Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
ICENIC (Shaw Savill) Own Page

ICENIC at Townsville Sept 24 for London

Ship's locationTownsville (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
MAHSEER (1948-1975 General cargo ship 508 feet long of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool : scrapped 1975)) Own Page

MAHSEER at Malta Sept 24 for Liverpool

Ship's locationMaltaPort of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage8,945

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
PENDENNIS CASTLE (1958-1976 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

PENDENNIS CASTLE at Cape Town Sept 24 for Durban

Ship's locationCape Town (South Africa)Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage28,582

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
PHILOSOPHER (1964-1977 General cargo liner of Thos & Jas Harrison, Liverpool) Own Page

PHILOSOPHER at Trinidad Sept 24 for Demerara

Ship's locationTrinidadPort of RegistryLiverpool (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,162

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
PORT HOBART (1946-1970 Cargo liner of Port Line, London) Own Page

PORT HOBART at Aden Sept 24 for London

Ship's locationAden (at the Southern entrance to the Red Sea)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
UNITED STATES (1952-1969 Passenger liner 990 feet long (302 metres) of United States Lines, New York) Own Page

Strike by Southampton dockers affects the liners UNITED STATES and FAIRSTAR

Ship's locationSouthampton (England)Port of RegistryNew York City (USA)

      A 24-hour strike by Southampton dockers in protest over the employer’s rejection of a claim for more pay and better conditions brought cargo operations in the port to a halt.

   The strike, which is unofficial, was called by shop stewards at a meeting of the men.

   The liner UNITED STATES from New York, which was docking, has more than 5,300 bags of mail for Britain, which will remain in the hold until dockers resume work.

   More than 800 passengers from Australia on the FAIRSTAR were staying on board overnight and will land today.

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
FAIRSTAR (1964- 1988 Passenger liner - formerly OXFORDSHIRE - of Fairline Shipping Corp, part of the Vlasov Group - Sitmar Line ) Own Page

Strike by Southampton dockers affects the liners UNITED STATES and FAIRSTAR

Ship's locationSouthampton (England)Port of RegistryMonrovia (Liberia)

      A 24-hour strike by Southampton dockers in protest over the employer’s rejection of a claim for more pay and better conditions brought cargo operations in the port to a halt.

   The strike, which is unofficial, was called by shop stewards at a meeting of the men.

   The liner UNITED STATES from New York, which was docking, has more than 5,300 bags of mail for Britain, which will remain in the hold until dockers resume work.

   More than 800 passengers from Australia on the FAIRSTAR were staying on board overnight and will land today.

News Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
CARINTHIA (1955-1968 Passenger / cargo liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Cunard's passenger liner CARINTHIA arrives at Tail-of-the-Bank from Montreal and Quebec (Canada)

Arrived fromMontreal and Quebec (Canada)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived in berthTail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde)Gross Tonnage21,947
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers

 

 CARINTHIA had arrived off Greenock to disembark passengers

 from Montreal and Quebec (Canada).

 

   The liner did not berth at Greenock, and anchored at

the Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage and disembarked

passengers to a chartered Clyde passenger steamer

which carried them to land at Princes Pier, Greenock.

 

   The passengers’ baggage was unloaded from the

anchored liner to a Clyde Puffer which was hired

for the day to come alongside the ship, and the

 baggage was taken to Princes Pier to be reunited

 with the passengers.

 

   CARINTHIA then left the Clyde, making for Liverpool

 where she would finish her trans-Atlantic voyage

 from Canada.

Arrival

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
GUNTER SCHULTE Own Page

GUNTER SCHULTE arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde)

Arrived fromCardiff (Wales)
Arrived in berthTail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde)

 

 

Arrival

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
TALISKER (1963-1970 General cargo coaster of William Sloan, Glasgow) Own Page

TALISKER arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde) from Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthTail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde)

 

 

News Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
TRENTBANK (Bank Line) Own Page

Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK sinks off Port Said, having been in a collision

Port of RegistryGlasgow

 

   The 6,310-ton Glasgow-registered motor vessel TRENTBANK. anchored off Port Said after being under tow since last Friday, sank today, according to reports reaching the headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority.

   The TRENTBANK was holed and crippled in a collision with the Portuguese tanker FOGO, and had been towed by the Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM.

   An engineer was killed in the collision.

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
FOGO Own Page

Portuguese tanker FOGO and Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK collide in the Mediterranean

Port of RegistryPortugal

 

   The 6,310-ton Glasgow-registered motor vessel TRENTBANK. anchored off Port Said after being under tow since last Friday, sank today, according to reports reaching the headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority.

   The TRENTBANK was holed and crippled in a collision with the Portuguese tanker FOGO, and had been towed by the Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM.

   An engineer was killed in the collision.

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
HAROLD H HELM Own Page

Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM tows crippled Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK

Port of RegistryLiberia

 

   The 6,310-ton Glasgow-registered motor vessel TRENTBANK. anchored off Port Said after being under tow since last Friday, sank today, according to reports reaching the headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority.

   The TRENTBANK was holed and crippled in a collision with the Portuguese tanker FOGO, and had been towed by the Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM.

   An engineer was killed in the collision.

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1200
HMS OBERON (Royal Navy) Own Page

Injured Naval rating from HMS Oberon brought ashore at Ardrossan

Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)

From The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald dated Friday 2nd October 1964

When the submarine HMS "Oberon" was taking part in exercises in the Firth of Clyde on Thursday of last week, one of her ratings was scalded by escaping steam.
The rating was transferred to Ardrossan pilot boat, which brought him ashore where an ambulance was waiting to take him to Ballochmyle Hospital.

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1200
Ardrossan pilot boat Own Page

Ardrossan pilot boat brings an injured sailor from HMS Oberon to Ardrossan

Port of RegistryArdrossan

From The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald dated Friday 2nd October 1964

When the submarine HMS "Oberon" was taking part in exercises in the Firth of Clyde on Thursday of last week, one of her ratings was scalded by escaping steam.
The rating was transferred to Ardrossan pilot boat, which brought him ashore where an ambulance was waiting to take him to Ballochmyle Hospital.