Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Ship Event

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance 		CLAN GRAHAM (1907-1918 and 1920 General cargo turret-deck steamer 400 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN GRAHAM left Bombay April 1 for U.K. and Continent
Ship's locationCLAN GRAHAM left Bombay April 1 for U.K. and ContinentPort of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage3,289
Gross Tonnage5,213

 Bill McKellar writes :

From Norman Middlemiss's excellent Clan Line Book :

Completed in 1907 by William Doxford Shipyard at Sunderland for Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow

In May 1917 while in the Mediterranean she was attacked by gunfire from a submarine, but escaped

In March 1918 when she was 15 miles off Crete she was torpedoed by a German submarine, three crewmen were lost, and the ship was towed to Suda Bay, Crete.

November 1920 saw her involved in a collision in Flushing Roads, subsequently being beached and thereafter catching fire. As a result she was broken up in Belgium in 1923

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1600 		VIRGINIAN (1905-1914 and 1918-1920 Passenger / cargo liner 538 feet triple-screw 17 knots of Allan Line) Own Page

Allan Line's VIRGINIAN left Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) at 4pm on April 1 for Liverpool
Ship's locationLeft Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) at 4pm April 1 for LiverpoolGross Tonnage11,182

Allan Line had VIRGINIAN built by Alex Stephen's Shipyard at Glasgow in 1905 and she served as a Royal Navy Auxiliary Cruiser during World War 1 from 1914 to 1918.

In 1920 Allan Line sold her to Swedish America Line who renamed her DROTTNINGHOLM and she served on their North Atlantic passenger service.

The second World War saw her used as a Red Cross prisoner repatriation ship, and in 1948 Swedish American Line sold her to Home Line who renamed her BRASIL.

Another name change in 1955 to HOMELAND was her last, and she was scrapped in Italy in 1955

Ship Event

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1600
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CLAN FORBES (1903-1918 Cargo Liner 360 feet long turret-deck steamer of Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN FORBES left Liverpool April 1 for Cape Town
Ship's locationLeft Liverpool April 1 for Cape TownPort of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage2,509
Gross Tonnage3,946

Bill McKellar writes : From the excellent Clan Line book :On 9th June 1918 CLAN FORBES was on passage from Newport (south Wales) to Port Said carrying a cargo of coal when she was sunk 115 miles west of Alexandria (Egypt) by the German submarine U-105 and two crewmen were lost.

Ship Event

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1600
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CLAN STUART (1900 - 1914 General cargo turret-deck steamer 355 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN STUART passed Gibraltar April 1 on passage Chittagong to London
Ship's locationFrom Chittagong for London : passed Gibraltar April 1Port of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage2,285
Gross Tonnage3,594

Bill McKellar writes :

From Norman Middlemiss's excellent Clan Line Book :

Completed in 1900 by William Doxford Shipyard at Sunderland for Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow On 21st November 1914 she was wrecked at Simons Bay, Cape Colony, after arriving at Cape Town from UK

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MARWARRI (1911-1920 Cargo Liner of Anchor- Brocklebank Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Anchor - Brocklebank Line's MARWARRI left Calcutta April 1 for London and Glasgow
Sailing forLondon and GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthCalcutta (India)Gross Tonnage5,659

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		CASTALIA (1906-1949 Cargo liner of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's CASTALIA from Glasgow for Bombay, left Gibraltar April 1
Sailing forBombay (India)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthGibraltarGross Tonnage6,715

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		CLAN GRANT (1902-1914 General cargo ship of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Clan Line's CLAN GRANT left Antwerp April 1 for Glasgow
Sailing forGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Sailed from berthAntwerp (Belgium)Gross Tonnage3,948

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		CLAN MACNEIL (1903-1918 General cargo liner of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACNEIL from Liverpool for East London, left Algoa Bay April 1
Sailing forLiverpool for East London (South Africa)Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Sailed from berthAlgoa Bay ( is a bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa - near to Port Elizabeth)

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		KELVINGROVE ( Formerly MERCURIA and acquired 1915 : 1915-1919 General cargo ship 333 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's KELVINGROVE left Glasgow April 1 for Montevideo and Buenos Aires via Liverpool
Sailing forMontevideo and Buenos Aires via LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Sailed from berthGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Gross Tonnage3,092

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		TINTORETTO (1902-1930 General cargo ship of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Lamport & Holt's cargo ship TINTORETTO left Partington April 1 for Brazil
Sailing forBrazilPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthPartington (A town on the southern side of the Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.)Gross Tonnage4,181

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ELMINA (1910-1928 General cargo ship of Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Elder Dempster's ELMINA leaves Sierra Leone for Liverpool (England, UK)
Sailing forLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthSierra Leone (West Africa)Gross Tonnage4,798

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		OANFA (1903-1931 General cargo ship of China Mutual Line) Own Page

China Mutual Line's OANFA left Singapore April 1 for Genoa
Sailing forGenoa (Italy)Gross Tonnage7,602
Sailed from berthSingapore

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		PHEMIUS (1913-1917 General cargo ship of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool, 1917 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland) Own Page

Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel liner PHEMIUS left Rotterdam April 1 for Newport
Sailing forNewport (Monmouthshire, south east Wales, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthRotterdam (Netherlands)Gross Tonnage6,699

Sailing

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		DIOMED (1895-1915 General cargo ship of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool, 1915 torpedoed and sunk off Scilly Isles) Own Page

Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel liner DIOMED left Port Said April 1 for Amsterdam
Sailing forAmsterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthPort Said (Egypt - the port at the Mediterranean entrance to the Suez Canal))Gross Tonnage4,672

Ship Event

Wednesday, April 1, 1914 @ 2200 		ALSATIAN (1914-1917 Passenger Liner 600 feet 4-screw 20 knots of Allan Line) Own Page

Allan Line's ALSATIAN is 912 miles west of Liverpool on her passage from Halifax (Canada)
Ship's location912 miles west of LiverpoolGross Tonnage18,481
Sailing forLiverpool
Sailed from berthHalifax (Canada)

ALSATIAN was on passage from Halifax for Liverpool, and was 912 miles west of Liverpool at 10pm on April 1 and was due Liverpool 10pm April 3

ALSATIAN was transferred to Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1917, and retained her name until 1919 when she was renamed EMPRESS OF FRANCE.