Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Ship Movement

Thursday, July 4, 1963 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		NETTA (1951-1968 General cargo coaster 57.40m long of W.H. James & Co's Scheepvaart- en Handelmaatschappij N.V., Rotterdam : Hermanus van den Broek & Scheepswerven Gebr. van Diepen, Rotterdam) Own Page

Netherlands coaster NETTA shifts from berth 3 to berth 9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank
Arrived fromDrogheda (Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berth3 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east)Net Tonnage312
Sailing forRotterdam (Netherlands)Gross Tonnage499
Sailed from berth9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, GlasgowDeadweght Tonnage800
Draught forward on arrival7' 00"
Draught aft on arrival10' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 4th July
Outward cargoPig Iron 732 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoHoneyman & Company, 12 Waterloo Street, Glasgow C.2. Telephone CENtral 6922
Completed loading outward cargo1545 on 4th July
Draught forward on sailing11' 06"
Draught aft on sailing12' 06"

Sailing

Thursday, July 4, 1963 @ 1630
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		NETTA (1951-1968 General cargo coaster 57.40m long of W.H. James & Co's Scheepvaart- en Handelmaatschappij N.V., Rotterdam : Hermanus van den Broek & Scheepswerven Gebr. van Diepen, Rotterdam) Own Page

Netherlands coaster NETTA leaves Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with pig iron for Rotterdam
Arrived fromDrogheda (Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berth3 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head east)Net Tonnage312
Sailing forRotterdam (Netherlands)Gross Tonnage499
Sailed from berth9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, GlasgowDeadweght Tonnage800
Draught forward on arrival7' 00"
Draught aft on arrival10' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 4th July
Outward cargoPig Iron 732 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoHoneyman & Company, 12 Waterloo Street, Glasgow C.2. Telephone CENtral 6922
Completed loading outward cargo1545 on 4th July
Draught forward on sailing11' 06"
Draught aft on sailing12' 06"

News Event

Thursday, July 4, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORTER (1958-1972 General cargo ship 470 feet long of South African Marine Corporation, Cape Town : 1972 Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORTER closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa
Ships agentF W Allan & Ker Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Telephone CENtral 0925-8Port of RegistryKaapstad (pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
Net Tonnage5,808
Gross Tonnage9,603
Deadweght Tonnage12,251

Ship Event

Thursday, July 4, 1963 @ 1700 		SANTONA (1959-1967 General cargo ship 297 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's SANTONA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Great Lakes via Avonmouth
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel CENtral 3901Port of RegistryGlasgow

Sailing

Thursday, July 4, 1963 @ 1704 		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 Partington (near Manchester)
Arrived fromDrogheda (Ireland)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow, (head South)Gross Tonnage881
Sailing forPartington (England - on South side of Manchester Ship Canal - near Trafford,Manchester)Deadweght Tonnage1155
Sailed from berth2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow, (head South)
Draught forward on arrival13' 3"
Draught aft on arrival13' 8"
Cargo carried on arrival1,080 tons of clinker
Commenced discharge of inward cargo4th July at 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson
Completed discharge of inward cargo4th July at 1445
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board
Draught forward on sailing6 feet
Draught aft on sailing11 feet

   

F. T. Everard’s 1944-built 211 –feet long general cargo coaster AMENITY arrived at berth 2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow, at 1700 on 3rd July 1963, carrying 1,080 tons of clinker from Drogheda, Ireland, and her draught forward was 13’ 3” and aft 13’ 8.”

   The stevedore company J. F. Wilson began unloading at 0800 on 4th July, completing discharge about 7 hours later, at 1445 that afternoon.

   AMENITY left Rothesay Dock at 1704 on 4th July, light-ship for Partington on the Manchester Ship Canal, drawing 6 feet forward and 11 feet aft.

 

Additional note : AMENITY was broken up in 1968

 

Sailing

Thursday, July 4, 1963 @ 1704 		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 Partington
Arrived fromDrogheda (Ireland)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage881
Sailing forPartington (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, U.K.)Deadweght Tonnage1155
Sailed from berth2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival13' 03"
Draught aft on arrival13' 08"
Cargo carried on arrivalClinker 1,080 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 4th July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2345
Completed discharge of inward cargo1445 on 4th July
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing6' 00"
Draught aft on sailing11' 00"

News Event

Friday, July 5, 1963 @ 1700 		TACTICIAN ( 1961-1979 General cargo / heavy lift liner 488 feet overall of T. & J. Harrison Line, Liverpool : 1987 scrapped in Peru) Own Page

Harrison Line's TACTICIAN closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage4,844
Gross Tonnage8,844
Deadweght Tonnage10,900

News Event

Friday, July 5, 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
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel CENtral 3901Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8323

Sailing

Friday, July 5, 1963 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		ORCADES (1948-1962 Passenger liner of Orient Line, then 1962-1973 of P & O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's ORCADES leaves Sydney for Far East and North America then returning to Sydney
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentP & O - Orient Lines, Passenger Booking Office, 2 Spring Street, Sydney Telephone 2-0532

News Event

Friday, July 5, 1963 @ 1730 		ANGULARITY (1946-1967 General cargo coaster 211 feet overall of F T Everard, London) Own Page

ANGULARITY arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with Clinker from Drogheda (Ireland)
Arrived fromDrogheda (Ireland)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berth5 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head north)
Sailing forPartington (on Manchester Ship Canal)
Sailed from berth1 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival13' 02"
Draught aft on arrival14' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalClinker 1,070 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 6th July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2345
Completed discharge of inward cargo1145 on 8th July
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing5' 09"
Draught aft on sailing9' 00"
Vessel bunkeredAt berth 5 on 5th July bunkered 27.01 tons of Marine Diesel

Ship Movement

Friday, July 5, 1963 @ 1830 		ANGULARITY (1946-1967 General cargo coaster 211 feet overall of F T Everard, London) Own Page

ANGULARITY shifts from berth 5 to berth 2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank
Arrived fromDrogheda (Ireland)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berth5 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head north)
Sailing forPartington (on Manchester Ship Canal)
Sailed from berth1 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival13' 02"
Draught aft on arrival14' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalClinker 1,070 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 6th July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2345
Completed discharge of inward cargo1145 on 8th July
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing5' 09"
Draught aft on sailing9' 00"
Vessel bunkeredAt berth 5 on 5th July bunkered 27.01 tons of Marine Diesel

News Event

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 0010 		DNJESTR (Steam General cargo ship of U.S.S.R.) Own Page

Russian ship DNJESTR arrives in Ardrossan with a cargo of Steel Strip Rolls from Ventspils (Latvia)
Arrived fromVentspils (a town on the Baltic Sea in northwestern Latvia)Port of RegistryArchangel (U.S.S.R.)
Arrived in berth2 Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) .. assisted by tug SEAWAYNet Tonnage1,395
Master of vessel on arrivalSmaranov
Draught aft on arrival18' 09"
Cargo carried on arrivalSteel strip rolls
Ships agentR L Alpine, Ardrossan

News Event

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 0910 		ATLANTIDE (1959-1974 General cargo coaster 61.8meters 203ft long of N.V. Scheepvaartkantoor Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Owner: Rederij 'Atlantide', Groningen, Netherlands) Own Page

Coaster ATLANTIDE arrives at Clydebank to load pig iron for Rotterdam
Arrived fromBuncrana, Lough Swilly, County Donegal, IrelandPort of RegistryGroningen (Netherlands)
Arrived in berth3/4 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glashow (with her head East)Net Tonnage290
Draught forward on arrival6' 06"Gross Tonnage499
Draught aft on arrival8' 6"Deadweght Tonnage1,050
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship - no cargo on board

News Event

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 1635 		LAIRDSBURN (1959-1966 General cargo coaster 165 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 sank at Sicily) Own Page

Burns & Laird's coaster LAIRDSBURN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with scrap metal from Belfast
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage228
Master of vessel on arrivalN McIntyreGross Tonnage513
Draught aft on arrival10' 06"Deadweght Tonnage720
Cargo carried on arrivalScrap metal
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Arrival

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 1650 		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, vehicles and 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
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage301