma & Leinenga, Delfzijl) Own Page

Dutch coaster SPES MAJOR departs Ardrossan with a cargo of steel plates for Dunkirk (France)
Sailing forDunkirk (French: Dunkerque, Northern France)Port of RegistryDelfzijl.((Holland)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Reg Tonnage318
Outward cargoSteel platesGross Tonnage499
Draught aft on sailing9 feet
Master of vessel on sailingL Bergsma

From 1948 to 1961 she was HOOP of J & H Damhof of Delfzijl, Netherlands, and was a relatively frequent visitor to Glasgow and the Clyde.

She was scrapped in Greece in 1989

Arrival

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1300
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HANS (General cargo coaster, 2 holds, one mast of Dutch owners) Own Page

HANS arrives at Irvine Harbour from Ardrossan to load seed oats for Dublin
Arrived fromArdrossan Harbour, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UKPort of RegistryGroningen
Arrived in berthTown Quay, Irvine Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Net Tonnage179
Master of vessel on arrivalSalomons
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on board

Arrival

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1425 		SHELL SUPPLIER ( 1952-1967 Coastal oil products tanker 194 feet long of Shell Mex & BP, London) Own Page

SHELL SUPPLIER arrives at Ardrossan with a cargo of gas oil from Heysham (England)
Arrived fromHeysham (England)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Jack
Draught aft on arrival14 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalGas oil
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Sailing

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1500 		LAIRDSBURN (1959-1966 General cargo coaster 165 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 sank at Sicily) Own Page

LAIRDSBURN leaves Ardrossan light-ship for Greenock
Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Net Tonnage228
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage513
Draught aft on sailing9 feetDeadweght Tonnage720
Ships agentBurns & Laird, Ardrossan

LAIRDSBURN was most probably heading to Scotts Shipyard at Greenock to load steel plates for Harland & Wolff's Shipyard at Belfast

Sailing

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1655 		DEVERON (1959-1963 General cargo coaster 201 feet long of William Sloan Company, Glasgow : 1979 sank off Cyprus) Own Page

DEVERON leaves Ardrossan with a general cargo for Belfast
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 8 "Burns Berth" Eglinton Tidal Dock near to Burns & Laird office and store)Net Tonnage253
Outward cargoGeneralGross Tonnage511
Ships agentBurns & Laird, Ardrossan

Harbour Event

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1700 		Own Page

Coal to be shipped from Ardrossan

From "The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald" dated 1st February 1963

By "Puffer"

On Monday first, 750 tons of coal are due to be shipped from Ardrossan Harbour to England.
It would be the first shipment of coal to leave this port for some years

Arrival

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1700 		STAR OF FAITH ( in 1962 LH77 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)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Cargo carried on arrival10 boxes of fish

Arrival

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1700 		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 arrival8 boxes of fish

Ship Event

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1700 		PACIFIC NORTHWEST (1954-1971 General and refrigerated cargo liner 501 feet long of Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974) Own Page

Furness Withy's PACIFIC NORTHWEST closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Central America
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011Port of RegistryLondon (U.K.)
Net Tonnage5,529
Gross Tonnage9,442
Deadweght Tonnage11,410

Arrival

Monday, February 4, 1963 @ 1720 		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 arrival10 boxes of fish