Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 0540
CHRISTINA 11 ( in 1962 for CHRISTINA 2 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page
Sailing forFishing grounds in Firth of ClydePort of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight

Sailing

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 0540
SPEEDWELL (in 1962 Inshore fishing trawler) Own Page
Sailing forFishing grounds in Firth of ClydePort of RegistryPort Seton (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour
Outward cargoLight

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 0625
SPANIEL (1955-1973 Coaster handling containers, trailers and flats, 224 feet long of Link Line/ Coast Line : 1981 Scrapped at Aviles, Spain) Own Page
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour
Master of vessel on arrivalJ Taylor
Cargo carried on arrivalTrailers

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 0635
GOODWILL (1958-1968 General cargo coaster 60m long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam) Own Page
Arrived fromLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan HarbourNet Tonnage288
Master of vessel on arrivalM TigchelaarGross Tonnage499
Cargo carried on arrivalContainersDeadweght Tonnage928

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 0825
WRESTLER (1957-1979 tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock / Cory Towage)) Own Page
Arrived fromGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthArdrossan HarbourGross Tonnage248
Master of vessel on arrivalN McIntyre
Cargo carried on arrivalLight

Tug WRESTLER had arrived at Ardrossan to assist (as stern tug) the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY to tow the Shell "K"-class tanker KHASIELLA from the roads and berth her in the number 12 berth (tanker berth) in Ardrossan Harbour

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
LANGFONN (1949-1964 General cargo ship 445 feet 130m long of Skips A/S Dalfonn ( Sigvald Bergesen Rederi A/S Stavanger as manager ) Stavanger Norway: 1980 Scrapped) Own Page

LANGFONN at King George V Dock, Glasgow bunkers 120 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLANITY

Ship's location7 / 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Port of RegistryStavanger (Norway)
Net Tonnage3,041
Gross Tonnage5,209
Deadweght Tonnage9,713

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
LANGFONN (1949-1964 General cargo ship 445 feet 130m long of Skips A/S Dalfonn ( Sigvald Bergesen Rederi A/S Stavanger as manager ) Stavanger Norway: 1980 Scrapped) Own Page

LANGFONN at King George V Dock, Glasgow loads 3 lifts total 27 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT

Ship's location7 / 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Port of RegistryStavanger (Norway)
Net Tonnage3,041
Gross Tonnage5,209
Deadweght Tonnage9,713

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page

Oiler CLANITY bunkers LANGFONN at King George V Dock, Glasgow with 120 tons of fuel oil

Ship's location7 / 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (alongside LANGFONN)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage224
Gross Tonnage495

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 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 3 heavy lifts total 27 tons onto LANGFONN at King George V Dock, Glasgow

Ship's location7 / 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (alongside LANGFONN)Port of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 1020
KHASIELLA (1956-1979 K-class Oil products tanker 556 feet long of N.V. Petroleum Maats "La Corona" / Shell Tankers N.V., The Hague : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung) Own Page

Shell Tanker KHASIELLA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour from Puerto Miranda (Venezuela) via Stanlow

Arrived fromPuerto Miranda (Venezuela) via StanlowPort of Registrys'Gravenhage (The Hague, Netherlands)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour berth 12 (tanker berth)Net Tonnage6,920
Master of vessel on arrivalH FaberGross Tonnage12,119
Draught aft on arrival23 feetDeadweght Tonnage18,150
Cargo carried on arrivalCrude oil

KHASIELLA was assisted into berth by the tugs SEAWAY (at bow) and WRESTLER (at stern.)
Tug WRESTLER had arrived at Ardrossan to assist (as stern tug) the Ardrossan tug SEAWAY to tow the Shell "K"-class tanker KHASIELLA from the roads and berth her in the number 12 berth (tanker berth) in Ardrossan Harbour

Puerto Miranda is an oil port situated on the east side of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela opposite the city of Maracaibo and is operated by the Venezuelan State Oil Company It is the largest crude oil export port in South America.

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 1020
SEAWAY (1946 - 1969 Coastal and Harbour tug 114 feet long of Ardrossan Harbour Company, Ardrossan : 1969 Scrapped at Dalmuir, River Clyde) Own Page
Port of RegistryArdrossan
Gross Tonnage260

Ardrossan Harbour tug SEAWAY assists, as bow tug, in bringing the Shell tanker KHASIELLA from the roads into Ardrossan Harbour

Sailing

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 1040
WRESTLER (1957-1979 tug 114 feet long of Steel & Bennie, Greenock / Cory Towage)) Own Page
Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthArdrossan HarbourGross Tonnage248
Outward cargoLight

WRESTLER had assisted in berthing the Shell tanker KHASIELLA and, duty completed, was now returning to base in Greenock

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 1115
HMS ABERFORD (1952-1964 "Ford" class seaward defence patrol boat pennant number P 3102 and 117 feet long of Royal Navy, London : 1975 scrapped at Kenya) Own Page
Arrived fromSeaPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London (U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour
Master of vessel on arrivalJ B Geddes

ABERFORD had been undergoing trials

Sailing

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 1130
SPANIEL (1955-1973 Coaster handling containers, trailers and flats, 224 feet long of Link Line/ Coast Line : 1981 Scrapped at Aviles, Spain) Own Page
Sailing forLarne (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)
Outward cargoTrailers

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1964 @ 1135
JOE CROAN (1956-1977 Register Number LH 73 Deep-sea fishing trawler 118 feet long of Carnie & Croan / British United Trawlers / Strathcoe Fishing Co.,Ltd, Granton : 1983 Scrapped Belgium) Own Page
Arrived fromSeaPort of RegistryLeith (Scotland,U.K.)
Arrived in berthArdrossan Harbour (Eglinton Dock)Reg Tonnage86
Master of vessel on arrivalR BrownGross Tonnage272
Draught aft on arrival12' 6"
Cargo carried on arrival1000 boxes of fish
Ships agentCarnie & Croan