Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 0425 		Own Page
Ship's locationLarne
Vessel MasterP Lynch
CargoTrailers

Arrival

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 0525 		GOODWILL (General cargo coaster of A C Hoff, Rotterdam) Own Page
Ship's locationLarnePort of RegistryRotterdam
Vessel MasterM TigchelaarNet Tonnage288
CargoContainers

Ship Event

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JASON (1950 - 1972 General cargo/passenger liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

JASON at 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow loads 116 tons of heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOT
Ship's location2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Heavy lifts loadedOn 30 December loaded 116 tons of heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOTGross Tonnage10,160
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.

Ship Event

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

NEWSHOT loads 116 tons of heavy lifts onto JASON at 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (alongside Alfred Holt's JASON)Port of RegistryGlasgow

News Event

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 1140 		CENTAUR (1964- 1975 Passenger / cargo ship 481 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel / Ocean Transport & Trading Company, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's new ship CENTAUR berths at King George V Dock, Glasgow for tests and loading cargo
Arrived fromTail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock on trials (being a new ship from John Brown's, Clydebank)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)
Sailing forSingapore via Liverpool
Sailed from berth1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)
Draught forward on arrival18' 07"
Draught aft on arrival25' 08"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo1500 on 30th December
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 100 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Completed loading outward cargo1500 on 31st December
Draught forward on sailing21' 02"
Draught aft on sailing25' 03"
Engine trialsHauled off quay from 0710 to 0745 on 4 January 1964
Vessel bunkered3 January 1964 bunkered 30 tons of fuel oil and on 6 January 30 tons fuel oil, both from CLANITY
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.

From 0645 to 0745 on 3rd January 1964 CENTAUR

 was hauled 60 feet off the Quay for stabilizer

 tests.

Sailing

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 1510 		Own Page
Ship's locationGreenock
CargoLight

Harbour Event

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 1700 		Own Page

Mr. Hugh Lewis Retires After 50 Years Service With Ardrossan Harbour Company

Presentations to retiring Traffic Superintendent

Mr Hugh Lewis, 7 Yarborough Place, Ardrossan, has retired after almost fifty years' service with Ardrossan Harbour Company.

Three years after he joined the company in 1914, Mr Lewis enlisted with the 18th H.L.I.
For the remainder of the First World War, he served in France with the rank of Corporal, and on demobilisation he returned to Ardrossan Harbour where he worked as a docker.

In 1930 he was promoted to the post of assistant foreman and thirteen years later he became traffic foreman.
In the same year he was elected to the Area Board of the National Dock Labour Board, a post which he held until his retiral from the company.

During the Second World War Mr Lewis served as a sergeant in the Harbour Company Home Guard.
In 1960 he was promoted to Traffic Superintendent.

In recognition of his long service with the company, the chairman and directors presented Mr Lewis with a refrigerator at a function held in the Eglinton Arms Hotel, Ardrossan.

Mr James Robertson, chairman of the company, made the presentation, and also present at the ceremony was Mr James Morton, Director in charge.

At a more informal presentation ceremony held in the harbour offices on Tuesday, 30th December, gifts from Mr Lewis's friends and colleagues were handed over by Mr Morton.

In recognition of his meritorious service to the docks industry, Mr Lewis received the full colours of the National Dock Labour Board.

Members of the local Area Board gave him a set of crystal glasses.
Mr. Hugh Lewis

Sailing

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 1708 		LAIRDSGLEN (1954-1974 Livestock / general cargo ship 298 feet long of Burns and Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forDublinPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth28 Anderston Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage523
Outward cargoGeneralGross Tonnage1,544
Ships agentBurns & Laird, Glasgow

Ship Movement

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 1805 		SAINT RULE (1941- 1973 General cargo coaster 172 feet long of J & A Gardner Ltd., Glasgow : 1981 Wrecked at Cyprus) Own Page

Gardner's SAINT RULE shifts from Custom House Quay, Glasgow to Mavisbank Quay
Sailing forMavisbank Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthCustom House Quay, Clyde Street, GlasgowNet Tonnage285
Outward cargoLightGross Tonnage524
Ships agentJ & A Gardner & Co., Ltd., 228 Clyde Street, Glasgow C 1, tel Central 7845Deadweght Tonnage650

Sailing

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 1825 		GOODWILL (General cargo coaster of A C Hoff, Rotterdam) Own Page
Ship's locationLarnePort of RegistryRotterdam
CargoContainersNet Tonnage288

Sailing

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 1835 		SCOTTISH COAST (1957-1969 Passenger cargo ship 342 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 2002 scrapped at Mumbai, India)) Own Page
Sailing forDublinPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth30 Anderston Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage1827
Outward cargoPassengers and generalGross Tonnage3817
Ships agentBurns & Laird, Glasgow

Sailing

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 2100 		Own Page
Ship's locationLarne
CargoTrailers

Sailing

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 2104 		ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece) Own Page
Sailing forBelfastPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Sailed from berth36 Lancefield Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage1,449
Outward cargoPassengers and general and mailsGross Tonnage3,288
Ships agentBurns & Laird, GlasgowDeadweght Tonnage854

Arrival

Monday, December 30, 1963 @ 2200 		Lairdsburn Own Page
Ship's locationBelfastPort of RegistryGlasgow
Vessel MasterJ SinclairNet Tonnage227
CargoLight
AgentBurns & Laird

Sailing

Tuesday, December 31, 1963 @ 0010 		Thunderer Own Page
Ship's locationGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Vessel MasterT SlaterNet TonnageTug
CargoLight
AgentSteel & Bennie Tugowners