Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


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Arrival

Monday, September 7, 1964 @ 1000
ATLANTA ( 1959 - 1988 Lighthouse tender 215 feet long of Commissioners of Irish Lights, Dublin : 2001 scrapped) Own Page

Irish Light's tender ATLANTA arrives in Ardrossan Roads to await light-ship KITTIWAKE

Ship's locationArdrossan roadsPort of RegistryLiverpool
Net Tonnage318
Gross Tonnage1185

The lightship KITTIWAKE was towed from Ardrossan Dockyard to Ardrossan Roads by the harbour tug SEAWAY. At the roads the tow was taken up by the Irish Lights tender ATLANTA, and they departed Ardrossan for Dublin.

Sailing

Monday, September 7, 1964 @ 1405
KITTIWAKE ( 1957 - 2007 a light-ship of Commissioners of Irish Lights, Dublin) Own Page

Irish Light-ship KITTIWAKE departs Ardrossan for Dublin

Sailing forDublinPort of RegistryDun Laoghaire, (Ireland)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Dockyard
Outward cargoLight

The lightship KITTIWAKE was towed from Ardrossan Dockyard to Ardrossan Roads by the harbour tug SEAWAY. At the roads the tow was taken up by the Irish Lights tender ATLANTA, and they departed Ardrossan for Dublin.

Ship Event

Monday, September 7, 1964 @ 1405
SEAWAY (1946 - 1969 Coastal and Harbour tug 114 feet long of Ardrossan Harbour Company, Ardrossan : 1969 Scrapped at Dalmuir, River Clyde) Own Page

SEAWAY tows light-ship KITTIWAKE from Ardrossan Dockyard to roads

Port of RegistryArdrossan
Gross Tonnage260

The lightship KITTIWAKE was towed from Ardrossan Dockyard to Ardrossan Roads by the harbour tug SEAWAY. At the roads the tow was then taken up by the Irish Lights tender ATLANTA, and they departed Ardrossan for Dublin.

Sailing

Monday, September 7, 1964 @ 1500
ATLANTA ( 1959 - 1988 Lighthouse tender 215 feet long of Commissioners of Irish Lights, Dublin : 2001 scrapped) Own Page

ATLANTA departs Ardrossan roads for Dublin, towing light-ship KITTIWAKE

Sailing forDublinPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthArdrossan RoadsNet Tonnage318
Outward cargoTowing light-ship KITTIWAKEGross Tonnage1185

The lightship KITTIWAKE was towed from Ardrossan Dockyard to Ardrossan Roads by the harbour tug SEAWAY. At the roads the tow was taken up by the Irish Lights tender ATLANTA, and they departed Ardrossan for Dublin.

News Event

Tuesday, September 8, 1964 @ 0430
MENESTHEUS (1958-1977 General cargo ship 495 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's MENESTHEUS arrives at Glasgow to unload and then load for Hong Kong

Arrived fromPenang via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth3 / 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage8,510
Sailing forHong Kong via Birkenhead
Sailed from berth3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival16' 06"
Draught aft on arrival20' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 920 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 8th September
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 11th September
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,075 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Completed loading outward cargo1545 on 15th September
Draught forward on sailing14' 01"
Draught aft on sailing23' 01"
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 9891

News Event

Tuesday, September 8, 1964 @ 0800
Own Page

Conducting their business in Great Waters 8th, 9th and 10th September 1964

AMERICAN PRESS at Liverpool September 9 from New York

AMERICAN SCIENTIST left Glasgow September 9 for New York

APAPA at Tema (Ghana) September 9 for Lagos (Nigeria)

AURETIA left New York September 9 for Southampton

BENARMIN left Keelung (Taiwan) September 9 for Kaohsiung (Taiwan)

BENARTY left Zeebrugge (Belgium) September 10 for Suez Canal

BENDORAN left Cebu September 10 for Manila

BENHOPE left Antwerp September 9 for Middlesbrough

BENLARIG at Hamburg September 9 for London

BENLOMOND at Singapore September 9 for Hong Kong

BENMACDHUI at Rotterdam September 10 for London

BENMHOR left London September 10 for Southampton

BENNEVIS at Bangkok September 9 for Rejang (Sarawak)

BENVENUE left Manila September 9 for Rejang (Sarawak)

CANNANORE left Belawan (Sumatra) September 10 for London

CAPE HOWE at Seven Islands September 9 from Glasgow

CARINTHIA left Liverpool September 9 for Montreal

CERAMIC left Auckland September 10 for London

CITY OF NEW YORK at Avonmouth September 9 from Beira

COROMANDEL left Genoa September 8 for Bangkok

EMPRESS OF CANADA at Liverpool September 10 from Montreal

FAIRSEA at Southampton September 9 from Sydney

FAIRSKY at Sydney September 10 from Southampton

GLOUCESTER at Liverpool September 9 from Bowen (Queensland, Australia)

LAURENTIA left Glasgow September 8 for Montreal

MAURETANIA at Southampton September 10 from New York

NELEUS at Aden September 9 from Glasgow

PAPANUI at Fremantle September 10 for Cairns

QUEEN ELIZABETH left New York September 9 for Southampton

QUEEN MARY left Southampton September 10 for New York

RANGITANE at Wellington September 9 from London

RHODESIA CASTLE left Gibraltar September 10 for Durban

RIPON at Seven Islands September 9 from Glasgow

SYLVANIA at New York September 8 from Liverpool

TOWNSVILLE STAR at Aden September 10 for Sydney

Ship Event

Tuesday, September 8, 1964 @ 0800
TREFUSIS (1961-1972 General cargo ship 508 feet long of Hain-Nourse Ltd., London) Own Page

TREFUSIS opens on 8th September 1964 for receiving cargo at Grangemouth for Persian Gulf

Ship's locationGrangemouth (Firth of Forth, Scotland)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Ships agentFrank C. Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2 Telephone CITY 6131Gross Tonnage10,077

 

P E R S I A N    G U L F

FROM

S C O T L A N D

 STRICK  AND  ELLERMAN  LINE

 

m.v.  “CLAN  MACINTYRE”

Receiving  Glasgow  ….  7th — 21st September 1964

For  KUWAIT,   BAHRAIN,   DAMMAM,

ABU  DHABI,   UMM  SAID,   BASRAH,

( BAGHDAD,   MOSUL,   KIRKUK )   and

KHORRAMSHAHR

 

m.v.  “TREFUSIS”

Receiving  Grangemouth  ….  8th — 16th September 1964

For  DAMMAM,   BASRAH   ( BAGHDAD,

MOSUL,   KIRKUK )  and

KHORRAMSHAHR

 

For  further  details  apply : — 

FRANK  C.  STRICK  &  CO.  (GLASGOW)  LTD.,

95  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C  2

Phone  CITY  6131      

Ship Event

Tuesday, September 8, 1964 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CLAN GRAHAM (1962-1981 General cargo liner 496 feet long of Clan Line / King Line / Cayzer Irvine, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN GRAHAM at King George V Dock, Glasgow loads 4 heavy lifts from floating crane NEWSHOT

Ship's location9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Heavy lifts loaded8th September loaded 4 lifts totalling 92 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Ships agentCayzer Irvine / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow

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Ship Event

Tuesday, September 8, 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 loaded 4 heavy lifts totalling 92 tons onto CLAN GRAHAM at King George V Dock, Glasgow

Ship's location9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (alongside CLAN GRANT)Port of RegistryGlasgow

Ship Event

Tuesday, September 8, 1964 @ 0900
CLAN FARQUHARSON (1962-1968 General cargo ship 496 feet overall of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, London) Own Page

CLAN FARQUHARSON at berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow loads heavy lifts from NEWSHOT

Arrived fromAdelaide (Australia) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage9,292
Sailing forDurban via Newport
Sailed from berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival11' 05"
Draught aft on arrival18' 08"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 1,650 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 24th August
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Completed discharge of inward cargo1900 on 1st September
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 2nd September
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,594 tons and 8 X heavy lifts totalling 130 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Heavy lifts loaded8th and 9th September loaded 8 X heavy lifts totalling 130 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1515 on 10th September
Draught forward on sailing12' 08"
Draught aft on sailing18' 01"
Vessel drydocked27th and 28th August at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050

Ship Event

Tuesday, September 8, 1964 @ 0900
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

NEWSHOT loads heavy lifts onto CLAN FARQUHARSON at berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow

Ship's location8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (alongside CLAN FARQUHARSON)Port of RegistryGlasgow

Ship Event

Wednesday, September 9, 1964 @ 0900
CLAN FARQUHARSON (1962-1968 General cargo ship 496 feet overall of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, London) Own Page

CLAN FARQUHARSON at berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow loads heavy lifts from NEWSHOT

Arrived fromAdelaide (Australia) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth9 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage9,292
Sailing forDurban via Newport
Sailed from berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival11' 05"
Draught aft on arrival18' 08"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 1,650 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 24th August
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Completed discharge of inward cargo1900 on 1st September
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 2nd September
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,594 tons and 8 X heavy lifts totalling 130 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Heavy lifts loaded8th and 9th September loaded 8 X heavy lifts totalling 130 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1515 on 10th September
Draught forward on sailing12' 08"
Draught aft on sailing18' 01"
Vessel drydocked27th and 28th August at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050

Ship Event

Wednesday, September 9, 1964 @ 0900
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

NEWSHOT loads heavy lifts onto CLAN FARQUHARSON at berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow

Ship's location8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (alongside CLAN FARQUHARSON)Port of RegistryGlasgow

Harbour Event

Wednesday, September 9, 1964 @ 1000
Own Page

First consignment of Hillman Imp cars arrive at Harbour

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 11th September 1964.

The first consignment of Hillman Imps arrived at Ardrossan on Wednesday en route to Spain.

Hillman Imp cars arrive at Ardrossan Harbour Hillman Cars shipment for Spain

Ship Event

Wednesday, September 9, 1964 @ 1100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
AMERICAN PRESS (1948-1967 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Line, New York : 1971 scrapped) Own Page

United States Line's AMERICAN PRESS at Liverpool from New York

Ship's locationLiverpoolPort of RegistryNew York (USA)
Arrived fromNew York Gross Tonnage9,150