Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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News Event

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1000
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date 		Own Page

Poster of CALEDONIAN PRINCESS on her Stranraer to Larne Ferry service
Ship's locationStranraer (Scotland, U.K.)

Contributed by Charlie McAusland, Glasgow

News Event

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		ACCRA (1947- 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 453 feet long of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool)) Own Page

July 1963 saw a drowning in the swimming pool of Elder Dempster’s ACCRA nearing Freetown
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

Margaret Taylor writes :

 

Many moons ago - July of 1963 - my husband and I and two

daughters traveled from Liverpool to Lagos on Elder Dempster

Line`s ACCRA. During the voyage - the day before arriving at

Freetown, if I remember rightly, a passenger returning home to

Nigeria was tragically drowned during an event in the ship`s

swimming pool. My husband, a doctor, was going to Nigeria

  to work at University College Hospital, Ibadan. He spent hours

on deck trying to save the victim`s life.

It is an event which has been in my memory for 55 years - a rare

and unexpected tragedy for an historic and well-known shipping line. 

 

News Event

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		ACCRA (1947- 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 453 feet long of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool)) Own Page

July 1963 saw a drowning in the swimming pool of Elder Dempster’s ACCRA nearing Freetown
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

Margaret Taylor writes :

 

Many moons ago - July of 1963 - my husband and I and two

daughters traveled from Liverpool to Lagos on Elder Dempster

Line`s ACCRA. During the voyage - the day before arriving at

Freetown, if I remember rightly, a passenger returning home to

Nigeria was tragically drowned during an event in the ship`s

swimming pool. My husband, a doctor, was going to Nigeria

  to work at University College Hospital, Ibadan. He spent hours

on deck trying to save the victim`s life.

It is an event which has been in my memory for 55 years - a rare

and unexpected tragedy for an historic and well-known shipping line. 

Sailing

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1036 		GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

GLEN SANNOX leaves Ardrossan Harbour with passengers and general cargo for Brodick
Sailing forBrodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth14 Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage388
Outward cargoPassengers and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage301

Sailing

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1450 		SPINEL (1937 - 1940 then 1946 - 1970 a 185 feet long general cargo coaster owned by William Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow ) Own Page

Gem Line coaster SPINEL leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Preston
Sailing forPreston (England, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth2 Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) .. assisted by tug SEAWAYReg Tonnage333
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)Gross Tonnage650
Draught aft on sailing10' 06"Deadweght Tonnage830
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

News Event

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1500
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		ACCRA (1947- 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 453 feet long of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool)) Own Page

July 1963 saw a drowning in the swimming pool of Elder Dempster’s ACCRA nearing Freetown
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

July 1963 saw a drowning in the swimming pool of Elder Dempster’s ACCRA 

 

Margaret Taylor sends an e-mail

18 April 2019 @ 1856
 

Many moons ago - July of 1963 - my husband and I and two daughters

travelled from Liverpool to Lagos on Elder Dempster Line`s ACCRA.

 During the voyage - the day before arriving at Freetown, if I remember

rightly, a passenger returning home to Nigeria was tragically drowned

during an event in the ship`s swimming pool.

 My husband, a doctor, was going to Nigeria to work at

University College Hospital, Ibadan. He spent hours on deck trying to

save the victim`s life.
It is an event which has been in my memory for 55 years - a

rare and unexpected tragedy for an historic and well-known

shipping line. 


Administrator's Note.   Any reply to this e-mail should be

made to our CONTACT US at the top of the page and it

will be forwarded to Mrs. Taylor.

Sailing

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1515 		PALM (1927-1963 Coastal tar carrier of Fishers of Newry) Own Page

Fisher's of Newry coastal Tar Carrier PALM leaves Ardrossan Harbour with Tar for Belfast
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryNewry
Sailed from berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage122
Outward cargoTarGross Tonnage343
Draught aft on sailing12' 06"
Master of vessel on sailingJ Hollywood
Ships agentR L Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan Telephone Ardrossan 65 / 66

Sailing

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1640 		AMENITY (1944 - 1968 General cargo coaster 211 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page

Everard's coaster AMENITY leaves Rothesay Dock, Clydebank for Drogheda (Ireland)
Arrived fromDrogheda (Ireland)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage881
Sailing forDrogheda (Ireland)Deadweght Tonnage1155
Sailed from berth2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival13' 06"
Draught aft on arrival14' 06"
Cargo carried on arrival950 tons of clinker
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 1st July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson
Completed discharge of inward cargo1600 on 1st July
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing5' 00"
Draught aft on sailing11' 06"

News Event

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1700 		SCHOLAR (1947-1964 General cargo ship of T & J Harrison Line of Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's SCHOLAR closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for West Indies
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage7,280

Arrival

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1730 		GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

GLEN SANNOX arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with passengers and general cargo from Brodick
Arrived fromBrodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth14 Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage388
Master of vessel on arrivalA PurvisGross Tonnage1,107
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers and general cargoDeadweght Tonnage301
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Sailing

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 1810 		GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

GLEN SANNOX leaves Ardrossan Harbour with passengers and general cargo for Brodick
Sailing forBrodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth14 Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage388
Outward cargoPassengers and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Master of vessel on sailingA PurvisDeadweght Tonnage301
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Sailing

Monday, July 1, 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
Deadweght Tonnage928

Ship Movement

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 2000 		ADAM MITZKEVICH (General cargo ship 355 feet long of Polish Ocean Lines / Polskie Linie Oceaniczne) Own Page

Polish ship ADAM MITZKEVICH shifts from berth 14 to 16 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank
Arrived fromVentspils (a town on the Baltic Sea in northwestern Latvia)Port of RegistryGdynia (Poland)
Arrived in berth14 / 15 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east)
Sailing forMurmansk (Russia)
Sailed from berth16 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival22' 00"
Draught aft on arrival22' 10"
Cargo carried on arrival4,026 tons of steel coils
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 1st July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson
Completed discharge of inward cargo1630 on 1st July
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing9' 06"
Draught aft on sailing14' 00"

Ship Movement

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 2000 		ADAM MITZKEVICH (General cargo ship 355 feet long of Polish Ocean Lines / Polskie Linie Oceaniczne) Own Page

Polish ship ADAM MITZKEVICH shifts from 14 to berth 16 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank
Arrived fromVentspils (a town on the Baltic Sea in northwestern Latvia)Port of RegistryGdynia (Poland)
Arrived in berth14 / 15 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east)
Sailing forMurmansk (Russia)
Sailed from berth16 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival22' 00"
Draught aft on arrival22' 10"
Cargo carried on arrivalSteel Coils 4,026 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 1st July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson
Completed discharge of inward cargo1630 on 1st July
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)

News Event

Monday, July 1, 1963 @ 2030 		ALATYRLES (1961-1996 General cargo ship 405 feet long of Baltic Shipping Company, Leningrad : 1997 scrapped) Own Page

Russian ALATYRLES arrives in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with Steel Coils from Ventspils (Latvia)
Arrived fromVentspils (a town on the Baltic Sea in north-western Latvia)Port of RegistryLeningrad (U.S.S.R.)
Arrived in berth14 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east)
Sailing forKing George V Dock, Glasgow
Sailed from berth14 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival23' 00"
Draught aft on arrival23' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalSteel Coils 5,334 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 2nd July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2345
Completed discharge of inward cargo1130 on 3rd July
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing10' 06"
Draught aft on sailing12' 00"