Donaldson Line's CORTONA on voyage 88 in July, August and September 1963

Donaldson Line’s CORTONA  Voyage 88   Capt. R. Allan

 July 1963

18   Left London

22   Arrived Las Palmas

23   Left Las Palmas

 August 1963

05   Arrived La Plata

07   Left La Plata

07   Arrived Buenos Aires

14   Left Buenos Aires

15   Arrived Montevideo

16   Left Montevideo

20   Arrived Rio de Janeiro

21   Left Rio de Janeiro

 September 1963

02   Arrived Las Palmas

02   Left Las Palmas

05   Arrived Vigo

05   Left Vigo

08   Arrived Rotterdam

09   Left Rotterdam

10   Arrived Hamburg

18   Left Hamburg

20   Arrived London

20   Left London

23   Arrived Glasgow

Donaldson Line's CORTONA left London for Las Palmas and South America on voyage 88

Canada Steamships ore carrier TRITONICA in collision with ROONAGH HEAD in St Lawrence Seaway, Canada

Built in 1952 and scrapped in 1971, the ROONAGH HEAD when on the Head Line's Great Lakes service, in dense fog, was in collision in the St. Lawrence River with the Canada Steamship Lines ore carrier TRITONICA on July 20, 1963.
The TRITONICA, which was on voyage from Havre St.Pierre (relatively near Seven Islands.... Sept-Iles ... on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to Sorel (near Montreal) with a cargo of ilmenite, sank with the loss of 32 crew and the pilot.

In 1971 ROONAGH HEAD was scrapped in Castellon, Spain

Hans Hasse :
from the Red Bank Register mon July 22 1963.

33 Believed
Lost in Crash
Of 2 Ships
QUEBEC (AP)- A collision that
sent the British ore carrier TRITONICA
to the bottom of the St.
Lawrence River was believed Sunday
to have claimed the lives of
33 men.
Eighteen bodies were recovered
and 17 survivors picked up from
the 12,883-ton carrier after the
collision with the 6,100-ton British
freighter ROONAGH HEAD in fog
and darkness early Saturday. Fifteen
men were listed as missing
among the 49 crew members —
mostly Chinese—and pilot aboard
the ill-fated TRITONICA.
There were no casualties on the
ROONAGH HEAD.
Most of the missing men were
believed to have perished with
life Jackets on after swallowing
a poisonous mixture of dlesel oil
and salt water. The TRITONICA's
fuel tanks were smashed in the
collision three miles off Petlte-
Rlviere St. Francois, 45 miles
northeast of Quebec.
Capt. John Swanson, aged 50, ot
Aberdeen, Scotland, master of the
TRITONICA, said he saw the lights
of the British freighter head
through the fog and he tried to
veer off.
But the freighter and the ore
carrier collided with the higher
bow of the freighter riding onto
the stricken ship.
Aboard the ROONAGH HEAD were
about 35 crew members and 12
passengers—among them 5 children.
Capt. William Haddock
said later everyone was all right.

Head Line's ROONAGH HEAD in collision with ore carrier TRITONICA in St Lawrence Seaway, Canada

Built in 1952 and scrapped in 1971, the ROONAGH HEAD when on the Head Line's Great Lakes service, in dense fog, was in collision in the St. Lawrence River with the Canada Steamship Lines ore carrier TRITONICA on July 20, 1963.
The TRITONICA sank with the loss of 32 crew and the pilot.

In 1971 ROONAGH HEAD was scrapped in Castellon, Spain

Hans Hasse :
from the Red Bank Register mon July 22 1963.

33 Believed
Lost in Crash
Of 2 Ships
QUEBEC (AP)- A collision that
sent the British ore carrier TRITONICA
to the bottom of the St.
Lawrence River was believed Sunday
to have claimed the lives of
33 men.
Eighteen bodies were recovered
and 17 survivors picked up from
the 12,883-ton carrier after the
collision with the 6,100-ton British
freighter ROONAGH HEAD in fog
and darkness early Saturday. Fifteen
men were listed as missing
among the 49 crew members —
mostly Chinese—and pilot aboard
the ill-fated TRITONICA.
There were no casualties on the
ROONAGH HEAD.
Most of the missing men were
believed to have perished with
life Jackets on after swallowing
a poisonous mixture of dlesel oil
and salt water. The TRITONICA's
fuel tanks were smashed in the
collision three miles off Petlte-
Rlviere St. Francois, 45 miles
northeast of Quebec.
Capt. John Swanson, aged 50, ot
Aberdeen, Scotland, master of the
TRITONICA, said he saw the lights
of the British freighter head
through the fog and he tried to
veer off.
But the freighter and the ore
carrier collided with the higher
bow of the freighter riding onto
the stricken ship.
Aboard the ROONAGH HEAD were
about 35 crew members and 12
passengers—among them 5 children.
Capt. William Haddock
said later everyone was all right.

LLoyd Triestino liner GALILEO GALELEI leaves Sydney on a 7-day cruise to Noumea and Brisbane

Donaldson Line's CORTONA arrives in Las Palmas from London

Donaldson Line's CORTONA leaves Las Palmas for La Plata (Argentina)

British India's DEVONIA leaves Grangemouth on a 10 days cruise to Bergen, Copenhagen and Hamburg

Ellerman's CITY OF LANCASTER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Everard's coaster AMENITY arrives at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with Clinker from Drogheda (Ireland)

Everard's coaster AMENITY leaves Rothesay Dock, Clydebank for Partington (on Manchester Ship Canal)

British India's DUNERA leaves Queensferry on a 12 days cruise to Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Bergen

Lapel badge of British India cruise ship DUNERA

P & O's STRATHMORE leaves Sydney (Australia) for Europe

Puffer SEALIGHT arrives at Troon for demolition