Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 0550 		CALEDONIA (Inshore fishing boat registered TT17) Own Page

CALEDONIA leaves Ardrossan Harbour for the fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde
Sailing forSea : Fishing grounds in the Firth of ClydePort of RegistryTarbert (Scotland)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)

Sailing

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1235 		LASCAR (1939-1972 Steam general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 66 feet long of J & J Hay, Glasgow : 1972 scrapped at Troon) Own Page

Clyde puffer lighter LASCAR leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Bowling (River Clyde)
Sailing forBowling (River Clyde)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage50
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)Gross Tonnage96
Master of vessel on sailingMarrDeadweght Tonnage140
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Arrival

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1750 		STAR OF FAITH ( in 1962 LH77 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

STAR OF FAITH arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with her catch of 11 boxes of fish
Arrived fromSea : Fishing grounds in the Firth of ClydePort of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalFish 11 boxes

Arrival

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1750 		SILVER CREST (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler LH 316) Own Page

SILVER CREST arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with her catch of 11 boxes of fish
Arrived fromSea : Fishing grounds in the Firth of ClydePort of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalFish 11 boxes

Arrival

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1750 		CHRISTINA 11 ( in 1962 for CHRISTINA 2 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

CHRISTINA 11 arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with her catch of 12 boxes of fish
Arrived fromSea : Fishing grounds in the Firth of ClydePort of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalFish 12 boxes

News Event

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1800 		KENYA (1951-1969 : a 273- Passenger / refrigerated cargo liner 540 feet 164.53m overall of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

Dinner Menu on British India passenger / cargo liner KENYA
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage8,042
Gross Tonnage14,437
Deadweght Tonnage9,720

Front cover of the 13th March 1963 Dinner Menu of British India

Steam Navigation Company passenger - cargo liner KENYA (1951-1969).

the painting depicting a Clyde Puffer vessel arriving at the small town of

Port Askaig, on the Isle of Islay in the Western Isles of Scotland..


 "Puffers" were 66 feet (20m) general cargo steam coasters which carried

all sorts of cargo from, generally Clyde ports, to every island and

settlement and croft in the West of Scotland. 

 The crews of 4 men, were tough and hardy and as well as sailing these

small slow ships actually discharged the cargoes by hand at the

destination.


 Talking about Port Askaig on Islay a well known old story is :

      A puffer arrived at Port Askaig with a cargo of bags of malt for the

local whisky distillery.    The master, a gruff and experienced and

thoroughly competent man, went to the distillery office to telephone

to the puffer owners in Glasgow to report his arrival in Port Askaig.

   The Shipping Manager was not pleased.   "Why are you at

Port Askaig ?   I distinctly told you to go to Port Ellen.   The

Lagavulin Distillery there is waiting for your cargo." 

.... (Port Ellen is another small township in Islay, quite a distance

along the coast from Port Askaig)  

   

"There's no need to be annoyed" replied the master, "at least

Port Askaig and Port Ellen are on the same island and I didn't

go to Port Said in Egypt"

Sailing

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1825 		GOODWILL (1958-1968 General cargo coaster 60m long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam) Own Page

GOODWILL leaves Ardrossan Harbour with Containers for Larne
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage288
Outward cargoContainersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentAnglo Continental Containers, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage928

News Event

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 1955 		SAN FLORO ( 1956-1971 General cargo coaster) Own Page

Spanish coaster SAN FLORO arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with cargo from La Pallice (France)
Arrived fromLa Pallice (France) via Newport (Wales)Port of RegistrySantander (Spain)
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage458
Draught forward on arrivalL BustoGross Tonnage976
Draught aft on arrival13' 00"Deadweght Tonnage1300
Cargo carried on arrivalPlywood and general cargo
Ships agentRennie & Watson Ltd., 73 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 4741

Sailing

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 2100 		FRIENDSHIP (1958-1968 General cargo coaster 61.07m long of Mountwood Shipping Co Ltd., Liverpool) Own Page

FRIENDSHIP leaves Ardrossan Harbour on her Trailer service to Larne
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage275
Outward cargoTrailersGross Tonnage499
Ships agentNorthern Ireland Trailers, Dock Road, Ardrossan

News Event

Wednesday, March 13, 1963 @ 2115 		WHITEHAVEN (1957-1964 General cargo coaster 56 metres long for Whitehaven Shipping & Trading, Uk) Own Page

Coaster WHITEHAVEN arrives in Ardrossan to load coal for East Yelland (Denmark)
Arrived fromEast Yelland (Denmark)Port of RegistryNewcastle (England)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage375
Sailing forEast Yelland (Denmark)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalWray
Draught aft on arrival8' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Outward cargoCoal and oil bunkers
Draught aft on sailing10' 06"
Master of vessel on sailingWray
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Arrival

Thursday, March 14, 1963 @ 0230 		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 at Ardrossan Harbour on her Trailer service from Larne
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalV Sheppard
Cargo carried on arrivalTrailers
Outward cargoTrailers

News Event

Thursday, March 14, 1963 @ 0300 		ANABISI (General cargo coaster of S W Coe, Liverpool) Own Page

ANABISI arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with Fencing and Plywood from La Pallice (France) via Newport
Arrived fromLa Pallice (France) via Newport (Wales)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage248
Sailing forBilbao (Spain)Gross Tonnage483
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalF Sanchez
Draught aft on arrival9' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalFencing and Plywood
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Master of vessel on sailingF Sanchez
Ships agentRennie & Watson Ltd., 73 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 4741

Arrival

Thursday, March 14, 1963 @ 0535 		CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page

CLIPPER arrives at Ardrossan Harbour on her Container service from Larne
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage315
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage499
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Deadweght Tonnage780
Cargo carried on arrivalContainers
Outward cargoContainers

Arrival

Thursday, March 14, 1963 @ 1150 		THUNDERER (1958-1973 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock) Own Page

Tug THUNDERER arrives at Ardrossan Harbour and waits to sail Shell tanker ARIANTA
Arrived fromGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage208
Sailing forGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalT Slater
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Master of vessel on sailingT Slater

Sailing

Thursday, March 14, 1963 @ 1410 		THUNDERER (1958-1973 Tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock) Own Page

Tug THUNDERER leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Greenock after sailing Shell tanker ARIANTA
Arrived fromGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage208
Sailing forGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalT Slater
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Master of vessel on sailingT Slater