Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1430 		CORSICAN (1907-1917 Passenger and cargo liner of Allan Line) Own Page

Allan Line's passenger liner CORSICAN left Liverpool at 2.30 pm April 2 for Glasgow
Ship's locationLeft Liverpool 2.30pm April 2 for GlasgowGross Tonnage11,419

Built at Barclay Curle's Shipyard at Whiteinch, Glasgow in 1907 for Allan Line and in 1917 was transferred to Canadian Pacific who changed her name in 1922 to MARVALE
On 21st May 1923 she was wrecked on Cape Reels rock, near Cape Race, Newfoundland

Ship Event

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1600
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CLAN MACQUARRIE (1913-1942 Cargo liner of Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACQUARRIE left Glasgow April 2 for Liverpool
Ship's locationLeft Glasgow April 2 for LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage3,152
Gross Tonnage5,060

 Bill McKellar writes : From the excellent Clan Line book by Norman Middlemiss

CLAN MACQUARRIE was built for Clan Line by Alex Stephen's Shipyard at Glasgow in 1913 and when World War 1 broke out in 1914 the ship was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a Royal Naval Squadron supply ship.

On 13th June 1942 she was sunk by torpedo and gunfire by the Italian submarine DA VINCI 600 miles from Freetown (Sierra Leone - West Africa)

Ship Event

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		KING EDGAR (1946-1959 General cargo ship 425 feet overall of King Line / Cayzer Irvine / British & Commonwealth Shipping, London : 1959 scrapped at Osaka, Japan) Own Page

KING EDGAR at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands
Ship's locationLas Palmas (Capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,058

 KING EDGAR from Adelaide to the UK was at Las Palmas on April 2

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		SATURNIA (1910-1928 General cargo liner of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's SATURNIA left Saint John (New Brunswick) April 2 for Glasgow
Sailing forGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Sailed from berthSaint John (New Brunswick, Canada)Gross Tonnage8,611

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		OCEANIC (1899-1914 Passenger liner 704 ft (215 m) of White Star Line, August - September 1914 Armed Merchant Cruiser, September 1914 wrecked off Isle of Foula, Scotland) Own Page

White Star Line passenger liner OCEANIC left Queenstown April 2 for New York
Sailing forNew York (USA)Port of RegistryU.K.
Sailed from berthQueenstown (now known as Cork, Ireland)Gross Tonnage17,272

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ADRIATIC (1907-1935 Passenger Liner of White Star Line, Liverpool) Own Page

White Star Line passenger liner ADRIATIC left New York April 2 for Liverpool
Sailing forLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthNew York (USA)Gross Tonnage24,541

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		CRETIC (1903-1923 Passenger Liner of White Star Line, Liverpool) Own Page

White Star Line passenger liner CRETIC left Boston April 2 for the Mediterranean
Sailing forMediterranean portsPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthBoston (U.S.A.)Gross Tonnage13,507

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		PERSIC (1899-1927 Passenger liner of White Star Line, Liverpool) Own Page

White Star Line passenger liner PERSIC left Liverpool April 2 for Australia
Sailing forAustraliaPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthLiverpool (England, UK)Gross Tonnage11,973

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		OROPESA (1894-1915 General cargo ship of Pacific Line / Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool) Own Page

Pacific Line / Pacific Steam Navigation's OROPESA left Callao April 2 for Liverpool
Sailing forLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthCallao (Peru)Gross Tonnage5,303

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BORNU (1899-1915 General cargo ship of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool) Own Page

Elder Dempster's BORNU left Liverpool April 2 for West Africa
Sailing forWest AfricaPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthLiverpool (UK)Gross Tonnage3,238

Sailing

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ELOBY (1912-1917 General cargo ship of Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Elder Dempster's ELOBY left Sekondi April 2 for Liverpool
Sailing forLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthSekondi (Ghana)Gross Tonnage4,989

Ship Event

Thursday, April 2, 1914 @ 2200 		FRANCONIA (1911-1915 Passenger liner 625 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool : 1915-1916 Troopship of U.K. Government : 1916 torpedoed and sunk off Fastnet (Ireland) with loss of 12 lives) Own Page

Cunard Line's passenger ship FRANCONIA from Mediterranean cruise is 911 miles east of New York
Ship's locationNorth Atlantic ocean 911 miles east of New YorkPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage18,150

FRANCONIA was on a Mediterranean cruise and bound for New York, and at 2200 on 2nd April was 911 miles east of New York.

Hans Hasse adds:
FRANCONIA was sunk in 1916

Ship Event

Friday, April 3, 1914 @ 0600 		IVERNIA (1900-1917 Passenger liner 600 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Cunard Line's passenger ship IVERNIA on a Mediterranean cruise arrives at Trieste (Italy)
Ship's locationTrieste (In north-east Italy on the Adriatic Sea)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage14,210

IVERNIA was on a Mediterranean cruise and arrived from Venice at Trieste at 0600 on April 3.

Hans Hasse adds: IVERNIA was sunk in 1917 off Greece

Ship Event

Friday, April 3, 1914 @ 1300 		MAURETANIA (1907-1914 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool, 1914-1919 Troopship, 1919-1935 Returned to owners,and 1935 scrapped ) Own Page

Cunard Line's passenger ship MAURITANIA passes Nantucket Light-vessel on approach to New York
Ship's locationPassing Nantucket Light-vessel, on approaches to New York HarborPort of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage31,938

At 1300 on April 3 the Cunard liner MAURITANIA was on passage from Liverpool to New York and passed the Nantucket Light-vessel on the approaches to New York Harbor

Hans Hasse adds:
MAURITANIA was a troop-ship from 1914 to 1919 during the first world war, and was scrapped in 1935

Ship Event

Friday, April 3, 1914 @ 1500
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		TIGRE (1905-1931 Passenger ship of Russian S. N. & Trading Co, Odessa) Own Page

TIGRE from Odessa reported at Port Said April 3
Ship's locationPort Said (Egypt)Port of RegistryOdessa (Ukraine)

 TIGRE from Odessa (Black Sea coast of Ukraine) at Port Said April 3

Equipped with electric light and wireless.

Built in 1905 by Nevsky Shipbuilding and Mechanical Works, Petrograd.

Length 327 feet overall, breadth 43 feet and draught 22 feet