List Arrivals, Sailings and Events
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
ICENIC (Shaw Savill) |
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ICENIC at Townsville Sept 24 for London |
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800DATE 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)) |
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MAHSEER at Malta Sept 24 for Liverpool |
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800DATE 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) |
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PENDENNIS CASTLE at Cape Town Sept 24 for Durban |
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800DATE 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) |
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PHILOSOPHER at Trinidad Sept 24 for Demerara |
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800DATE 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) |
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PORT HOBART at Aden Sept 24 for London |
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News EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800 |
UNITED STATES (1952-1969 Passenger liner 990 feet long (302 metres) of United States Lines, New York) |
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Strike by Southampton dockers affects the liners UNITED STATES and FAIRSTAR |
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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. |
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800 |
FAIRSTAR (1964- 1988 Passenger liner - formerly OXFORDSHIRE - of Fairline Shipping Corp, part of the Vlasov Group - Sitmar Line ) |
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Strike by Southampton dockers affects the liners UNITED STATES and FAIRSTAR |
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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. |
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News EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800DATE 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) |
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Cunard's passenger liner CARINTHIA arrives at Tail-of-the-Bank from Montreal and Quebec (Canada) |
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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. |
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ArrivalThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
GUNTER SCHULTE |
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GUNTER SCHULTE arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde) |
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ArrivalThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 0800DATE 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) |
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TALISKER arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde) from Belfast |
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News EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
TRENTBANK (Bank Line) |
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Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK sinks off Port Said, having been in a collision |
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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. |
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
FOGO |
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Portuguese tanker FOGO and Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK collide in the Mediterranean |
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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. |
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only |
HAROLD H HELM |
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Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM tows crippled Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK |
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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. |
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1200 |
HMS OBERON (Royal Navy) |
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Injured Naval rating from HMS Oberon brought ashore at Ardrossan |
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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.
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Ship EventThursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1200 |
Ardrossan pilot boat |
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Ardrossan pilot boat brings an injured sailor from HMS Oberon to Ardrossan |
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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.
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