Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Wednesday, May 29, 1963 @ 0530 		EILEEN M ( 1938- 1966 coastal oil products tanker of Metcalf Motor Coasters, Liverpool) Own Page

EILEEN M arrives in Ardrossan Harbour to load petrol and gas oil for Portree (Isle of Skye)
Arrived fromStornoway (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage133
Master of vessel on arrivalW OwensGross Tonnage323
Draught aft on arrival9' 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

News Event

Wednesday, May 29, 1963 @ 0620 		MONICA (1932-1965 Coastal oil tanker 144 feet (44.10 metres) long of NV United Tank Coastal Rotterdam, Netherlands) Own Page

MONICA arrives in Ardrossan Harbour to load Tar for Belfast
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam, Holland
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage126
Master of vessel on arrivalC ZekkenheimerGross Tonnage325
Draught aft on arrival8' 06"Deadweght Tonnage419
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

Sailing

Wednesday, May 29, 1963 @ 1225 		MONICA (1932-1965 Coastal oil tanker 144 feet (44.10 metres) long of NV United Tank Coastal Rotterdam, Netherlands) Own Page

MONICA leaves Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of Tar for Belfast
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam, Holland
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage126
Outward cargoTarGross Tonnage325
Draught aft on sailing10' 00"Deadweght Tonnage419
Master of vessel on sailingC Zekkenheimer
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

News Event

Wednesday, May 29, 1963 @ 1415 		GRANTON MERLIN (Deep-sea fishing trawler) Own Page

Deep-sea trawler GRANTON MERLIN arrives in Ardrossan Harbour with 720 boxes of fish
Arrived fromDeep sea fishing groundsPort of RegistryGranton
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage77
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Cornelius
Draught aft on arrival12' 09"
Cargo carried on arrivalFish 720 boxes
Ships agentCarnie & Croan, Granton

Sailing

Wednesday, May 29, 1963 @ 1630 		EILEEN M ( 1938- 1966 coastal oil products tanker of Metcalf Motor Coasters, Liverpool) Own Page

EILEEN M leaves Ardrossan Harbour with petrol and gas oil for Portree (Isle of Skye)
Sailing forPortree (Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Western Isles of Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage133
Outward cargoPetrol and gas oilGross Tonnage323
Draught aft on sailing10' 00"
Master of vessel on sailingW Owens
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Sailing

Wednesday, May 29, 1963 @ 1815 		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
Deadweght Tonnage928

Ship Event

Friday, May 31, 1963 @ 0900 		Meteor Own Page

Cruise ship "Meteor" to call at Ardrossan
Port of RegistryBergen, Norway

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

The National Trust for Scotland's cruise ship M.V. "Meteor" will visit Ardrossan on 23rd and 31st May and on 7th and 12th June.

Sailing

Friday, May 31, 1963 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		POLYNESIE (1955-1976 Passenger / General cargo ship of Messageries Maritimes, France) Own Page

Messageries Maritimes POLYNESIE leaves Sydney on a 17-day trip to New Caledonia and New Hebrides
Ship's locationSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryFrance
Sailing for17-day trip to Noumea (New Caledonia) and Port Villa (Espiritu Santos) New Hebrides
Outward cargoPassengers and general cargo
Ships agentCie des Messageries Maritimes, 38 Grosvenor Street, Sydney

News Event

Friday, May 31, 1963 @ 1700 		LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LISMORIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal (Canada)
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forMontreal (Canada)Gross Tonnage8323
Ships agentDonaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901

Ship Event

Friday, May 31, 1963 @ 1900 		MAHANADA (1943 - 1967 cargo liner of Brocklebank Line, Liverpool) Own Page

MAHANADA closes for cargo at Birkenhead for India
Ship's locationBirkenhead (England)Port of RegistryLiverpool

 

BROCKLEBANK   LINE 

GLASGOW  and  LIVERPOOL

to

PORT  SAID,  SUEZ,  ADEN

CALCUTTA  and  CHALNA

Also  Visakhapatnam  (if inducement offers)

* MASKELIYA    (R)   …..  Closing Birkenhead 13 May 1963

† MAHANADA    (R)  ….  Closing Glasgow May 20  ….  Birkenhead May 31 1963

* Not taking Port Said cargo

†  Not taking Chalna cargo

(R)  Refrigerator space available

All vessels have liberty to call at other ports either on or out of route.

For particulars, apply to

P.  HENDERSON  &  CO.,

95  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW,  C  2

News Event

Saturday, June 1, 1963 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		Own Page

Some pages from my Ship Steward Handbook of 1963

   Jim Rossiter (Edgeware, London) contributes some

pages from his old Ship Steward’s book of 1963 

 

News Event

Saturday, June 1, 1963 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		Own Page

1963 Recruiting Poster for the United States Navy

Sailing

Saturday, June 1, 1963 @ 1335 		ZEPHYR (1957-1969 General cargo coaster 51.50m overall of N.V. Wijnne & Barends' Cargadoors- en Agentuurkantoren, Delfzijl / Lieuwe Jan Kas & A. van Hassel, Delfzijl) Own Page

Wijnne & Barends ZEPHYR leaves Ardrossan Harbour with steel plates for Seville (Spain)
Sailing forSeville (Spain)Port of RegistryDelfzijl (Netherlands)
Sailed from berth2a Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage288
Outward cargoSteel plates (loaded from railway waggons alongside the berth)Gross Tonnage499
Draught aft on sailing12' 00"Deadweght Tonnage688
Master of vessel on sailingG Kramer
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Sailing

Saturday, June 1, 1963 @ 1525 		GRANTON MERLIN (Deep-sea fishing trawler) Own Page

Trawler GRANTON MERLIN leaves Ardrossan Harbour for deep-sea fishing grounds
Sailing forDeep sea fishing groundsPort of RegistryGranton
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage77
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught aft on sailing12' 09"
Ships agentCarnie & Croan, Granton

News Event

Saturday, June 1, 1963 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		STRATHEDEN (1937-1964 Passenger / cargo liner of P & O Line, London) Own Page

P & O liner STRATHEDEN leaves Sydney on 3 1/2 (3.5) month cruise / tour to the Far East and Europe
Ship's locationSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailing for3 1/2 (3.5) month cruise / tour to the Far East and EuropeGross Tonnage23,732