Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 1700
PRINS WILLEM 11 (1947-1953 General / refrigerated "Liberty-type" cargo ship 135m 305 feet overall of Oranje Lijn (Maats Zeetransport) N.V., Rotterdam : 1970 scrapped at Shanghai) Own Page

PRINS WILLEM 11 closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes

Ships agentJ C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock" Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage4,468
Gross Tonnage7,229
Deadweght Tonnage10,865

Sailing

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 1735
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, vehicles and 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 vehicles and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage301

News Event

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 1810
CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock) Own Page

CALEDONIA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with passengers 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.)Gross Tonnage623
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers and general cargoDeadweght Tonnage161
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Sailing

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 1820
CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock) Own Page

CALEDONIA leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Ayr

Sailing forAyr (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth14 Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage623
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)Deadweght Tonnage161
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Arrival

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 1950
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 vehicles and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, ArdrossanDeadweght Tonnage301

Arrival

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 1955
IRISH COAST ( 1952-1968 Passenger and cargo vessel 340 feet long of Coast Lines, Liverpool) Own Page

IRISH COAST arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with passengers from Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan

News Event

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 2010
KING ORRY (1946-1978 Passenger ferry 345 feet long of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, Douglas) Own Page

KING ORRY arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to embark passengers for Belfast

Arrived fromRoadstead off Ardrossan HarbourPort of RegistryDouglas (Isle of Man, UK)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage953
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)Gross Tonnage2485
Ships agentMcBride's Shipping Agency Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel. 041-248-5161

News Event

Saturday, July 6, 1963 @ 2035
MONA'S ISLE ( 1950 - 1980 Passenger vessel of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company) Own Page

MONAS ISLE arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Douglas (Isle of Man)

Arrived fromDouglas (Isle of Man)Port of RegistryDouglas ( Isle of Man )
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage953
Master of vessel on arrivalW McMeikinGross Tonnage2,491
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers
Ships agentMcBride's Shipping Agency Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel. 041-248-5161

Sailing

Sunday, July 7, 1963 @ 0105
KING ORRY (1946-1978 Passenger ferry 345 feet long of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, Douglas) Own Page

KING ORRY leaves Ardrossan Harbour with passengers for Belfast

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryDouglas (Isle of Man, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage953
Outward cargoPassengers Gross Tonnage2485
Ships agentMcBride's Shipping Agency Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel. 041-248-5161

Sailing

Sunday, July 7, 1963 @ 1210
MONA'S ISLE ( 1950 - 1980 Passenger vessel of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company) Own Page

MONAS ISLE leaves Ardrossan Harbour with passengers for Douglas (Isle of Man)

Sailing forDouglas (Isle of Man, U.K.)Port of RegistryDouglas ( Isle of Man )
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Reg Tonnage953
Outward cargoPassengers Gross Tonnage2,491
Master of vessel on sailingW McMeikin
Ships agentMcBride's Shipping Agency Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel. 041-248-5161

Sailing

Monday, July 8, 1963 @ 0705
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, vehicles and 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 vehicles and general cargoGross Tonnage1,107
Master of vessel on sailingMcNabDeadweght Tonnage301
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Harbour, Ardrossan

Sailing

Monday, July 8, 1963 @ 0932
IRISH COAST ( 1952-1968 Passenger and cargo vessel 340 feet long of Coast Lines, Liverpool) Own Page

IRISH COAST leaves Ardrossan Harbour with passengers for Belfast

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Outward cargoPassengers
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, The Harbour, Ardrossan

News Event

Monday, July 8, 1963 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
BENARMIN (1963-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

New ship Ben Line's BENARMIN at Deep Water Berth, Greenock taking on crew, loading stores, etc

Ship's locationDeep Water Berth, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland)
Net Tonnage6,486
Gross Tonnage11,362
Deadweght Tonnage13,015

News Event

Monday, July 8, 1963 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate
Own Page

Burns & Laird Lines vessel at Donegal Quay, Belfast

Ship Movement

Monday, July 8, 1963 @ 1200
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 shifts from berth 3 to berth 9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow

Sailing for9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glashow (with her head East)Port of RegistryGroningen (Netherlands)
Sailed from berth3 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glashow (with her head East)Net Tonnage290
Gross Tonnage499
Deadweght Tonnage1,050