Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 0415
SPES BONA (inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

Fishing boat SPES BONA leaves Ardrossan Harbour for inshore fishing grounds in Firth of Clyde

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

Arrival

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 0445
PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry) Own Page

Tar carrier PALM arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load Tar for Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryNewry
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage122
Master of vessel on arrivalP McAllisterGross Tonnage343
Draught aft on arrival10' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Arrival

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 0545
GOODWILL (1958-1968 General cargo coaster 60m long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam) Own Page

GOODWILL arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with Containers from Larne

Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage288
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersGross Tonnage499
Deadweght Tonnage928

Sailing

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 0600
ST NINIAN (inshore fishing boat) Own Page

Fishing Trawler ST NINIAN leaves Ardrossan Harbour for fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde

Sailing forSea : Fishing grounds in the Firth of ClydePort of RegistryPort Seton
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net TonnageInshore fishing boat
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)

Sailing

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 0600
CHRISTINA 11 ( in 1962 for CHRISTINA 2 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page

Fishing Trawler CHRISTINA 11 leaves Ardrossan Harbour for fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde

Sailing forSea : Fishing grounds in the Firth of ClydePort of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)

Arrival

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 0605
NOACH ( 1952 - 1970 General dry-cargo coaster 57m 186 feet long of Firma Vinke & Co, Amsterdam / N.V. 'Rederij-Holland', Rotterdam ) Own Page

NOACH arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with Trailers from Larne

Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Holland)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage326
Cargo carried on arrivalTrailersGross Tonnage499
Deadweght Tonnage835

Sailing

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1150
THEODORA (coastal oil/products tanker) Own Page

Coastal tanker THEODORA leaves Ardrossan Harbour with Bitumen for Belfast

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryUithoorn (Uithoorn is in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage229
Outward cargoBitumen
Master of vessel on sailingG Patje
Ships agentT L Duff & Company, 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan Tel 29 and 40

Arrival

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1205
LAIRDSBURN (1959-1966 General cargo coaster 165 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 sank at Sicily) Own Page

LAIRDSBURN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with general cargo from Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage228
Master of vessel on arrivalStewartGross Tonnage513
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargoDeadweght Tonnage720
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan

News Event

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1425
PRASE ( 1938 - ? General cargo coaster of Wm Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Gem Line coaster PRASE arrives in Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of Limestone from LLanddulas

Arrived fromLLanddulas (Conwy County Borough, Wales, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage374
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Balmer
Draught aft on arrival13' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLimestone
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Arrival

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1440
ST NINIAN (inshore fishing boat) Own Page

Inshore fishing boat ST NINIAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with her catch of 6 boxes of fish

Arrived fromSea : Fishing grounds in the Firth of ClydePort of RegistryPort Seton
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net TonnageInshore fishing boat
Cargo carried on arrivalFish 6 boxes

Sailing

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1455
PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry) Own Page

Tar carrier PALM leaves Ardrossan Harbour with Tar for Belfast

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryNewry
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage122
Outward cargoTarGross Tonnage343
Master of vessel on sailingP McAllister
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Sailing

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CANBERRA (1961-1997 Passenger liner 820 feet (250 m) of P & O Line, London : 1997-8 Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

P & O's CANBERRA leaves Sydney for North America, Far East and UK via Suez

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

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1700
FLORIAN (1955 - 1971 General cargo liner 351 feet long of Ellerman Papayanni Line) Own Page

Ellerman & Papayanni Line's FLORIAN closes at Glasgow for Gibraltar and Mediterranean Ports

Ships agentJohn Bruce & Co. (Shipping) Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 3581Port of RegistryLiverpool

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1700
CLAN FERGUSSON (1961-1965 General cargo ship 496 feet long of Clan Line / Cayzer Irvine, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN FERGUSSON closes at Newport for cargo for Port Said, Red Sea, Aden, India and Ceylon

Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage9,242

Radio Message

Wednesday, May 8, 1963 @ 1735
Schiehallion Own Page
Port of RegistryGranton
Net Tonnage105
Gross Tonnage243

Received from Schiehallion by VHF.
Strathallan returning to harbour. Police to meet her on arrival. Master.