Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Friday, June 7, 1963 @ 1700 		CITY OF ST ALBANS ( 1960 - 1979 General cargo liner 433 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company, London) Own Page

CITY OF ST ALBANS closes at Glasgow on 7 June 1963 for receiving cargo for Eastern ports
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2Gross Tonnage6,980

 

C  I  T  Y     L  I  N  E

 

*PORT  SAID,    *SUEZ,    ADEN

CALCUTTA    and    CHALNA

CITY OF ST ALBANS  ….  Closing Glasgow June 7  …. Birkenhead June 19

*If sufficient inducement

 

ADEN,    KARACHI    and    BOMBAY

CITY OF CHESTER  ….  Closing Glasgow June 7  ….  Birkenhead June 17

 

THE  CITY  LINE  LTD.,

75  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW

( CENtral  9971 )

Ship Event

Friday, June 7, 1963 @ 1700 		CITY OF CHESTER ( 1944 - 1971 General cargo liner 493 feet long of Ellerman Hall Line, London) Own Page

CITY OF CHESTER closes at Glasgow on 7th June for receiving cargo for Eastern ports
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool

 

C  I  T  Y     L  I  N  E

 

*PORT  SAID,    *SUEZ,    ADEN

CALCUTTA    and    CHALNA

CITY OF ST ALBANS  ….  Closing Glasgow June 7  …. Birkenhead June 19

*If sufficient inducement

 

ADEN,    KARACHI    and    BOMBAY

CITY OF CHESTER  ….  Closing Glasgow June 7  ….  Birkenhead June 17

 

THE  CITY  LINE  LTD.,

75  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW

( CENtral  9971 )

Ship Event

Tuesday, June 11, 1963 @ 1700 		CLAN MACINNES ( 1952 - 1978 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACINNES closes at Birkenhead for Port Said, Red Sea, Aden and Colombo
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage6,389
Deadweght Tonnage8,945

Ship Event

Wednesday, June 12, 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.

News Event

Wednesday, June 12, 1963 @ 1700 		OCTAVIA (General cargo ship) Own Page

Saguenay's OCTAVIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for West Indian Islands

Sailing

Wednesday, June 12, 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 (Australia) for Europe
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)

Sailing

Wednesday, June 12, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		HIMALAYA (1949-1974 Passenger / cargo liner of P & O, London: scrapped 1974) Own Page

P & O's HIMALAYA leaves Sydney (Australia) for Europe via Panama
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage27,955

Sailing

Wednesday, June 12, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		ORIANA (1961-1986 Passenger liner 804 feet long of P & O-Orient Lines / P & O Steam Navigation Company, London)) Own Page

P & O's ORIANA leaves Sydney (Australia) on 11 days cruise to Suva, Port Moresby and Hayman Islands
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Ships agentP & O - Orient Lines, Passenger Booking Office, 2 Spring Street, Sydney Telephone 2-0532

Sailing

Wednesday, June 12, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		HIMALAYA (1949-1974 Passenger / cargo liner of P & O, London: scrapped 1974) Own Page

P & O's HIMALAYA leaves Sydney for North America then via Panama to Caribbean Ports and Europe
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Ships agentP & O - Orient Lines, Passenger Booking Office, 2 Spring Street, Sydney Telephone 2-0532Gross Tonnage27,955

Sailing

Wednesday, June 12, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		ORANJE (1938- General & refrigerated passenger liner 656 feet long of Stoomv. Maats Nederland, Amsterdam) Own Page

ORANJE leaves Sydney for Rotterdam and Amsterdam via Panama
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,362
Gross Tonnage20,166
Deadweght Tonnage6,404

Ship Event

Wednesday, June 12, 1963 @ 1700 		COLINA (1960-1967 general cargo liner 294 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's COLINA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Hamilton and Toronto (Canada)
Ship's locationPrince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forHamilton and Toronto (Canada) via Avonmouth (England)
Ships agentDonaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901

News Event

Thursday, June 13, 1963 @ 0240 		ZEVENBERGEN (1955-1967 General cargo coaster 68.57m 228ft long of Furness' Scheepvaart- & Agentuur Maatschappij N.V.,/: N.V. Zuid-Hollandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam ) Own Page

ZEVENBERGEN arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank to load 981 tons of Pig Iron for Hamburg
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)t
Arrived in berth3 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head East)Net Tonnage274
Sailing forHamburg (Germany)Gross Tonnage498
Sailed from berth9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, GlasgowoDeadweght Tonnage1,033
Draught forward on arrival5' 06"
Draught aft on arrival10' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship - no cargo on boardht s
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 13th June
Outward cargo981 tons of Pig Iron
Stevedore loading outward cargoHoneyman
Completed loading outward cargo13th June
Draught forward on sailing12' 00"
Draught aft on sailing15' 06"

Sailing

Thursday, June 13, 1963 @ 0240 		ZEVENBERGEN (1955-1967 General cargo coaster 68.57m 228ft long of Furness' Scheepvaart- & Agentuur Maatschappij N.V.,/: N.V. Zuid-Hollandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam ) Own Page

ZEVENBERGEN leaves Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with 981 tons of Pig Iron for Hamburg
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)t
Arrived in berth3 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head East)Net Tonnage274
Sailing forHamburg (Germany)Gross Tonnage498
Sailed from berth9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, GlasgowoDeadweght Tonnage1,033
Draught forward on arrival5' 06"
Draught aft on arrival10' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship - no cargo on boardht s
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 13th June
Outward cargo981 tons of Pig Iron
Stevedore loading outward cargoHoneyman
Completed loading outward cargo13th June
Draught forward on sailing12' 00"
Draught aft on sailing15' 06"

Ship Movement

Thursday, June 13, 1963 @ 1310 		ZEVENBERGEN (1955-1967 General cargo coaster 68.57m 228ft long of Furness' Scheepvaart- & Agentuur Maatschappij N.V.,/: N.V. Zuid-Hollandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam ) Own Page

ZEVENBERGEN shifts from berth 3 to berth 9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)t
Arrived in berth3 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head East)Net Tonnage274
Sailing forHamburg (Germany)Gross Tonnage498
Sailed from berth9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, GlasgowoDeadweght Tonnage1,033
Draught forward on arrival5' 06"
Draught aft on arrival10' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship - no cargo on boardht s
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 13th June
Outward cargo981 tons of Pig Iron
Stevedore loading outward cargoHoneyman
Completed loading outward cargo13th June
Draught forward on sailing12' 00"
Draught aft on sailing15' 06"

News Event

Sunday, June 16, 1963 @ 1100
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate 		Own Page

Postcard showing paddle steamer TALISMAN approaching Wemyss Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's locationWemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

Contributed image of a postcard purchased at the bookshop at Weymss Bay pier in January 2025.