Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 0550
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 berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage315
Master of vessel on arrivalVan EsGross Tonnage499
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersDeadweght Tonnage780

News Event

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 0640
MANAFOSS (1963-1969 General cargo ship of Hf. Eimskipafélag Íslands / Icelandic Steamship Company Eimskip hf, Iceland) Own Page

Eimskip's MANAFOSS arrives in Ardrossan with Fish Meal from Iceland

Arrived fromIcelandPort of RegistryIceland
Arrived in berth1 Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage220
Sailing forManchester (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berth1 Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Master of vessel on arrivalT Segurdosson
Draught aft on arrival13' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalFish Meal
Ships agentGeneral Freight, Ardrossan Harbour and T L Duff, Ardrossan

MANAFOSS was bought by Eimskip in 1963 and served them until 1969 when she was sold to Mersey Shipping Company, Monrovia and renamed SPARTAN.

   Before being bought by Eimskip MANAFOSS was the KETTY DANIELSEN (1959-1963) of Rederei Otto Danielsen of Kobenhavn (Copenhagen)

Arrival

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 0840
ST NINIAN (inshore fishing boat) Own Page

Fishing Trawler ST NINIAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour

Arrived fromSeaPort of RegistryPort Seton
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net TonnageInshore fishing boat
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)

Arrival

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 0840
CHRISTINA 11 ( in 1962 for CHRISTINA 2 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

Fishing Trawler CHRISTINA 11 arrives at Ardrossan Harbour

Arrived fromSeaPort of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)

News Event

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
ORSOVA (1954-1974 Passenger Liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London) Own Page

ORSOVA leaves Sydney on a 12 days cruise to Port Moresby, Rabaul and Honiara

Outward cargoPassengers Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentP & O - Orient Lines, Passenger Booking Office, 2 Spring Street, Sydney Telephone 2-0532

Port Moresby is in Papua New Guinea,   Rabaul is in New Britain, Papua New Guinea   and Honiara is the capital of the Solomon Islands, in the island of Guadalcanal.

Sailing

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1300
SAINT ANGUS (1936 -1965 General cargo coaster 151 feet long of J & A Gardner Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Gardner's coaster SAINT ANGUS leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Lochaline in the Scottish Highlands

Sailing forLochaline (Morvern area, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage195
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) and oil bunkersGross Tonnage391
Master of vessel on sailingR Black
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

News Event

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1300
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate
IRISH HOLLY (1954 - 1967 coastal tanker of Irish Shipping Company, Dublin) Own Page

Contributed image of Irish Shipping's coastal tanker IRISH HOLLY

Port of RegistryDublin
Reg Tonnage1,381
Gross Tonnage2,940
Deadweght Tonnage3,350

Arrival

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1325
SUMMERVALE (1960-1972 Deep-sea fishing trawler pennant LH 373 Length 106 feet of William Liston Ltd, Newhaven Edinburgh) Own Page

Fishing Trawler SUMMERVALE arrives at Ardrossan with 711 boxes of fish from deep-sea grounds

Arrived fromDeep sea fishing groundsPort of RegistryLeith
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage70
Master of vessel on arrivalW ListonGross Tonnage217
Draught aft on arrival12' 09"
Cargo carried on arrivalFish 711 boxes
Ships agentCarnie & Croan, Granton

News Event

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1440
GRANTON KESTREL (Deep-sea fishing trawler) Own Page

Fishing trawler GRANTON KESTREL arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from deep sea fishing grounds

Arrived fromDeep sea fishing groundsPort of RegistryGranton (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage67
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Stevenson
Draught aft on arrival12' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalFish 411 boxes
Ships agentCarnie & Croan, Granton

Sailing

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
ORSOVA (1954-1974 Passenger Liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's ORSOVA leaves Sydney (Australia) on 12 days cruise to Port Moresby, Rabaul and Honiara

Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentP & O - Orient Lines, Passenger Booking Office, 2 Spring Street, Sydney Telephone 2-0532

Sailing

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1705
KYLEBANK (1961-1975 General cargo ship 228 feet overall of Kyle Shipping Co. (Monroe Brothers , managers), Liverpool / Stephenson Clarke, London / William Robertson, Glasgow : 1984 scrapped) Own Page

KYLEBANK leaves Ardrossan Harbour with cargo for Argentia (Newfoundland)

Sailing forArgentia (Newfoundland)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage550
Outward cargoSteel pipes, fish, poles, etc.Gross Tonnage1,143
Draught aft on sailing14' 06"Deadweght Tonnage1,643
Master of vessel on sailingG Lawson
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Arrival

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1730
SPES BONA (inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

Fishing boat SPES BONA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour

Arrived fromSeaPort of RegistryBallantrae (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)

News Event

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1735
THEODORA (coastal oil/products tanker) Own Page

Coastal tanker THEODORA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with fuel oil from Liverpool

Arrived fromLiverpool (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryUithoorn (Uithoorn is in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage229
Master of vessel on arrivalG Patje
Draught aft on arrival12' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalFuel oil
Ships agentT L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40

Sailing

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 1810
CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page

CLIPPER leaves Ardrossan Harbour on her Container service to Larne

Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage315
Outward cargoContainersGross Tonnage499
Deadweght Tonnage780

Sailing

Tuesday, May 7, 1963 @ 2045
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 leaves Ardrossan Harbour on her Trailer service to Larne

Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berth2 Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) assisted by tug SEAWAY
Outward cargoTrailers